Howdy folks

first time posting here, been lurking for a while, got lured here by rockin'male allmost 9 months ago, been partying with rockin for over 15 years now, wow that seems a mighty long time to have to look at that guy (shudder), well on to my question, just orderd an Intel D-805 to play with, was wondering which motherboards would go well with it, i wanna try to push it as i can get on air, wont a good overclocking board thats no sli, no need for that yet, well thats my question, thanx in advance.

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i found this motherboard for you very simple, Its ASUS so you know its good.

opps gave wrong site. lol.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131545
there thats better.

Quote: Originally Posted by mgdmixmaster Howdy folks first time posting here, been lurking for a while, got lured here by rockin'male allmost 9 months ago, been partying with rockin for over 15 years now, wow that seems a mighty long time to have to look at that guy (shudder), well on to my question, just orderd an Intel D-805 to play with, was wondering which motherboards would go well with it, i wanna try to push it as i can get on air, wont a good overclocking board thats no sli, no need for that yet, well thats my question, thanx in advance.

Well, I don't know what budget you've got, but I'd recommend getting either a 955x or 975x chipset board. I'm actually looking at getting a new mobo myself (have a #930 at the moment)

I'm personally looking at the intel 975X chipset boards (they support DDR2-800 RAM better), although I have a 955X one at the moment - they are cheaper and still perform well.

I'm thinking either the Asus P5WD2-E:
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...81&modelmenu=1

Or the Gigabyte GA-G1975X
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...Name=GA-G1975X

Both have 2x PCI-E x16 slots and support crossfire (but not SLI - Nvidia don't have drivers for non Nvidia chipset mobo's) They are also good overclockers (really good!)

If you're after something that can do SLI in the future, maybe the GA-8N-SLI:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...Name=GA-8N-SLI

or the Asus P5N32-SLI board:
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...45&modelmenu=1

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Me and mix go a long way back.....like he stated above its been a long time.

So your finally gonna upgrade that system for your son huh? Cause i certainly know you wouldnt be buying that processor for yourself.

Dont forget to pickup a zalman if your gonna OC that cpu. Then again that dungeon of yours, you might be able to get by on a stock cooler.

As for the motherboards you know asus and gigabyte rock. So make a choice.......?????

Give me a holler tonight......Unless you forgot it's the wifes birthday today. I tried buzzing ya but, you didnt answer.

Great response, thanx for all the info, im gonna look into all of them, was looking also at the abit NI8, not sure if i got that right, looked like a good board as far as options and it was Sli to boot, newegg had 1 open box at $49 , but a retail version at $98 or so, i deff want a ddr2 board, well back to the hunt i go

ok real quick question, tiger direct has the abit NI8 board for $59 bucks, has anyone had the opertunity to use or evaluate 1?

cause at that price i think im leaning that way for now, even if its just to get the unit up and running to play around with.

ya that is an OK BOARD i have a freind with that board he hasnt had any problems. If your looking to just get that system running that board is teh way to go. But im telling u right now u will wanta upgrade in 6 months and u will wish u still had that 60$ to spend on an awsome board. I would bite the bullet and go wit an SLI board for only 50$ more. seroisly you will save yourself alot of time, effort, and money if u just do it right the first time. keep us posted on ur decision.

That NI8 is a good board - it won't OC as high as the 955X chipset board, but at that price, it's a good option!

The latest info on a socket 775 MB is that the MSI 975X is the new king - it supports conroe and there are a few boards out there that have reached >400MHz FSB - I would go with that board if I were you, but it also depends on your budget.
Thinking of it, would you like to buy my Asus 955X while I get the MSI ? j/k

ok, well i orderd the NI8 and it is sli, so it will be a starting point for this build, trying to convince the wife i need a new board for the new cpu before house stuff is my problem, heh cant keep marking up my clients stuff just to get what i want( err yes i can) , so im really doing this as i find the deals i like, as rockin will attest, when it comes to a deal im a patient mofo, i once waited for my p4 cpu to drop 26 dollars before i would buy it