need help picking a motherboard

[bldgengineer]

I'm not quite sure what to get. I've been eyeballing a few but I want to see what you guys would pick First, I'm going to be using autocad, solidworks, and CS2 and playing a few games (not at the same time of course ) I would like to have the ability to SLI or crossfire in the future (at full speed too, none of the x8 and x8 BS ) as well as OC with an E6600 or E6650.

So spill yer guts out so I can get crackin' with my tax return!

 

[Schonza]

Go for a gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 or something similar, they are fantastic for Ocing C2D's. They are only about 120-130 USD as well.

 

[bldgengineer]

I was thinking about one of those but there's no SLI support

 

[murdock22]

this one is made by ASUS is almost like that gigabyte but has SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131073

 

[PabloTeK]

That board's double the cost of the DS3!

I believe the DS4 has Crossfire however, I've never used it.

 

[Schonza]

The ds4 does had crossfire ability. However newegg doesn't stock them.

Heres another board, that is cheaper than that asus board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128323

 

[bldgengineer]

yep thats one of the boards I was thinking about getting. That one or the eVGA AR(or A1 now). I haven't heard as much about the DQ6 though and was wondering if some of you have?