Best mb for e8400

[aevm]

Honestly, I've never had 3 monitors so I don't know how it works in all details. Right now I have an 8800GTX with two DVI cables going out of it, each to its own monitor. There's an nVidia Control Panel that lets me pick things like whether the monitors should show the same image (Clone mode) or combine to simulate a larger monitor (DualView), and which one is on the left, and which one to show the Start button, and so on. I assume that with a second video card and a 3rd (or even 4th) monitor connected to it I'd have more options in that software.

BTW, the DS3P or DS4 do allow Crossfire (that's like SLI, but with ATI cards instead of nVidia). They're just not ideal for it because one of the PCI-E x16 slots is x16 only in size but runs at x4 speed.

I too believe the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme will fit on the GA-P35-DS4. A quick Google search found me a guy who has both in his signature on some forum.
http://www.overclock.net/monitors-displays/298610-how-ship-monitor.html

 

[Sam Lowry]

Hi there! I have some questions about these MBs:

1) Is there any MB capable of recognizing DDR3 modules?

2) I see that some MBs have these specs: rev 1.0, rev 2.0 and rev 2.1 - how should I proceed (or the seller) to verify if the MB is selling is the rev 2.1 for example?

3) I need to use RAID 0 and probably 3 or 4 HDDs using SATA. I also need to do Crossfire.

4) I need some MB that can accept PCI-E slots for using a capture card (Blackmagic Intensity Pro). I think all of them have this feature, just to confirm.

And for the last, if more than a single model fits all the following 4 items above, what do you recommend?

I need a new MB to use with E8400. Thanks!

 

[BUFF]

probably an X38/X48 chipset based mobo then - there are several with DDR3.

 

[aevm]

If you want to do Crossfire then two PCI-E x16 slots will be occupied by the video cards. What kind of PCI-E slot does the capture card need?