Want to upgrade to Core 2 BY X-MAS, which MB??

digitaldose

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Nov 24, 2006
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Been reading quite a bit over the last few days (some great information on here fellas, thanks!) Anyway, I haven't upgraded my system in almost 2 years (at least any major components) and have the itch. My current system is,

MSI K8N-Neo2 Platinum
Athlon 64 3500+
1 Gig Crucial Ballistix PC3200
XFX Geforce 6800 GT

I'm looking to upgrade to a Core 2 system and have the major components picked out except the motherboard.

Core 2 E6600 CPU
2 Gig Either Corsair or OCZ DDR2 800
Geforce 8800 GTS
Motherboard - ????

The 680i chipset seems a bit overkill for me, even though I'm a pretty big gamer I'm not a huge overclocker and such and would rather not spend $250 on a motherboard. The 650i seems like it would be perfect however with no MB's out yet I don't want to wait until potentially January. SLI capability would be nice however it's not an absolute must.

Any motherboard suggestions?

Thanks
DD