What are good motherboards these days?

[GaMeR]

I have a Core 2 Duo E6860 3.0 and i have an old P6N Diamond motherboard from MSI. Just looking at the motherboards i'm not sure what to do. What would be the recommendations for SLI motherboards still using DDR2 Memory. Just thinking I should get a new motherboard probably pretty soon mine is hitting 2 years but still works well. Any ideas and/or suggestions! Thanks eGO's!

 

[n0ne]

My P5Q Deluxe has done me very well.

 

[Useful Idiot]

The EVGA/XFX 780i reference boards are good. Mine has been totally trouble free even with all of the pci-e slots populated.

 

[Blue Stealth]

what is your price range? do you plan on overclocking? if so, how much?

what company do you prefer?
foxconn
evga
asus
msi
gigabit
intel

and what is your current configuration minus your motherboard?

-Blue

 

[OODA Loop]

http://www.evga.com/articles/00447/
x58 classified

but really, evga/asus make good stuff. i personally like the 780i. It has a nice mix of everything you should be looking for.

 

[Vader]

http://www.evga.com/articles/00447/
x58 classified

but really, evga/asus make good stuff. i personally like the 780i. It has a nice mix of everything you should be looking for.

The X58 isn't even the same socket as his. -_-
Any 750i or 780i boards are good, if you can try to get a P45 with a ATI card if you want to OC hardcore.
P45's OC VERY WELL.

 

[GaMeR]

This is the basic but I might be able to spend 200 - 400 on a mobo and maybe go to DDR3 if it's any good these days?

Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad - Copper 750W Continuous @ 40?C (825W Peak) EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Mobo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: E6850 Core 2 Duo
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
Memory: CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D
Optical Drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD?R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06
Hard Drive(primary): Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Monitor: Hanns?G HW-223DPB Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
Sound Card: On Board XFI
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

No company I like over others. I just like to see alot of reviews saying they love it typically. Newegg has so many and I've been out of touch with hardware for a while!

 

[metro]

My P5Q Deluxe has done me very well.

I use a P5QL - Pro and am happy with it.

This is the basic but I might be able to spend 200 - 400 on a mobo and maybe go to DDR3 if it's any good these days?

You can do that if you wish: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130157

 

[GaMeR]

When it only says Cross Fire Ready does it leave out SLI for nvidia or they just didn't put it in the description?

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

It's a Crossfire only board. X48/X38 is Crossfire only.

I'd recommend the 780i or 750i (if you're not going to overclock). They're nice (for Nvidia anyway) boards.

~Gooda~

 

[Useful Idiot]

I must be lucky, because my 780i overclocks great. I got my old E8400 24/7 stable at 4ghz on air.

 

[GaMeR]

I looked at all the Newegg reviews and they all seem to having something wrong lol. I don't see a solid board with really good reviews for the 750 or 780's but then again mobo's are hit or miss depending on your stuff. Going to make it hard to decide!

 

[Deimos]

750i is a good choice, they are about $130 now