Highest Quality MB for Non-OC/Non-SLI?

[Akinos]

Hey guys, about to buy an all new rig, looking for some advice.

After spending the last few days obsessing over my mobo decision I have given up on OCing and SLI and I just want it to put my computer together and have it work. 🙂

Looking at customer reviews on various sites, the Intel boards seem to be the highest quality. Or at least have the least issues.

Here's the rest of my rig:

Antec Performance I P180B
eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3
ENERMAX Liberty 500W Power Supply (Actually still undecided on this, looking for the quietest 500W~ modular PSU on the market)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D

Looking to play FPS/RTS (HL2, Company of Heroes, SupCom) at med-high settings at 1440x900.

Many thanks in advance. 😀

 

[88NovaTwincam]

Yea a 975 intel board fills the bill for that E6600, but how can you not WANT or NEED to O/C if your goal is gaming and you got
ALL the RIGHT parts to DO IT!

Loose the modular psu idea it's not worth it, although i've had luck with my OZC modstream
they make great psu's and also seasonic is first class silent PSU

I don't think you really need the extra cache in the e6600; for the cost go for the e6400..

Why not go for the P5B Deluxe (WiFi)? Very user friendly and supports 8 phase psu and can EASILY
switch the FSB up to 800Mhz for a 3.2GHz (400x8) CPU!

Sweet GPU, i'm jealous! My 7600GT plays AOE3 with WarChiefs X-PACK nice tho... I also do video editing/rendering too..
that 7200.10 seagate 320gb is the drive to get.. great choice! Sweet case too..