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You don't want either one I use an LGA775 first used the asus p5e3 premium and was real picky oc so I got the xfx 790i a bit better I put solid state hd's on a raid-0 and was not getting good read write speeds like I should have. Someone suggested I get the gigabyte ep45t-usb3p because it has the ich10r south bridge they where telling me the 790i boards have weak south bridges so I bought the gigabyte board my read write speads increased over 200mb per second! Over clocking is why better board is more stable etc. etc. The gigabyte is the best LGA775 board hands down!
looks like a nice board. Problems, i dont want to buy ddr3 ram as well, just yet, i am happy with my ddr2 stuff, im not huge on OCing but i have dabbled in it, want a board with SLI capability. the three i listed are, as far as i know, sli ready boards.
i should have put more info in this, but i had recently posted something similer to this post so i didnt bother.
ok the three boards i listed do everything i want, they accept my Q8200, they can use ddr2 ram, they are SLI boards.
im not bothered about raid, or too sure what it is...except it shows mroe then one hdd as a single hdd? and second most importantly, they are relatively cheap
XFX had better reviews and feedback, check newegg for details.
ASUS makes a better overall board but me personally do not like that model..
is the asus board better overall? i mean i havnt compaird spec or anything, my chum has an XFX sli board and he loves it, never had a problem, alltho one of him ram sticks started playing silly beggers and died or something, the boards fine i think. i do prefir the XFX just because it looks pretty..and i know very well xfx do pretties with flaws very well.
erm just a quick side thought....what about Nvidia mobos? any good?