Best Gaming Motherboard

Definitely need more info to give you any suggestions. Which processor? Will you overclock? What gpu? 1 Card or 2?

For the most part the biggest differences will be in the chipsets. After that it comes down to quality/stability/performance of boards from different manufacturers within that chipset, and which features you need/want.

that pretty much limits you to nVidia 650i & 680i based mobos (Asus also have a mobo using hybrid nVidia chipset).
If you have the budget for 2x 8800GTX you might as well spend the extra & get the 680i.
You then have to decide whether to go with a reference design (BFG, ECS, eVGA, etc.) or a non-reference one from the likes of abit, Asus, Gigabyte or MSI (who also have a reference design too).

DAMN SON! How can you afford 2 8800GTX cards? That is almost as much as my entire computer... I would also like to know the best mobo for gaming.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz
MSI K9A Platinum Socket AM2
OCZ 2GB DDR2 800
DIAMOND Radeon X1950XT 256MB
4x Seagate Barracuda 250 GB
Corsair 520W Power Supply
Asus 16X DVD-R/RW Burner
Gigabyte 3D AURORA ATX Full Tower Case
Scythe Infinity CPU Cooler
Zalman VF900 VGA Cooler

Should I wait for the 690 Chipset boards?

With your setup, it's the eVGA 680i all the way.

Why are noobs always in love with OCZ or Corsair. If you want true stability in overclock and a longer life span with your memory, get the Kingston HyperX. If you shop at Fry's, you can usually find it on sale (4GB for $100). You may also want to consider going Quad Core. The Q9450 is only ~$330. It overclocks stable very easily to 3.4GHz with a Zalman CNPS8700 NT CPU cooler. Also, if you really are going to build in dual SLI mode with 4 HDD, you will need a 750 watt PSU. You otherwise will definitely have a power shortage and your system will not operate at full capacity. It seems you do not have much of a money issue. Consider Quad SLI using the GeForce 9800 GX2 and get a 1000 watt PSU. As for motherboards, I prefer Gigabyte boards. They are more energy efficient and are supreme for stability and life span. They also overclock very well and have no useless features. Think about it!!

That was a very good one!

why dont you try the 780i from xfx

Cool. I bet he's been checking this thread everyday since 03.05.2007 to get this info.

I'd say so. The Rampage takes the new i7 processors and up to 24Gb DDR3, Where as the Striker can only have a max of 8Gb DDr3. Personally, I wouldn't even consider the Striker if I were going for a premo gaming rig. =)

HEY! i just the graphix card that i had on back order. however the problem is that when i hooked everything up and powered on my comp for the first time the graphix didnt show on my monitor. i have an Asus Rampage Extreme 2 motherboard and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 graphix card whatt do you think is wrong?

Whats noob about OCZ?? I love OCZ they have really good products i prefur gigabyte boards as well i over clock but i have had no issues with my OCZ intel extreme ram its awsome

The question was asked 3 years ago hes most likely got one by now

z68 motherboard are good buy a gigabyte motherboard which support sli and crossfire and 1600mhz ram and that support overcloking features and what about processor a good board will be expensive and it will not allow you to buy a good processor like 2600k and go for intel and nvidia comnination or amd and ati

So of course I google "best gaining chipset," not really expecting to find something this old. But this thread has historical significance and feels awesome. Really helps put things into perspective imo. Back in 2007, I had an Intel board with a 2ghz processor or something and 2gb of RAM, etc. Now, I use the 1366 chipset with the G1.Sniper, i7-930, 12GB 1600 Ram, and Evga 570 Classified in 2xSLI. All running thanks to an Antec HCP-1200 psu. Gotta love the rate of technology inferiority.