Hi, I'm having trouble deciding on a motherboard for a new system. I'm going to mostly be using it for a render box so I don't need any special graphics capabilities. I'm looking for stable, reliable, and hopefully inexpensive. I'm going to use a Q6600. I'll probably put in 8GB RAM which is what I have on my main workstation and what I need for some of the scenes I render. Obviously I need a 64 bit OS. I haven't decided whether to stick with XP Pro 64 or move to Vista 64. The last workstation I put together was a dual - dual Opteron so there was a fairly short list of motherboards to choose from. I'm getting a headache spending hours comparing different options for the Q6600. Looking at the reviews on Newegg, it seems like every board / manufacturer has someone complaining about it. Any advice is appreciated. Also is there a significant advantage to a chipset newer than the P35?
Thanks,
Ben
Thanks,
Ben