Mobo died just in time

[zmaster]

So for the past 3 years i had the trusty fatality from abit (an8).
It sadly passed away last night.
Let it rest in peace.
**initiates a moment of silence**

right. Now that that is done lets pick out a new mobo.
Here are the requirements:
It has to be intel. I have used AMD till now, and even though I am happy with it, its time for a change.
I will be using an Nvidia graphics cards. Dunno if it impacts the chipset i will need, but just wanted to put it out there.
Memory: DDR3 i will need new one anyways (cos i was at ddr1) so price providing i shalt be making the switch to ddr3

Case, psu (antec) and hard drives i shall carry over from the old rig.

So let the recommendations begin.

Oh, ps. thanks for all your input people.

 

[o1die]

DDr3 is still priced too high, unless you're in a hurry to switch to core i7. My newegg email specials listed corsair pc6400 (2x2 gigs) for $21.99 after $30 rebate with free shipping. I suggest you start with that. For the motherboard, any p45 will work well unless you want to try crossfire with 2 cards. x48 boards are good for that, but run $225 and higher. For the cpu, either the e8400 or e7200 are good choices for value and performance. Frys has both on sale this week. I personally don't recommend the sli nvidia chipset boards, as the manufacturer's are mostly evga or xfs; neither website provides much support in the form of bios updates.

 

[JPB]

Gigabyte UD3P.

One word describes this board, and that word is AWESOME.

It just simply has and does everything you could want.