Motherboard suggestions please?

[JohnnyGage]

LOL, that is definitely the board I am looking at. This forum helped keep the brain together. Once you start sifting through all the posts the EP35 kept popping up everywhere as highly recommended. Good luck.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

My suggestion would be anything EXCEPT a Gigabyte board. Read my post about HSF clearance issues with the 4-pin ATX12V socket (and LOUISSSSS's similar issue with an 8-pin connector). Then take a look at the majority of their boards and see that most of them have this major design screwup.

I am very surprised that so many on AT recommend these boards, sure would like to know how they got around this issue ...

Edit : Upon further review, several other brands have this same issue with poor 4/8 pin socket location. Asus boards look just as bad, for example. DFI boards the only ones I've found (so far) that offer adequate clearance.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Midnight Rambler
My suggestion would be anything EXCEPT a Gigabyte board. Read my post about HSF clearance issues with the 4-pin ATX12V socket (and LOUISSSSS's similar issue with an 8-pin connector). Then take a look at the majority of their boards and see that most of them have this major design screwup.

I am very surprised that so many on AT recommend these boards, sure would like to know how they got around this issue ...

Edit : Upon further review, several other brands have this same issue with poor 4/8 pin socket location. Asus boards look just as bad, for example. DFI boards the only ones I've found (so far) that offer adequate clearance.

What is this issue? I have a P35-DS3R v1.0, and a HyperTX2 cooler, and I didn't encounter any ATX12V clearance issues.

 

[Froodent76]

If you want a DFI Lanparty within your budget, try their new dark series (naming scheme starts with DK)
I havent seen any reviews on it but it was launched several weeks ago. The only difference is they're using analog PWM instead of digital (as in their higher range Lanparty motherboards). I wanted to buy one but I heard they'll start coming in two weeks time (here in Indonesia).
They should fit within your budget. The retailer told me the DFI Lanparty DK P35-T2RS is about $150 and the DK X38-T2R is $200.
I'd say get the X38