Motherboard for a Quad cpu?

[boyd117]

Hey I purchased a quad-core about 2 days ago for an amazing cheap price and was wondering what kind of MB I should run it on. I plan to use the pc for gaming. The use of SLI is a thought for the future. I will be running an 8800 gts 640mb and Crucial Ballistix Tracer pc2-8500 (1066mhz). Any thoughts out there?

So far these are the only two boards I have in mind.

ASUS P5N32-E SLI and the EVGA Nforce 680I SLI NF68-A1

NEED A QUICK RESPONSE THANKS

 

[boyd117]

I might end up using ddr2 800 instead

 

[LinkedKube]

That board is actually pretty good for what you want. I read that it will run ram up to 1000. So you should be all good. Just make sure you have a good power supply.

 

[boyd117]

which one of the two boards are you talking about, the asus or the evga?

 

[LinkedKube]

I prefer Asus, they have good tech support if anything goes wrong, although I've own two of their boards and have no problems.

 

[pdyckman@comcas]

EVGA Nvidia 650i chipset SLI motherboard.

 

[boyd117]

How about the asus P5N-E 650i I read the comparison you techspot did between the asus 680i and 650i?

 

[LinkedKube]

They are both good boards. I had problems with eVGA's support when my board went bad. Dont like them much at all.