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I have decided to change my motherboard and CPU setup to something more modern. I also want to switch over to the Intel side of things but im staying with NVidia

I have now a Asus M2N-E SLI mobo with a Athlon X2 5400 CPU plugged in (dual core btw)

I want to go with either a Intel Q6600 or a Q6700 (Both OEM, I have a Thermaltake V1 Multi platform CPU cooler for it) But the Motherboard is the harder choice here.

I have a couple in mind, I want SLI for the very near future :) with PCI EXpress 2.0 and I have 4GB of 800MHz DDR2 OCZ RAM to put in (2 x 2GB)

- EVGA 780i
- EVGA 750i
- Asus P5N-D

I Don't really know how to overclock (only read how to) and I do want to, Nothing massive just want to squeeze more power out of it.

Thoughts and suggestions are all welcome

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ok. sli mobos suck and are overpriced

Reply to fugben

what? i don't find they are at all, what you some kinda NVidia hater? haha

Reply to alkapwn1

ya, nvidia chips are harder to overclock.

and right now, CF is better option than SLI.

------------------------------ Q6600 @ 3Ghz | zalman 9700NT cooler | gigabyte P35-DS3L | Kingstone DDR2 667 2GB x 2 | HIS 4850HD with Accelero S1 Rev.2 | enermax Liberty 500w | Coolermaster C5 case |
Reply to night_wolf_in

Holy cow what crappy responses.
He said he didn't intend on any big overclocking.
He wants to stay with nVidia.
I am kind of in the same boat as you. I have a 8800GTS 512 OC that I really, really like and want to SLI, so I have been looking around trying to make pretty much the same motherboard decision. Try these links to some pretty decent reviews of these boards.
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http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/arti [...] RodXNpYXN0
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Reply to jitpublisher

try the 780i sould be good like my 790i

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