Good value Mobo for i5 760?

[DivideBYZero]

Hi all,

My venerable Asus P5B/E6400 combo needs replacement and I'm settled on an i5 760, but I'm out of the loop with regards to Mobos to pair it up with.

What I need:

- Plenty of SATA, i.e., four or more
- eSata if possible
- Firewire if possible
- USB 3.0 if chipsets support, just for lulz really
- Must be able to supprt min 8Gb RAM, but I'm sure that's not going to be a problem
- On board sound, not fussed about quality, even basic shizzle will do
- DO NOT WANT on board GFX
- DO NOT WANT mATX, full size only, pls.
- I have been an overclocker in the past, current E6400 (2.13) is running at 3.2Ghz on the P5B, so overclock-ability would be a huge plus, even if it's just a 20% or so boost.

Brands I have used in the past:

- Abit (*tear*)
- Asus

Thanks for your input!

 

[brencat]

I have this one and it is terrific (paid $109 shipped for it last month):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128425

Or this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128412


Both are same price AR so if you don't want to wait until they dip in price again, I'd probably lean toward the P55A-UD3 now, if only for the SATA 6 gbs feature.

I am partial toward Gigabyte...very stable boards, easy bioses - plenty of features and well organized, support for PS2 keyboard and floppy (if that's important to you like it is to me), great overclockers.

Edit: Sometimes a sig just doesn't do it justice...here is my board in action:

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/7519/i576038ghzloaded.png

 

[DivideBYZero]

Thanks. I haven't had a Gigabyte board since 1998, and while it was a good board and didn't fail me I couldn't overclock my PII 233... heh, anyway thanks for the tip. The UD3 keeps coming up on my radar so I'm leaning that way.

 

[perdomot]

Got this one for my 760 combo and seems to work well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131634

 

[Zargon]

dude you might as well wait till SB hits in like a month unless the rig is choking out on you.

you will either a) save money on 1156 stuff or if 1155 turns out awesome b) get more performance for the same $$ you would spend today

this debate has been killing me since BF/CM sales

 

[random betrayal]

I have this one and it is terrific (paid $109 shipped for it last month):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128425

Or this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128412

Both are same price AR so if you don't want to wait until they dip in price again, I'd probably lean toward the P55A-UD3 now, if only for the SATA 6 gbs feature.

I am partial toward Gigabyte...very stable boards, easy bioses - plenty of features and well organized, support for PS2 keyboard and floppy (if that's important to you like it is to me), great overclockers.

Edit: Sometimes a sig just doesn't do it justice...here is my board in action:

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/7519/i576038ghzloaded.png

I just rebuilt a core 2 duo rig with that shown in my sig, and I am loving the UD3. I doubled the ram to 8 gigs, I would not think it would have made as big a difference as it feels like it did.