DAW motherboard recommendations needed

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I am looking for motherboard recommendations for a DAW setup. It will be paired with a Q9450 and G-Skill DDR2 800 Ram. I need a board with a TI firewire chipset.Here are the choices I have come up with so far:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128344

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128351

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128346

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186148

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127050

I am looking for the best bang for the buck. Any other recommendations are more than welcome. Thank you in advance!!!

 

[chechnyan]

what about this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136043
while for DAW system i will not focus on the board other than
cpu and a big
you're quad should do the job
just pick more ram as you can

 

[chechnyan]

pay that 5 bucks
and get the q9550 200 mhz more
weird pricing !!

 

[dbonin]

This is my latest component list - I may wait a month to save another 200$, but i doubt it! I choose the GA-EP45-DS3R LGA mb because it has the Ti 1394a firewire 400 (I have a firebox) and it supports mild over clocking. I'm new at this, so I may change something before I buy.


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