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    Best MB for QX6850?

    I just got a QX6850 and have to change my MB(I have Intel 975XBX now and have to buy something with fsb1333). But I can't decide what to get. these are my options:
    -Abit IN9 32X MAX 680i Socket 775 DDR2
    -ASUS Blitz Formula SE Intel P35 C2D Motherboard 775
    -XFX nforce680i Ultra ATX DDR2 800
    -GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 LGA775 INTEL P35
    I never had anything but Intel for a MB. As I know, ASUS tends to overheat the processors...
    I have Corsair DDR2 XMS2PRO PC5400(2 x 1024Mb) and I really don't have the money to upgrade to DDR3.
    Or if you don't know exactly which one would should I buy, at least help me decide what to chose between Intel and nVidia chipset's.


    Any suggestion would be of help.
    thanks

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    I'd go for the Asus Blitz. I've seen problems with the Abit board, albeit solid, the Asus is a tad better.

    The Gigabyte board suffers from a poorer vDroop than the others.
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    I would also say that Asus Blitz is the way to go if you want one one of the motherboards mentioned above, it’s a great mobo and its pretty easy to achieve high FSB with Quad Core.
    I personally use a DFI P35 right now together with a QX6850 and i am more than happy, this is a masterpiece from DFI especially for Quad Cores.
    Now if you aren’t going to over clock then maybe Asus is just as good but if you want to get some crazy results then i would really recommend DFI.

    There are a couple of great threads about both DFI P35 and Asus Blitz, I would suggest you read a couple of them and se how other people likes these boards.

    This is a couple DFI threads.
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=154898

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ght=asus+blitz

    I couldnt find the threads i was searching about the Blitz motherboard, but i found a thread with a 500Mhz FSB result with Blitz Formula.
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=163215
    CPU: Intel Kentsfield QX6850 // Motherboard: DFI lanparty 680i LT // RAM: OCZ Flex 9200 5-5-5-18 // GPU: ASUS 8800ULTRA GPU mod
    Power: Silverstone Olympia 1000w // HD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB/ 36GB/ // Cooling: SS tuned for Quad Core

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