I personally woudlnt go a 1000w+ power supply unless you were going to go dual cards in the future. The way I see it, you could spend less on a good quality power supply like a Corsair HX750w (which would be perfect) and maybe use the remaining cash on something else. Maybe a cheap SSD.
My personal opinion is to get a better GPU and power supply. Maybe get a Corsair HX750w professional series and a GTX 560Ti or GTX 570. Youll cry at the sheer awesomeness compared to what you got now.
If your still looking for a motherboard around the x38 chipset, I have for sale a DFI Lanparty LT x38 T2R motherboard. Has everything that came with it included. $200+shipping.
I too have an X3350 and I have been pissing around with it for the last couple of days trying to get a decent OC but to no avail. I can post at 450x8 but I either get two cores to fail in Prime, BSOD, or my computer freezes/shuts down. Im on air not water and I have tried everything.
The only...