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good m/b needed for single 8800GTX

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Trying to get a good gaming rig without going totaly over the top (well the 8800 might be a little but is DX10 right?).

need a good recomendation for a m/b that will support the following.

a E6600 cpu for now, but the m/b must support quad's so I can upgrade next year.

allow a single 8800GTX to work a optimal performance.

4Gb of 1066 memory (4 x 1Gb)

X-Fi extreame music card (without getting the pop pop /crackling sounds)

3 x 300Gb SATA II harddisks (1 for system, 1 for games, 1 for applications), no raid needed.

1 x dvd r/w

1 firewire port, for my sony camcorder and 4+ USB2 ports.

I dont need anymore than that from my m/b


your expert help as allways highly appriciated :D

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I'll give you a whole list:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rchInDesc=

Out of this list, I recommend the:
Intel BOXD975XBXLKR Bad Axe $279.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813121016

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP $209.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131028

ABIT AW9D-MAX $219.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813127011

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 $197.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128323

I'm staying away from recommending any of the 680i boards because for one, in my opinion, they are truly untested still, and will most likely get demolished by the R600 coming out later from ATI.

My favorite on this list would have to be the Bad Axe followed closely by the DQ6 from Gigabyte and the Abit max These three are from trusted and tested overclocking chipsets, which I imagine you'll be doing with DDR2 1066, and are proven OCers.

Thats my two cents.
Ninja.

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I am currently running the P5B Deluxe wifi with an e6600, 2gigs, and an 8800 GTX, along with what you have listed.

Stable as a rock with the latest bios, easy OC, and I mean easy. The board comes with a utility that runs in windows, and you set your OC from there, no bios adjustments. Automatic recover from a bad OC either thru bios or the windows utility.

Nvidia OC is odd on this though, cannot push the OC on the vid card as hard as I could on the ATI.

My x1900xtx would go as high as anyones, run steady forever. My 7900 GTO and my 8800 GTX both will only stay stable with VERY moderate OCs and even then do not remain so after several on/off cycles, I have to go back to stock and creep up again.

Most likely a driver issue with the forceware stuff.

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