Which motherboard for an E6700?

[Flewis]

Probably be better off with a ~£400 8800GTX, the P5B deluxe or Asus P5K deluxe. Otherwise ok, unless you want to go for the 6600 and overclock.

[Clunk]

Youll need x64 o/s for that ram.

I agree with flewis, those boards are a better bet. The e6600 is better bang for buck.

[DataMatrix]

Okay I'll go with the E6600. Out of the P5B and P5K which is better? and are they better than the Abit one I chose? I'll probably go with a GTX but I run games at 1920x1200 so would it be better to use an Ultra which has shown to be better? If the GTX will be sufficient can anyone recommend a good one, I see cards which have lower clocks but are insanely expensive.

@ Clunk: I will be installing Vista x64 (even though I hate Vista) in order to be ready for DX10.

Thanks a lot for the help people.

[BUFF]

P5K Deluxe looks to be better than P5B Dl.
abit's IP35 Pro should be in retail in ~1 week & is 2/3 the price - initial oc result that I've seen had it @ 580fsb with an E6700 (lower multi obviously).

[DataMatrix]

Are the nForce 590 chipsets any good?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=459994

If not is this P5W DH Deluxe any good?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=434311

If if not either of them:
* http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=564717
* http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=526999
* http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=443853

Okay so I have narrowed it down to them, the one which is most highly recommended will be on my list

[Clunk]

Are the nForce 590 chipsets any good? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=459994

If not is this P5W DH Deluxe any good? Average, pretty solid, but nothing special, comes with a huge and expensive bundle of useless junk.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=434311

If if not either of them:
* http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=564717if you are going to pay this much, you may as well go for the P5K deluxe wifi, which is the new p35 chipset.

* http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=526999*NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - do a search on here for commando.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=443853 great board, rock solid, but the P5K just beats it.

Okay so I have narrowed it down to them, the one which is most highly recommended will be on my list

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[DataMatrix]

Heh, okay well, I was going to get the P5K3 (DDR3) but the ram is on preorder and I'm not a man for waiting .

So I decided to go for: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=591501

Thanks

[zephod]

um, yes. Most med-high end i965/i975 chipsets have on board RAID, not to mention a host of other features. Scan's spec. pages are usually pretty informative so check those.