I'm getting ready to finish getting the final components of my new PC...unfortunately, the motherboard I had been looking at getting is getting quite scarce. I need a recommendation for a substitute in case I can't find what I'm looking for (or if someone can suggest a better board).
These are the two boards I had been looking at:
EVGA | Products A1 variant
EVGA | Products T1 Variant
What I'm needing in a motherboard is this:
-It HAS to be an ATX mobo
-*Must* be an nForce 680i board with full SLI support (I'm getting one 8800GT, and am going to get a second in the coming months)
-At least two 16x-PCI slots (for SLI); *preferrably* two PCI 2.0 slots if possible (see above; have PCI 2.0 compatible video card)
-Onboard 10/100/1000 network capability
-support for one IDE connection for one floppy disk drive and one IDE CD burner
-support for 4-6 SATA devices (at first, I will only need two; this is for expansion purposes)
-Must support Core 2 Duo and Quad chips (LGA 775 socket type) and preferably future-support for the Penryn line (I'll initially be buying either a Q6600 or an E6750)
-It needs to be a great overclocking motherboard
-*Must* support 4 GBs (4x1GB) of Patriot Extreme performance RAM (240-pin DDR2 PC2 6400)
I don't need onboard sound (I have a SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer card). Also, the price cap is about $250 (American dollars): the same price the A1 variant of the eVGA 680i mobo. I can't think if I'm missing anything else or not.
My complete system components of what I've bought and am going ot buy soon are as follows:
*Case: Raidmax Smilodon ATX mid-tower
Video Card: GeForce 8800GT
Processor: either Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 or Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
*Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
*Optical Drive 1: LiteOn DVD-RAM (and all other formats) Lightscribe Burner - SATA connection
*Optical Drive 2: LiteOn CD-RW Burner 52x32x52x - IDE connection
Floppy Drive: Update SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA 3.0GB/s
*RAM: Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB(4 x 1GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Kit
*PSU: Antec NeoPower 650 Blue ATX12V / EPS12V 650W
*CPU Cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
*Keyboard: Saitek PK02 2-Tone USB Standard Eclipse II
*Mouse: Logitech G5 (2007 7-button reissue) USB laser mouse
*Monitor: Samsung 226bw 22" LCD monitor (S-panel)
The * indicates stuff I already bought I need a mobo to accomidate the above components and criteria I outlined above. I need help!