Motherboard suggestions

[igormon]

Hey guys im building a new pc and I need to know a good motherboard price range preferably up to 200-230 max. Needs to be good reliable, and basically not a peice of junk hehe.

Specs:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz
2gb OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHZ Platinum XTC Revision 2. (might get another 2 gigs down the road)
OCZ gamerxtreme 600 watt power supply
500gb HD (not sure which exact hd yet
BFG 8800GT OC2 512MB


Anyway, I cant decide which mobo to get, my friends all tell me different, so I came here.

Any help appreciated thanks abunch

 

[chookman]

Either P35 or x38 chipset

Depends if you wanna save some money. Gigabyte GA-P35_DS3L is awesome and cheap. DS3R and 3P are great.
Asus has the P5K and P5e to look at

 

[igormon]

Hmm, yeah i was looking at the P5k, theres abuncha versions of that to, am I right to assume that the other versions that cost more for example just have additional addons of sorts and aren't EXTREMELY different when it comes down to the basics?

 

[chookman]

P5K vanilla has the same basics are the P5K deluxe, its just the added extras that you get. Currently the best price/features board in that range is the P5K-e

 

[shall1990]

When I bought my system a few months ago I was constantly looking for the right motherboard and I finally went with Gigabyte P35 DS3L, I got it for a little under $100. Works awesome, survived an exploding PSU and many bumps and stuff. It says ultra durable, and heck yes it is.