I feel a bit sneaky asking for advice in several forums, I just want to get the best system I can and not have any regrets.
So, in yet another forum I am getting conflicting advice (but sounding logical) about the choice of mobo I have gone for (Abit IX38):
the quad-gt isn't highly rated. They don't have any of the the new quads in stock which are wholly better than the old ones. To be honest I would phone yoyotech and ask them when the quads come in. If you are spending that much on a system you should at least have patience till you can maximise your gains for that price or you may end up with a computer that might be powerful but not as powerful as it could have been.
So probably an Asus Maximus/DFI LanParty LT X48-T2R/Asus P5K series motherboard is going to be your best bet. The DFI and Maximus are greater clockers.
Seems to make sense. Any thoughts on this? Id like to have a decent mobo thats going to last.