Help me choose a motherboard

[shinji3c]

Hi all
I"m upgrading my current rig from e6700 to q9450 when it's back in stock and my motherboard as well. The thing is I want to keep my 4gb crucial ps2 6400 memory but want to have some kind of future proof so that I can upgrade my memory when i can afford it. I have those nvidia 9 series which connects to PCIE 2 so a motherboard which has that slot would be my choice. But I dont know much about motherboard so please help me. Just some recommendations

Thanks

 

[Maziar]

Hello and welcome to the forums mate

PCI-E 2.0 is backward compatibile with PCI-E 1.0, so u can use a 9800GTX(Which is PCI-E 2.0 card on a PCI-E 1.0 board)
If u dont want SLI/Crosffire then go for a P35 board like :

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

If u want CrossFire:
Take a look @ ASUS and GIGABYTE X48 boards

and finally if u need SLI
Look@ NVIDIA 780i SLI boards (ASUS makes good ones)

 

[shinji3c]

thanks for the reply.
ah it's backward compatible. nice to know. how does ASus rampage board work?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284
it's kinda pricy but if it's worth the money, i'll buy it.
is SLI gonna help me at all if I do motion graphic work? I'm no gamer just need this computer to accompany my mac book pro as a render machine.
Thanks

 

[Maziar]

nope dont go for SLI if u dont game
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA is a solid board and if u can buy then go for it

 

[shinji3c]

Thanks! mate
When is q9450 coming back in US market???

 

[Maziar]

I dont know because i dont live in the US

 

[shinji3c]

lol
I see that
Thanks for the reply tho

 

[Maziar]

No problem mate glad i could help u