looking for mobo and 8gb ram combo that works.

I am looking for a mobo that works properly with 8gb of ram.
With the low cost of an additional 4gb of ram, I am interested in how it might be used for a ramdisk to speed up everyday processes. That discussion will have to be part of another post. For purposes of this post, I would like to find a mobo that meets minimal requirements.
1) P35 or X38 based, capable of running new 45nm penryn dual processors.
2) Supports 8gb (4x2) of ram.
3) ATX size.
4) Minimal mobo features are required.

Something like the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L would be fine.

In theory, there should be many DDR2-800 kits out there that wil do the job. I would like to hear from someone who actually has this combo running properly with Vista-64 bit.

Exactly what mobo/ram combo works, and must it run at 667 instead of 800?

ASUS P5K
ASUS P5K-E WIFI
GIGABYTE P35 DS3R
GIGABYTE P35 DS3L
ABIT IP35 PRO

Is there a specific memory kit for DDR2-800 that is known to work with the DS3L at 8gb? I get the idea that the memory speed may have to be reduced to 667 to get 8gb to work.

Hey mobo . Do you have a link to some of your work? I would be interested in seeing it.

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Not any "official" stuff. Some stuff here http://www.youtube.com/results?sea [...] rch=Search and here http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showth [...] e=1&pp=15. Right now I am maintaining my amateur status, have a "real" job that pays the bills. Most of my work is for the wife. She is a elementary school teacher. Make videos for her and her fellow teachers to help with their lessons, mostly math and science. Kids seem to pay more attention to an animation than a teacher at times. That TV is a hypnotic-addictive object to them. But if it gets the material through, so be it.
Have also done some work for non-profits, fund raisers and a "fun" video on a local politician for a special event.

I dont see any problems using those RAMs on that board

i think aevm has OCZ VISTA UPGRADE RAM + P35C DS3R and he hasnt any problems

This is an old post, but I used corsair DDR2-800 C5 ram. It ran 8gb just fine at stock. I can't remember if it was at 667 or 800. The speed made little difference in performance. I had trouble overclocking with 8gb, so I did not bother.