Looking for a new motherboard for gaming and movies

bubbatran209

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I'm currently looking for a new motherboard to basically do gaming and movies. I'll probably be doing some overclocking on it also. I don't want to spend too much on it. Somewhere around $200 should do. I'll probably be doing crossfire'n on it. I got a corsair 650w psu ready. sapphire hd5770. gonna need to buy some mem ram for it, and a new processor, looking for one around $250 for that one. Looking at the Thermaltake element G tower to put all of these in. Probably three harddrive.
Does anyone know if a DVDrw can watch movie on it? If so, why do we need to disc drive? One dvd-rom and one dvd-rw. I don't get it. But anyways. Any suggestions on what board I should get. Anyone with good experience with their board that is new on the market.
 

TheViper

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Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P - $184.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128409

Would pair up real well with the following components.

CPU:
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz - $199.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

RAM:
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 - $93.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260

DVD Dive:
Sony Optiarc Black - $31.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030


And for the record, SLI is the term for using 2 nVidia cards together. With ATi cards, it is called Crossfire.
 

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