What 650i motherboard?

[Yellowhello]

I am looking at building a new system and I am torn between 2 650i motherboards.

MSI P6N-SLI Platinum

ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus

I am aware that the ASUS is more expensive.
Both have solid capacitors and I don't really care that the MSI has x8 and x8 in SLI as apposed to x16 and x16 with the ASUS.

Any suggestions and constuctive criticism is appreciated.

[stinger608]

By far the Asus board!!!!!

And Welcome to the best community on the net!!!!!

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by stinger608

By far the Asus board!!!!!

I second this, I have had nothing but good luck with Asus for many years although I have never used those particular boards

[Yellowhello]

Do you have any recommendations for the rest of the system?

I am on a tight budget of $<900.

[Dr. V]

E6300, 2GB of solid DDR2-667 (or higher) ram, like a good OCZ set, OCZ GameXStream 600W, Seagate 7200.10 250GB or 320GB, a nice mid-range NZXT, or ANTEC, or ThermalTake case, LG LightScribe DVD Burner 18x (if you'll NEVER use it, then get a regular 18x), aannndddd you're done.

...oh wait a video card...

hmm 7600GT? depends on the type of user you are. it would help if we knew..

thanks!

[Yellowhello]

I primarily play games but not seriously. A light gamer.

[slugbug]

What about the Asus P5N-E SLI board? It's inexpensive and gets very good reviews.

[Yellowhello]

the P5N-E doesn't have a southbridge heatsink and I've heard it doen't overclock well.

Plus it doesn't have all solid-capacitors.

[polobunny]

The P5N32-E SLI is a solid board in my opinion. I recommend it often. You get 680i performance on the cheap. :P