buying new mother board well whole new comp

well looking to buy good gaming mother board.im allready set on pcu intel quad core q6600 2.4 ghz.now im still stuck on getting mobo.i was looking at asus sli ,xfx sli,and evga sli all 680i chipsets.what is good board? im noobie so one with easy setup would be nice.i dont think im guna mess with overclocking im sure it will play games good without overclocking.any suggestions??? thanks all

Honestly, my favorite way, is to check newegg.com. You can specify what you are looking for in a Mobo, like chipset, amount of ram, and much more. The reviews on there seem to be pretty helpful.

i looked at alot them boards and the reviews and i hear nuthin but good things bout asus but then on reviews every other review is something bad bout asus??? and my buddy keeps tellin me to get a amd over the intel. he says that everyone has intel cause its just been around forever?? this is making me sick i wish i knew alot more bout comps

You're buddy is an AMD fan boy. Intel's Core 2 Duo's are the best CPUs on the market. I've heard ASUS makes great boards, especially for OC'ers; The only bad thing I've heard about them is their support isn't the greatest and their boards are picky about ram.

well isnt the intel q6600 quad core better than a intel core duo????

Well the answer to that question is yes and no. Intel's quad core are phenomenal processors. However many many programs are not written to utilize 4 cores. Many programs are still not written to even utilize 2 cores. However if you google some benchmarks about the Q6600 and usally the E6850 you'll find that at stock speeds the E6850 and similar C2D do better than Q6600 at stock speeds in most benchmarks. Once both are overclocked, the Q6600 starts taking the lead.

so if i was guna do some overclocking then the q6600 be the way to go???and the whole mother board finding is driving me nuts lol i deff wanna get the nvidia 680i chipset and like i said befor i was looking at the evga and xfx sli boards and then im still clueless bout asus boards that striker extreme looks crazy lol with all them copper pipes

EVGA and XFX motherboards are both made by Foxconn. Stick with a Asus or a Gigabyte board.

hows this deal look?????http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...2441&CatId=333 o and whats the diffrence between 650i and 680i chipset???