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pen360guiin
12-23-2007, 12:47 AM
Hey i really need help choosing a new motherboard. I have a friend who pushed me ASUS so thats primarily what I have been looking at. For on one my problem is i i cant pick between Intel and AMD i hear AMD is good but their not doing so well fiscally. Here are the main things I am looking for in a motherboard.

The case will hold ATX or extended ATX. its the cooler master cosmos case.

64 bit cable(i heard i should look into it. should it matter?)
6 x Serial ATA
SLI or would Crossfire be better.
at least 4g of ram
I dont know if wanting to put in an HD dvd or blu ray drive will affect anything
The case will fit 7 PCI cards and i would like no less than 7

I am currently a student in college and im into gaming. I plan on using a vizio 32 inch LCD tv as the monitor as well so i dont have to go buy a new one. I would prefer not to spend over $300 which seems to be the range of most.

The Wise Monkey
12-23-2007, 08:25 AM
Check out the new 780i range of nVidia boards - they are meant to be pretty good. :)

pen360guiin
12-24-2007, 03:07 AM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131013

would that be a bad board. Nvidia does not have an eSATA port. Also what kind of DDR2 is bes tthe ASUS supports 800 is that good enough

The Wise Monkey
12-24-2007, 06:02 AM
Ok, this is a great motherboard, but it only supports crossfire:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128067