Help!! what motherboard..

[RICK...]

First of all hi, im new here.

Basically i'm building a new PC, and i can't figure out which motherboard to get.

It's for a Intel Q6600, Only requirements are:

it needs to have a 4 pin for my cpu cooler (ac freezer 7 pro)
needs to take upto 8gb ram
must be £100 or less
must be ATX - as i have a fairly big case

not too bothered about make aslong as it's decent.

i was looking at this one but not sure if it's got the 4 pin for the cooler?? lol. plus it's got wifi and i don't really need it as i've got a decent PCI card for that.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=443853

oh and yes i'm a n00b! i've always bought pre-built systems, this is my first build.

thanks!

[BUFF]

that's a 965 chipset mobo - 2 generations old.

Let's start with what features that you need/would like if possible.
no. of SATA/IDE ports, RAID, firewire, Crossfire or SLI?

[Will404]

I have a P5Q PRO, and its flawless (so far)

[RICK...]

I'll just post up what i plan to buy and what i have already:

Intel Q6600 - still need to get
2 x 2GB Corsair twinX XMS2 PC2-6400 - still need to get
520w corsair HX series PSU - got
500GB seagate sata 300 32mb cache HDD - got
i'm reusing my GFX, thats a PCI-E 640MB 8800GTS

Thats pretty much how i intend to keep it for the next few years, apart from maybe an extra HDD and an external HDD.

I have a P5Q PRO, and its flawless (so far)

i actually had that on my original shopping list, but noticed my CPU cooler won't be compatible with it..

would it be worth just selling the cooler and getting a different one? lol

[Noxvayl]

What about this motherboard> Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P

[Will404]

I'll just post up what i plan to buy and what i have already:

Intel Q6600 - still need to get
2 x 2GB Corsair twinX XMS2 PC2-6400 - still need to get
520w corsair HX series PSU - got
500GB seagate sata 300 32mb cache HDD - got
i'm reusing my GFX, thats a PCI-E 640MB 8800GTS

Thats pretty much how i intend to keep it for the next few years, apart from maybe an extra HDD and an external HDD.



i actually had that on my original shopping list, but noticed my CPU cooler won't be compatible with it..

would it be worth just selling the cooler and getting a different one? lol

What cooler do you have???? I have a Q6600 GO but standard, the same RAM too, and it makes a good combination, but with the new HD 4850

[RICK...]

i've got the AC freezer 7 pro, which has 4 pins

does the p5q have a 4 pin slot?

[Noxvayl]

i've got the AC freezer 7 pro, which has 4 pins

does the p5q have a 4 pin slot?

ALL new motherboards have a 4 pin slot... the Intel reference heatsink uses 4 pin fans.

[RICK...]

edited

bought the P5Q Pro