Which board will work with my cpu

Hi Im new to this board. I'm looking for a board compatible with my core 2 duo e6550

All I need is a board with ide connections, onboard video and compatible w/ ddr2 ram. This is can be a cheap ecs board for all i care. I just need something that will work. Not looking to overclock or do any intense gaming. Thanks

How many ide connections do you need because most boards sold today only have 1...

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br3nd064

My vote goes to the P45-DS3L ($83 on Newegg). It's a good OCing board for the price. Put down $20-30 for a 8400GS or other GPU. (If you are running Vista imo, IGP won't cut it)

I bought an MSI board once and turned out it didn;t work with my cpu. I forget to check the support list. I just assumed it would work because it said 1333 fsb but it didnt work with any. I just want to be sure now. I would appreciate some links.

Thanks THinking about the ecs one. I know they are crappy but im not gonna do intense gaming. I think that one will suffice for me. What do you all think.

What about something like this? I'm thinking that it will be good enuff.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813135066

Piece of crap but I'm not planning on gaming. The support list says it will work with an e6550 so im thinking of getting it.

Just what part of 630i chipset is fine? The part where it burns out ram or the part where it underclocks cpu?

Trust me, the headaches are not worth it. You should go cheap to a point where features and performance is traded off, but compatibility and reliability is not compromised.

You were lucky. But not everyone can get lucky.

A lot of people had those problems with 630i, and 600s Nvidia chipset in general. Trust me, the savings aren't worth the potential headaches.

It should work fine. Far better than 630i. Performance aside, it's reliable and don't have the weird problems, which is a big difference. I'm not sure where the 1600mhz fsb comes from. G31 chipset's official fsb support is "1333/1066/800."
http://www.intel.com/Products/Desk [...] erview.htm
The bottom feeder chipset haven't even been known to be able to overclock to 1600mhz, so that was either a typo or scam.

Since it's only $5 less than the cheapest p43, at $65 after mir, the performance difference would be too much to trade off for such a small savings. Unless there are cheaper board using that same chipset, it's not worth it. The fact that it's an old chipset being phased out is also not promising.

Current Intel line of motherboard chipsets:

"G" - economy line. microatx. Low end, low performance, cheap. Current generation include g43/45. Previous generation include g31/33/35, out of production, to be replaced by g43/45.

"Q" - economy line. microatx. Low end, low performance, cheap. Previous generation include q33/35. No current generation, in favor of G.

"P" - mainstream line. atx. mid level, mid-high performance, prices vary, depending on model. Current generation include p43/45. Previous generation include p31/35, out of production, to be replaced by p43/45.

"X" - high end line. atx. high level, high performance, expensive. Current generation include x38/48, both introduced at around the same time. No previous generation.