Help with motherboard choice

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Glib, May 31, 2009.

  1. Glib

    Glib Private E-2

    Hi,I would like some input on a motherboard purchase. I've been going crazy tring to find the perfect board.
    I have collected these parts:
    Asus Dvd rom (Sata)
    Asus Dvd rw rom (Sata)
    G.Skill 4 Gig 2 dim Pc 6400 CL5-5-5-15
    WD 500 Gig (Sata) 32 mb Hard Drive
    OCZ Stelthxtream 600w PS
    AMD Athlon X2 64 3.1GHz Processor
    Nippon Labs ICR-BB All-in-one USB +eSATACard Reader
    External (Sata) Hard Drive
    Vista Ultimate 64
    Asus 23in Monitor

    Features I would like to have:
    ATX (size)
    6 usable iSata connections with a large card installed
    SLI (not important)
    On board graphics (just in case video card fails)
    Overclock Utility
    Later update another 4 Gigs ram, Amd 940cpu and another hard drive.
    Ability to update: (Raid 0).Will this turn all onboard Sata connections to Raid 0? Will my Sata roms be affected?
    I would like to spend no more than $160.00
    Hopefully I did not leave out any details.
    Thanks for any input.
     
  2. Drizzles

    Drizzles First Sergeant

    hmmmm ... I don't have much experience in the way of AMD ... possibly someone else has an answer??
     
  3. Nimda

    Nimda Private E-2

    Last edited: Jun 4, 2009
  4. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    the selection gets real limited with onboard video...most of the time it's the micro atx boards with onboard video. I would eliminate that because none of those boards have very great user ratings.
     

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