Hi Ive been looking at two MOBO's for an AM2 build, and both seem rather good they are:

Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128321

and

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131013


The ASUS mobo's seem to be more popular, but I have seen some gigabyte's floating around(I'm buying from a neghborhood PC shop and won't be ordering online though). The gigabyte seems nicer just because it supports the extra ram... 16gigs.... now will I ever need 16gigs? Doubtful But still it is there ;P

I won't be OC, or at least don't plan to, so which board do you guys feel is better?

Since you are not ocing then go with the gigabyte.

Of course I will have dual cards, ASUS isnt any better over Gigabyte when it comes to SLI?

Don't bother with SLI unless you can get both cards within 2 months of each other (MUST be 7900GT's or higher, otherwise it's still a waste of money), AND will be gaming at resolutions over 1600 x 1200.

If you meet both (and only both) of these.... I would say go for the Asus, but I don't think it really makes much difference.

well if you want to SLI i think it would be better idea to spend a bit more money and get the Asus M2N32-SLI as it has a nVidia 590 Chipset which makes SLI run abit faster..

Ya, even though the nforce 4 and nforce 500 series are comparable i would still go with the 500 series cause it is a newer chipset, not sure the big difference between the 570 and 590 but i'd make sure to go with the 570

I have the ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe but will RMA it. The cooling fins on the heatpipe are falling off, I'm gonna try to exchange it for a M2N32-SLI since it also uses the nForce 590 chipset.

Carefull with Asus as they have probs with RAM at the moment. PPl have also been complaining that the cooling for the 570 boards is inadequate at high ambient temps. This might apply to Gigabyte as well but i have heard less complaints. Any way make sure your RAM is compatible with whichever you pick.

Of course, I have been at liek eveyr vendors site double checking which ram goes where Times liek these I wish I could stay with my PC If I need ram I just look for any pc133 and pop it in hahahahaha I was going to go asus, but I just hear more complaints abotu asus then gigabyte..... but then again asus is more popular so mroe people have it...

~prime

Exactly. Its hard to tell right now.
Although for SLI it might be a good idea to spend a few more bucks and get a M2N32 Deluxe like TheFear suggested or an equivalent gigabyte board

Actually that would be a big waste of money as well. The cards won't even come close to satuating a 32 lane PCI-E bus.... and probably won't for awhile. If you REALLY want to go SLI and you meet both criteria from my last post, go with a regular 16 lane board.