MoBo sugestion requested

[cmdr001]

Hello.

I'm attempting to assemble a new computer to replace one from which the motherboard died.
The idea of this machine is to have lots of processing power and memory to go with it. Graphical capacity isn't a concern.

For which, I'm getting a QuadCore CPU, and planning on putting there 8GB RAM.
Initially I looked at the ASROCK 4Core1600-GLAN/M which seemed to fit the bill, but unfortunately it only handles 4GB of RAM.

I was wondering if anyone could suggest a cheap mother board that would host a Q8xxx or Q9xxx CPU, 4 sticks of 2GB DDR2 800MHz RAM and preferably that it came built in with graphics and audio support, as crappy as they may be.

Appreciated for any replies and available for any questions.

 

[visa]

What about:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157175 (no video)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186185

 

[visa]

Sorry the 2nd is actually micro-ATX but it will still fit ATX cases.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

These are excellent boards for the money :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128388

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128396

Both are microATX form factor but since you want onboard sound and graphics I doubt you have many add in cards so the smaller form factor should not be an issue.
Gigabyte and Asus are generally the 2 "best" ( arguably ) motherboard manufacturers.
Either of these boards should be able to overclock well.

 

[cmdr001]

Thank you for the suggestions, still looking for more if possible.

The P43DE, first one mentioned by Visa, albeit lacking video is so far the best candidate.
The Foxxconn seems a stranger where I live (Portugal).
The two posted by anort3 albeit handy in the sense of supporting CPU, video and audio in that tiny package have the issue of only having 2 memory slots. I'm trying to make use of the already owned 4X2GB sticks, since acquiring 2x4GB ones would be expensive and leave the old equipment laying around.

Still, thank you for your help, still looking for any other possible suggestion .

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Sorry about that. I read it then totally missed it in my recommendations. I guess it would help if you could use all your memory

Try these :

Out of stock at newegg but you will not be ordering from them anyway :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128390

Intel boards are generally rock solid but tend to have less "enthusiast" ( overclocking ) options than Gigabyte or Asus :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121355

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121389

Some newer ASRock motherboards rate pretty well. I am not familiar with this one but it is a different option.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157137

Hope that helps a little better

 

[cmdr001]

Well, thank you for the suggestions, but in the end I settled for a P5Q SE2.
Yes, nothing to do with what I was searching...

It's just that between higher costs than expected, out of stock items, etcetera, I'm getting a little bit frustrated with the situation and it's not really worth being losing any more heart (and brain cells) into it. Sure that losing money into it isn't good either, but since the mobo I originally thought fitting can't be used anymore, the price had already begun escalating again.

But again, thank you for the time and patience for that little research you people did. It may come useful at some point.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Hey no problem. I am actually glad to see you went with a P45 board. As I stated above Asus and Gigabyte are generally recognized as the 2 best motherboard manufacturers and the P45 chipset is generally the favorite of enthusiasts for LGA775.
It is generally the best overclocker.

You will also get much better performance with a discreet graphics card over onboard. Even if its just Windows 7 Aero, with a discreet card you are not using part of your RAM for graphics.

If you do not game at all I would recommend something like a ATI HD 4350 ( ~$45 US ) or a little more powerful ATI HD 4650 ( ~$50 US ). The 512mb versions of either are fine as neither has the processing power to make use of 1gb. They make the 1gb models of those lower and cards as more of a marketing gimmick.

Get an aftermarket CPU cooler and check out the excellent overclocking sticky: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/240001-29-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide
This will allow you to get way more "bang for your buck".

 

[cmdr001]

Yes. Well, I do have another machine with a similar board so I thought it'd do the trick, albeit being a bit more expensive.
Since the intention -is- to draw out CPU power, OCing surely is of interest to me.

The graphic performance, well, this is eating with XP in its crudest form. No games will be run there, just sheer CPU/RAM devouring applications. My mind was also going towards the 4350 (or something similar, not seeing it right now) and mostly because I gave away a X550, or that one would go in there without much remorse.

The alternate cooler was already on the to-get list as well. Even without OCing in mind, I wasn't too entirely sure how much heat to expect from a QuadCore and how the stock cooler would behave, so better safe than sorry as they say.

Once more though, thanks for the help and tips.