What motherboard?

[souptard]

Hey guys,

I've been having a lot of trouble with compatibility recently and at this stage I just want to quit trying to figure it out by myself.

Here's a list of my current specs:

AMD Radeon HD 6950
Core i5 750 @ 3.66GHz x 4
AX850 850W PSU
1333MHZ DDR3 NON-ECC 4gb x 2

I'm planning on getting another 6950, running them in crossfire and getting 3 monitors to run them in eyefinity. Basically I'm asking what's the cheapest / best mobo that can make this all work together. Also if you see any huge flaw with this config please let me know.

Sorry for being so blunt, I'm just really getting pi$$ed of with this build.

Thanks guys,

 

[abekl]

ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131604

 

[souptard]

I heard that one cripples crossfire performance because of the second GPU slot running at 4x or something. That ones nice and cheap but I don't think performance wise that it would be a good idea. Tell me if I'm wrong

 

[abekl]

You're right about the x-fire performance. In dual mode, it goes down to x4.

The least expensive board the does dual x-fire at x8 is this:
BIOSTAR TPOWER i55 LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138159

 

[souptard]

That looks good but I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere that ships to my country. Does this one look OK? MSI P55-GD65.

Thanks for you help so far btw

 

[abekl]

That MSI board sounds really good.