Which motherboard should I chose for a new system? What would be the good and the bad?
ABIT IP35 Pro ?
ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP ?
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 ?
or something else, preferably less than $300 on a motherboard?
It seems I have come to the end of the internet on research on these boards and still can not decide which one to get. I am building a system to replace a Pentium III 800 mhz, so I am sure anything will seem wonderful compared to it. I would like to have a system with all the possibilities of future expansion, all the possible connections for the unforseen possibilities of the future, and a good board that a newbie like me, can become a new overclocker and not something I will have to spend hours trying to figure out if the board is DOA or needs some minor change to make it work?
I plan on using 2 GB 6400c4 of corsair ram, a 8800 GTS 320mb Video Card, a 500 GB Seagate HD (for video processing), and a stata dvd burner. I would like to have a faster computer with some longevity and to not walk in to buy a game in the next year and realize that my computer can not handle it.
Thanks for any help, much appreciated!!
ABIT IP35 Pro ?
ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP ?
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 ?
or something else, preferably less than $300 on a motherboard?
It seems I have come to the end of the internet on research on these boards and still can not decide which one to get. I am building a system to replace a Pentium III 800 mhz, so I am sure anything will seem wonderful compared to it. I would like to have a system with all the possibilities of future expansion, all the possible connections for the unforseen possibilities of the future, and a good board that a newbie like me, can become a new overclocker and not something I will have to spend hours trying to figure out if the board is DOA or needs some minor change to make it work?
I plan on using 2 GB 6400c4 of corsair ram, a 8800 GTS 320mb Video Card, a 500 GB Seagate HD (for video processing), and a stata dvd burner. I would like to have a faster computer with some longevity and to not walk in to buy a game in the next year and realize that my computer can not handle it.
Thanks for any help, much appreciated!!