Help with choosing a Final Mobo

DPOverLord

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I will be using this computer with the following components:
Venice 3200
Ram : Wanted CSB since 80$ for 1GB
Power Supply: Looking at Antec TruePower 510 Watt(90$ instead of 220 for PC P&C 510)
Video Card: GF 6800GT or ATI x800XT/XL

I plan on possibily o/c the cpu (not the ram) to a higher spec at some point since I heard the venice 3200 o/c's nicely. I was leanign towards the Ultra-D until I found out the the Corsair Value select ram may not work with it. I found this to be steal for 90$ and still have not found anything in that category. I am still undecided on what card I will buy and the Power supply. I am looking at spending less than 1k on this system and Really need help from all of you hardware gurus on that mobo. What do you think would be the best choice?

Thanks!
 

MajorPayne

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Not sure about the other boards, but I have used Corsair ValueRAM, Kingston ValueRAM, Kingston HyperX, and one other type (cheap, but cannot remember the brand) in my DFI SLI board (which is identical to the Ultra D board except for lack of SLI and extra goodies) without any problems. It has been a great board, seems to work fine with any RAM I throw in it, and it is the BEST overclocker board in existence.
 

MADMAX23

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If you are planing to do extreme overclocking don't go for the ASUS A8N SLI, go for the DFI, Asus A8N SLI, has an issue with 1T command rate at higher memory speeds +240 Mhz in 1:1 ratio!
With the ASUS A8N, you can't set your RAM memory in 1:1 ratio (HTT:RAM speed) mode any higher than 240 Mhz with plein system stability, I warn you, this is happening to all of us unfortunately!
If you want/need higher Ram memory frequencies go for the DFI, otherwise, the ASUS A8N is an excellent mobo!