Help me pick Asus mobo for c2d

jafoca

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Apr 25, 2007
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Basically I am stuck choosing between these two boards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131153]p5n32-e sli plus[/url]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131073]p5n32-e sli lga[/url]

I have ordered some corsair ddr2 800 ram that is probably the middle of the road for performance, and I also have allready bought an 7900gs gfx card. I am thinking about going with an E6420 c2d.

Basically I am upgrading from an nforce2 athlon fx 2100+ system, so its going to be a huge leap either way.

Basically I am a somewhat casual gamer, and I may overclock a bit but nothing mad. I just want a system that will handle the new round of games decently. I am not too worried about dx10 at this time, and one game that I am playing (runs poorly on current system) is incompatable with vista anyway.

So which board should I get? Or should I just say screw it and get an amd system because I am not planning to overclock much?

Oh yeah... if I get the less costly board I may be able to afford a sata dvd burner.

Thanks
 

bigsnyder

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Nov 4, 2004
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Have you considered any P965 boards like these?

Asus P5B-E
Asus P5B Deluxe

If you are still set on on an nvidia based board, go ahead and get the 680i based board. It
is currently only $13 more than the other one you linked.

C Snyder