Motherboard Recommendation

[ingame]

I am looking to upgrade my rig. So far I have decided on the following.

E8400 3.0

Evga 8800gts 512mb pci-e 2.0

I would like the ability to oc my cpu, but don't need all the bells and whistles that the highend motherboards have. Could anyone recommend a board?

 

[robertito]

P35 DS3L/R or an X38. Aprice range would help us recommend a board aswell as how many HDs you have/need and if you plan to RAID or SLI.

 

[ingame]

P35 DS3L/R or an X38. Aprice range would help us recommend a board aswell as how many HDs you have/need and if you plan to RAID or SLI.

$150 - $250

Raid- No

2 Sata Harddrives
Sli would be nice, but certainly not a must.

 

[halcyon]

Sound's like you're looking for something sort of like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232

 

[ingame]

I was looking at the following boards.

ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard

DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard

XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel Motherboard

 

[major53]

ingame i bought the gigabyte ds3l mobo and the e8400.about two weeks ago,I also didn't want the bells and whistles.that worked great with all the parts in my pc.specs at bottom of my post.have not oc yet.hope this helps you.save the extra money for good cpu heatsink and fan,stock heatsinks and fan are a joke.

 

[ingame]

I saw that board, but it doesn't support pci-e 2.0

 

[robertito]

2.0 is backwards compatible so don't worry about that. DS3L is a great board, X38s also are great overclockers.

Avoid the 780i like the Black Death.

 

[rsetter1]

@ ingame

The best of the boards you are looking at is the GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS4.

Gigabyte has been working hard to take the #1 seat in motherboard quality.

 

[Night-Stalker]

You can get a Maximus Formula from Asus, its a pretty nice board.

 

[ingame]

2.0 is backwards compatible so don't worry about that. DS3L is a great board, X38s also are great overclockers.

Avoid the 780i like the Black Death.

Don't I loose bandwidth without plug this card into a pci-e 2.0 slot?

 

[Shadow703793]

^No. Current graphics cards don't come close to using up PCIe 1.1 bandwidth.

PS: Check out the DS3L OCing guide if getting a DS3L.

 

[ingame]

^No. Current graphics cards don't come close to using up PCIe 1.1 bandwidth.

PS: Check out the DS3L OCing guide if getting a DS3L.

Thank you!!! You just saved me $150.

Do you have a link to the guide. Or can I just do a search on Toms.

 

[Shadow703793]

GUIDE: Overclocking On P35-DS3L