Chosing a mobo for the Core 2 Duo !!!

You should look at the Gigabyte 965P DS3.

I've got one, I love it. Not a lot of extras, but it performs very well and is stable.

If you are going to run at stock speeds or do some mild overclocking then the DS3 is the board to go for. Personally I have spent a bit extra and gone for the DS4, but as u can see in my profile, I am overclocking a lot and the DS4 has much better cooling on it if u want to push the envelope on your chip, but it does cost a bit more.

i thought the op was looking for gigabyte boards? the asus p5n-e is CERTAINLY NOT GIGABYTE.

anyway.

i'd say its obviously between the Gigabyte DS3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128012) and the plain S3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128017). the DS3 has solid capacitors....jargon for it should last longer... they're both pretty much the same board, both very good, both will allow you to overclock a c2d quite nicely.

if you want onboard raid, go for the DS3.

if you want onboard video, go for the G-DS3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128018)

so, there are some gigabyte choices: all nice boards. depends on what you're looking for, they're all very similar, very nice, and very.... nice.

...ran out of adjectives there....