Mobo advice, Please help!

[pitfall317]

I'm building a new secondary gaming computer and I'm running into some problems picking a motherboard. I want to make sure that the video card will fit the board. I'll be running Vista with 8 GB of memory. I'd appreciate any advice people can give me. Thanks!

Specs so far:

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz 4MB

GPU - EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

 

[Zero82z]

Budget?

 

[pitfall317]

If possible under $200. I was thinking of possibly getting an EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard.

 

[Zero82z]

I wouldn't recommend an nVidia chipset board unless you intend to use SLI. I suggest either the ASUS P5Q Pro or the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R.

 

[PC_User]

I'd recommend the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.

 

[Zero82z]

I'd recommend the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.

There's no point in getting the P over the R since he's using an nVidia card.

 

[Doc03]

Is there any benefit to having the P's dual LAN?

 

[Zero82z]

Is there any benefit to having the P's dual LAN?

Depends if you need it or not. The second NIC could be used to connect to a second network, or to bridge a connection between another PC and a hub/switch/router, or a few other things. However, the vast majority of people would have no use for it.