Trying to get a mobo to meet these specs

[chadsxe]

I am in the process of researching a new build and I am currently going to buy a E6850. With this and few other things in mind I need my mobo to meet these requirements

1) Take advantage of the 1333 fsb
2) I want to be able to update to a possible future Quad Core
3) I want support penryn porcessor

So this leads me to something like the Asus PK5 Deluxe. My issue whic is not overally major for me is that I will be loosing a PCI slot do to the doubled size of my 8800 GTX. So I guess my question would be what mobo's actually meet my requirements? Heck I am not even sure if the PK5 does. Worth keeping in mind is the fact that I don't need SLI and that I am always willing to pay for quality over simply catching deal.

Regards

Chad

 

[aevm]

Yes, P5K meets your requirements. The GA-P35-DS3R or GA-P35-DS3P also do. If you need wi-fi stick with Asus. If you need Firewire but not wi-fi get the GA-P35-DS3P. If you don't need either Firewire or wi-fi get the GA-P35-DS3R. I'm not sure yet but I think the GA-P35-DS3R will not have the problem with the PCI slot.

 

[localcpuguy]

The P5K Deluxe is awesome. I am currently using it; it would meet your qualifications; and I highly recommend it!

 

[BUFF]

As you haven't mentioned needing things like firewire, RAID then pretty much any P35 chipset board meets 1-3.

 

[chadsxe]

I am in the process of researching a new build and I am currently going to buy a E6850. With this and few other things in mind I need my mobo to meet these requirements

1) Take advantage of the 1333 fsb
2) I want to be able to update to a possible future Quad Core
3) I want support penryn porcessor

So this leads me to something like the Asus PK5 Deluxe. My issue whic is not overally major for me is that I will be loosing a PCI slot do to the doubled size of my 8800 GTX. So I guess my question would be what mobo's actually meet my requirements? Heck I am not even sure if the PK5 does. Worth keeping in mind is the fact that I don't need SLI and that I am always willing to pay for quality over simply catching deal.

Regards

Chad

Is there a sigificant quality difference between Asus and Gigabyte?