Which Mobo for my Q6600

[hozerhozay]

I haven't built a PC from scratch since the AMD K6-III days.

I have been given a Intel Quad Core Q6600 chip and 2GB DDR RAM.
I occasionally play older FPS games and would like to get into video editing.
My current PC is a Pentium D dual core/ATI FireGL 7200/80GB RAID 0
Please recommend a motherboard for me.

Thanks in advance.

 

[rammar16]

a Price range would help... but oh well

For $130 diffinately this P45

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358

at the low end for $60

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

mid range $80 i would highly recommend the extra 20 bucks for this one over the G41.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128380

anyways these are just a few suggestions. Gigabyte makes some of the best boards out there so no worries there.

hope this helps and good luck!

 

[jsc]

I also really like the Gigabyte motherboards.

If you are planning on overclocking, skip the G41. Supported FSB speeds do not go high enough.

The P45 "L" and "P" models are very good overclockers. I have a Q6600 running at 3.6 GHz in my "L" and a Q9550 running at 3.6 GHz in my "P".