I'm having real trouble figuring out which motherboard to get for my new PC. My PC is supposed to be quiet, fast and as energy-friendly as possible without sacrificing the other two. I am, for example, looking at the extremely quiet Antex P182 and P150 cases, I'm taking the quietest Samsung Spinpoint T 400LJ harddisk, and I'll probably buy the Intel E8200 (which should be comparable to the E6750, but cooler). The PC will be used for game programming as well as gaming (but not particularly high-end gaming; I might take a loot at the Crysis demo, but that's it).
So I'm looking for a motherboard with low power consumption, preferably passively cooled, without relying on a big fan on the CPU (I'm planning a big passive Scythe Ninja heatsink there), but fast and responsive. I was planning to start with 4 GB memory, with the option to upgrade to 8 GB later, but most mobos have 4 slots and no or few 2GB memory modules on their QVL, so perhaps I should consider just sticking with 4 GB for now -- that should be plenty for the forseeable future, and I hear that Intel will be abandoning the 775 socket in about a year, so a CPU upgrade will probably mean a motherboard upgrade as well.
The single most important feature, however, is reliability. I'll be using it professionally, but I'll be doing my own system maintainance, so I can't really afford to lose time on obscure hardware errors, and being a software guy, I know almost nothing about motherboards.
I'm having a really hard time figuring out which motherboard fits my requirements best. Does anyone have any advice for me?