Help with motherboard decisions

[Zeno50]

I'm building a new system and want to make sure it will be Penryn compatible. I think I'm going with a E6750 Conroe which I will OC for 6 months - 1 year and then pop in a new Penryn.

I've been looking at these:

http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16813131236

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131219


It seems like Asus has the most offerings now, but I don't have any brand preference.


Any suggestions?

 

[renethx]

If you have not yet bought E6750 2.66GHz $183, then you'd better wait for E8400 3.00GHz $183 (to be released on January 20, 2008). P35 chipset motherboards support Penryn processors. For example see:

AnandTech - Motherboard Compatibility for Wolfdale and Yorkfield Processors

Unless you need the support for CrossFire or a RAID controller card, P35 is as good as and cheaper than X38. For example

abit IP35 Pro
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4 (rev. 2.0)

 

[Brutus04]

I can vouch for the Abit IP35, just fired it up yesterday. They also make the IP35 Pro which is a very popular choice.