A Motherboard, help me finalize my build please

So Which One?

  • Asus

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • Gigabyte

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • MSI

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • Total voters
    7

pinkparrot

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Well With the April price cut around the corner i guess im pretty content with everything but my motherboard:

Goals For New Comp: Budget Overclock Rig

Processor: 6600 C2D
Ram: 2X G.skill 1GB 5-5-5-15 1.8v-2.0v
Vid Card : EVGA 8800 GTS 320MB
HDD: Seagate 160GB
-Arctic Freezer 7 Pro
Now i just cant pick between:
Gigabyte-DS3: Here At New Egg
MSI P6N Platinum:Here At New Egg
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus: Here At New Egg

So yea i know all i have is one 320mb at the moment, but worse comes to worse down the road SLi might be a possibility. So just post/poll what mobo you would pick and a reason if possible that'd be great.

thanks in advance all
 

horseraddish

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I voted for MSI because I've had good expieriance with them in the past. It seems to be a good option for Core 2 Duo. If you want to overclock, Gigabyte looks to be the better value based off of the newegg customer reviews.

Is SLI worth the added price?
 

BUFF

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I voted for the Asus.
Why - you indicated a wish to keep th eSLI option open so that rules out the DS3 & the P5N32E-Plus is a better board than the MSI (but of course dearer).