Help choosing a new Motherboard

[Omnomnick]

I need some help choosing a new and decent motherboard for my computer. I had one a while back, it was brilliant at an amazing price, but before I could buy it, it was removed from the site D:

The mobo needs to be compatible with 4Gbs of RAM @ 1000 (or w/e the precise thing near 1000 is). And it needs to have all the obvious stuff.

If you have an really good motherboard recommendations that I should know about please post them here! Try and find a really a good one for a low price. The one I was going to buy originally was amazing but for only around ?60s.

Thanks!

 

[Sedako]

Need some more info. Do you have an Intel CPU or an AMD (would help most if you could include the model), and is your Video Card PCI-E or otherwise? Finally, are you much of an overclocker?

 

[Barney Fife]

Also, are you shopping for the price, or you're shopping for the performance?
What's your budget like?

 

[McGooTheWise]

http://www.xpcgear.com/ecsnforce57sli.html

The one I have, best motherboard evar. Evar evar. That is if you have PCI-e cards and DDR2 ram, and if you don't chin up on the RAM, because it's the cheapest you can get right now.

Better link: http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=6&id=2095

It's really not the best, but I'm biased.

Really, it's not the best motherboard, but if you're just looking for some plug & play action, I was happy with it.

 

[Omnomnick]

Sorry for not posting major details. I was on the way out with my dad to pick up my new car...


Anyway. My new mobo will have to run Intel CPUs. For now, be able to run a Pentium D Dual-Core @ 2.8 but also be able to run a Duo for when I get a new one at Xmas . And GPUs of Radeon X1950GT and upwards (I'm thinking about upgrading GPU sometime soon too). DDR2 RAM x4 = 4GB (obviously).

I have no real price bracket, as I said I'm looking for a really good one but at a low price if you can find it. I know nothing about Motherboards which is why I can't look myself D:.
The last one I found was about ?60 so something around that price will be fine. Something slightly higher won't be a problem and largely more (?100) means I will have to wait a while or reconsider. Anyway, theres the facts!

 

[Sedako]

I'm going to assume you're British, since this forum has trouble displaying currencies other than the dollar. Given that, I would most certainly recommend the new Asus P5Q Pro. These boards are rock solid, and they use the new EPU-6 Engine, which will help keep power consumption down without sacrificing performance. In turn, your components will run cooler and will allow you to OC more effectively (if you're into OCing). It has all the features you'd expect from a mainstream board, including highly customizable BIOS, 2xPCI-E 2.0, support for up to 8GB of RAM, and plenty of SATA ports.

 

[Omnomnick]

Yeh, I am British. Also, I would prefer if the motherboards supported a 775 Socket.

 

[Sedako]

Yeh, I am British. Also, I would prefer if the motherboards supported a 775 Socket.

The board I linked is a 775 socket.

 

[Omnomnick]

Great :thumbs:

EDIT: Now I'm searching around for the best price I tried Scan.co.uk and i found that it is ?2s cheaper
Anyway, I'm assuming it is the same? http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=818514

EDIT AGAIN: Or this http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?prodID=B127041 - This is substancially cheaper, is it pretty much the same, I'm guessing yes.

 

[Sedako]

EDIT AGAIN: Or this http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?prodID=B127041 - This is substancially cheaper, is it pretty much the same, I'm guessing yes.

Correct, that's the same board.

 

[Omnomnick]

H00ray!!!

/buys tommorow or whenever. PSU comes first. I'll probably buy it in a week or so.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

congrats, generally speaking if you do buy tommorrow, and they have it in stock, you'll get it the next day, despite paying out for the cheapest delivery type

The only time when this doesn't happen is if your courier is Royal Mail D: