Which motherboard is best for me?

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jds21

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Hey all,

I am having trouble picking a motherboard. I have narrowed it down to

ASUS P5N-E SLI
ASUS P5N32-E SLI
XFX N680i-LT SLI

Here are the specs of my soon to be machine

Intel Q6600 (which I would like to overclock)
2x XFX 512MB 8800GT (which i plan to ovcerclock) in SLI
4GB A-DATA H.S. 800 DDR2 RAM
2x Seagate SATA 500GB 7200rpm
Pioneer SATA 215BK Dual Layer DVD-R/RW drive
ASUS Lightscribe 18x SATA Dual Layer DVD-R/RW drive
Coolermaster Realpower Pro 750w PSU
D-Link PCI DWL-G520M MIMO 108G
Leadtek DTV2000H
Zalman CNPS 9700LED heatsink

all in an Antec Nine Hundred

I will also add a soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme sound card (undecided between Xtreme Audio or Xtreme Gamer)

Is there anything about these boards which is not compatible with some of my parts or any thoughts about which one would be best.

The P5N-E SLI is the cheapest and easiest to find where as the P5N32-E and XFX N680i-LT are $100 mroe and more difficult to get so atm, i am edging more towards the P5N-E but is there any reason that would suggest that this board is not good enough for my needs?

Thanks a heap...:D
 
First choice: P5N32-E

P5N-E is 650i chipset. run SLi at x 8 speed. no point for SLi for using that chipset.

the 780i chipset should be coming soon, strongly recommend you wait for it.
 
i would if i could but I can't.... i need this computer now and besides I'm in Australia so we won't get it right away

On the tech specs... it says it runs the GPU at x16 speed.... are you sure or did i misread something?
 
what makes the 780i so much better?

I think I'll get the XFX N680i-LI SLI because from what I;ve been reading, people rate it higher wuality than the P5N32-E SLI
 
I 've got the P5N32-E sli and it does not overclock quads very well . I'm running a E6850 at 3.6 on air stable but beyond that the northbridge starts to get very hot and becomes unstable. I too am looking at going Quad either the Q6600 or the Q9450 45nm when it comes out . I will be buying either a X38 board or the 780I , simply because they will overclock the quads better.

Get the Evga , they have a lifetime warranty and better customer support.
 
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colt1911 said:
I 've got the P5N32-E sli and it does not overclock quads very well . I'm running a E6850 at 3.6 on air stable but beyond that the northbridge starts to get very hot and becomes unstable. I too am looking at going Quad either the Q6600 or the Q9450 45nm when it comes out . I will be buying either a X38 board or the 780I , simply because they will overclock the quads better.

Get the Evga , they have a lifetime warranty and better customer support.
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From the latest artical I read, it said 780i will not support 45nm C2Q. Haven't heard any update yet.
 
I've been watching and reading on another forum and they have the retail QX9650 running on the 780I and Evga's website is quoting it to work with the 45nm quads.
 
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