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Mainboards - Shopping for new ones ... and looking for some hints.

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forsaken:
Nothing wrong with Asus, they're a solid company that hasn't let me down yet.

In terms of Socket stability, Intel's LGA 775 got upped to the LGA 1366 in 2008 and future Core i7 CPUs are still going to be on that socket.
AMD's currently at Socket AM3 (since 2009) and there's probably not going to be much change at that front.

Intel's held the bang/buck crown for the past 5 years. I'd recommend them. Go with one of  the new i5/i7 depending on your needs and you'll be able to upgrade it again cheaply in 2-3 years when the Socket gets replaced. That's about all the stability you're likely to get with any computer purchases.

I did the same with LGA775, bought a decent Asus board and the cheapest core2duo out there. Now (4 years later) I've bought a decent but significantly cheaper core2quad as a bit of an upgrade.

Gamerzhell:

--- Quote from: Proin Drakenzol on March 14, 2010, 09:38:12 AM ---Creative is the best for audio cards, afaik (at the non-pro level at least)

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I beg to differ.

Asus has overtaken them in the budget department (<$300)

You could go for a Gigabyte board, they're pretty reliable.

halfelite:
I have always been a fan of evga boards myself.

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