Hello valued bit-techians, I beesech thee, I am soon to be purchasing a Q6600 and a BFG 8800gts 512. Can anyone advise me on a motherboard around the £60 mark, socket 775 preferably with good over-clocking ability and a relatively up-to-date chipset that will last me a good 2 or so years. Cheers!
£60? its abit low but how about a Vanilla Asus P5k? or Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R? A few pounds more than your budget but if its gonna last you two or so years than that extra monies will pay off no end.
you can pick up a pretty good p35 board for that, might not have loads of features, but will cover the basics, i bought a nforce 650i ultra for 65, thats not bad for ocing, but in prefence prob a p35 would last you longer in the the erm long run.
Sell something for twenties and get the Asus P5kPro... it's pretty basic but has some tight oc'ing details that's my tuppence. Mobo Chobo... simple but Genius
For that budget, I'd get a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. It's much cheaper than the DS3R, and isn't missing any interesting features. I've got one, and it's by far the best board I've ever owned - I can't imagine spending more, no matter what your demands were.
Id personally get the Asus P5N-E, because it has the 650i chipset, you will be able to buy another 8800gt when/if you get the money. Also it has the 1333fsb so will work with the new 45nm cores.
