Recommendation Request

[ashmiel]

Hello knowledgeable forum members,

I was wondering if I could get a few recommendations on a build I was considering. As I am pretty set on everything I want besides the mother board, I am posting here as opposed to in general hardware.

Cpu - E6750
Ram - 2x2gb DDR2 800
GPU - 8800gt
HD - WD 320gb 7200 RPM x2

I am looking for a motherboard in the price range of 100-200. I do not plan on doing any sort of hard core over clocking, and at this time do not plan on investing in anything besides stock cooling.

The above machine will blow away the current machine I use now (a 4yr old laptop) so I will probably be pretty satisfied without OC'ing for awhile, however the ability to do some over clocking in the future would be nice.

Because of this my most important requirements are...

The actual layout of the board (is it easy to work with)
RAID capabilities
Decent stock cooling (so it would be easy to do some minor tweaking)

Some of my considerations are as follows...

Abit IP35 Pro
Asus P5K
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS(undecided version)
MSI P35 Neo-FR

I was also considering the Asus P5K-E WiFi because of the built in WiFi

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[magezzz]

Whatever you do don't get my mobo, it's a piece if you know what.

 

[BUFF]

your needs don't sound that challenging - even a fairly basic board like an abit Ip35 or Gigabyte P35-DS3R should do & they are ~$100.
More money buys you a few more features & a bit more finesse but very little actual performance compared to the increase in price (i.e. spending an extra 50% gets you a few % rather than 50% extra).