What motherboard? I am at my wits end trying to choose.

[TBR]MadMark

[TBR]MadMark

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I've finally got round to decideing its time for my current AGP set up to be retired, decided to sell off old mobo,processor, ram and two graphics cards (BFG 6800 ultra and a 7800gs+) + couple other old componets to raise some cash towards a rebuild. I cannot decide what board to go for, Ive read countless threads and reviews and it all gets very confusing.The two boards I have looked at the most are,

1) Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35
2) EVGA nForce 680i SLi

I know the 680i gets slated, but is that due to the earlier versions or do the new versions have probs to?. Also what is the compatability of the new PCIE v2 cards in either board? (Sorry if this sounds noobish but been on AGP a longtime).

The componenets I will fit are:-

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 or Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 (depending on which mobo choose)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition

Or is there a better choice other than the tWo above?.
 
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are you overclocking?
do you want a sli ,single card or Crossfire set up?
what CPU are you likely to have?
 
i would choose a p35 MB, if sli is not planned for. it will allow you to easily get 3GHz out of your q6600 if you wish to in the future
 
Just one question, I've been looking at photos of the P5k premium and things look very tight around the cpu (in fact it looks like all p35 boards are similiar). I'm wondering will my XP90 fit? (I already have a 775 converter I picked up awhile ago).
 
So what would you say the MSI had over say the Gigabyte DS3/4 equivilants? I'm trying to chose a motherboard for a Q6600 thats under £80.
Its a nightmare of compromises.
 
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