Motherboard for qx6850

[oslama]

I just ordered the qx6850 from the intel retail edge deal and now i need a compatible motherboard to run it with. I do not need to SLI or CF and wont be ocing much. However i do play GoW and CoD at medium settings.

My budget is @100 to 125 dollars.



Parts

OCZ DDR2 pc 800mhz 4gb memory
ati 3870 pcie video card
430w psu
WD sat 500gb

 

[Nickel020]

I'd go with a P45 mainboard, PCIE 2.0 is useful in some games, especially CoD where it can yield up 10% comapred to PCIE 1.1.
The following boards might be itneresting:
Gigabyte EP45 DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128345
MSI P45 Neo3-FR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813130180
BIOSTAR TForce TP45HP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813138123

MSI and Gigabyte made solid P35 boards, so these will probably be quite good also, ahven't heard much about them though yet. The Biostar is supposed to be a really good overclocker, heard lots of good stuff about their P45 line.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Hold up. You just spent 1K on an old processor?

 

[Nickel020]

H mentioned an "Intel retail edge deal". First result from Google:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=404613

So he probably spend 239 bucks...

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

i hope so

 

[oslama]

1k for a cpu LOL

i paid 239 + sh and tax

But without realising that my mb is not going to support it

 

[oslama]

what about the FOXCON P45A-S. It would be nice to have 2 vc's in CF.

 

[oslama]

ok i am leaning more towards the MSI Neo-3, but see a lot of Atechers mentioning the ASUS P5Q as a solid p45 series. I do not know much about ASUS except that Microcenter had a bunch of P5k on returned/open box clearance. do not know if it was just an specific issue with the p5k series.

I also like the gigabytes but the bios issues are a concern.

 

[z1ggy]

I have a gigabyte and Have not had any BIOS issues yet.