Good motherboard for gaming?

That motherboard looks good for your needs.

You could have a little bit of a CPU bottleneck with those cards. If you have an aftermarket cooler you could OC it a bit.

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However, with you sticking with DDR2, it is your best option. I would think about making the jump to DDR3 and you can pick up the ASUS 790X version for less money after rebate and promotion code.

Alright thanks. How severe is the bottleneck? The 440 is all I can afford at the moment and it got good reviews :s

If I were to make a jump to DDR3, I could maybe afford 1-2gbs of ram with the motherboard. Would it really be worth it to game for a month or so with 1-2 gbs in my system, even though the motherboard is well made?

1) The X3 440 won't be much of a bottleneck, if at all... Specially when overclocked  

2) IMO, it really won't be worth it to only buy 1-2 GB of memory. I would just stick with DDR2 for now and make the jump your next upgrade/build!!

Thanks guys!

Would I need an aftermarket cooler to achieve that?

Yes, you will want an aftermarket cooler to get those MHz with safe temps.

Good point on 400MHz, I guess I was just taking the won't hurt approach