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The title pretty much explains it all. The dual channel on my mobo is no longer working due to(possibly) and accident on my part. I can't rma since the warranty is up. Since I am upgrading to two gigs of dual channel ram, I need a new mobo.
As far as what I want, obviously it has to be an 875p mobo. I want something that allows good/great overclockability. I'm not too concerned about being able to push insane voltages through it because the ram I will most likely be getting doesn't need a major voltage boost to oc well, and my current p4 really performs well even at stock voltages. I just want a motherboard that doesn't tie my hands when it comes to bios settings(in particular clock speeds).
Some things that would be nice are 4 sata ports, seeing as I already have 2 sata drives, and would like to get another hdd or sata optical drive in the future. Also, decent audio would be good, but I can always get an x-fi if the onboard is horrid. A slightly superficial preference would be either a black or blue pcb, seeing as that would match literally everything else in my computer perfectly.
In case you need to know more to help pick the ideal mobo, my CPU is a 3.2GHZ P4C Northwood D1 stepping. This is the ram I am most likely going to get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146029
Oh and price isn't really an issue assuming it's less than 160 dollars or so.
Thanks for your help!
As far as what I want, obviously it has to be an 875p mobo. I want something that allows good/great overclockability. I'm not too concerned about being able to push insane voltages through it because the ram I will most likely be getting doesn't need a major voltage boost to oc well, and my current p4 really performs well even at stock voltages. I just want a motherboard that doesn't tie my hands when it comes to bios settings(in particular clock speeds).
Some things that would be nice are 4 sata ports, seeing as I already have 2 sata drives, and would like to get another hdd or sata optical drive in the future. Also, decent audio would be good, but I can always get an x-fi if the onboard is horrid. A slightly superficial preference would be either a black or blue pcb, seeing as that would match literally everything else in my computer perfectly.
In case you need to know more to help pick the ideal mobo, my CPU is a 3.2GHZ P4C Northwood D1 stepping. This is the ram I am most likely going to get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146029
Oh and price isn't really an issue assuming it's less than 160 dollars or so.
Thanks for your help!