what motherboard??

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what motherboard??

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I have a Q6600 and 2 8800 GTs

what board would you get??

I may try some overclocking but its not that important


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Not sure about the latest mobo's, but last year I got an Asus P5K-E/with WiFi. I have not updated the BIOS since everything works just fine. I also have a Q6600 and a 8800GT. I really don't see the point in overclocking anymore, since most systems now a days have lots of power. I'm more interested in stability than pushing components to see how far they can go. I know a guy at work with a Q6600 got his over 3GHz.
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Post by FlyingPenguin »

With the Q6600 about to be discontinued, the prices on them are going to be dropping like rocks.

Right now even before any discounts it's the best bang-for-the-buck quad core. Running a Q6600 with an 8800GT on my system and there's nothing it won't run smoothly.

I also expect to see Dell and other OEMs to deeply discount their Q6600 systems to move them out for the holidays.
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Post by Err »

I'm running an XFX 680i: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3839553&CatId=13

with my quad and an 8800GTS. It runs very well.

The 680i NVIDIA is a good chipset. I'm not sure how good the 780i is.
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Post by normalicy »

From the looks of things, I think the best value board is probably this:
ASUS P5N-D
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