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Which mother board to choose (Need help sorry)

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1. ASUS P5K DELUXE

2. ASUS P5N-D LGA 775

3. ASUS P5Q LGA 775

4. ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775

I dont know which one I should get. The number 4 could only use DDR2 1200 ram but they kind of expensive still thinking about 4. Willing to spend 100-200 tops.
 
PS

Im getting this CPU so has to be good with mother board and is the chip good?

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W
 
If you can only choose from those I would go with #4. Given other options I would suggest a P5Q Pro, it has a little better price/performance raitio IMHO.

You can use what ever ram speed you want, well assuming DDR2. You do not have to use 1200. Given ratios you could use DDR2 667 if you really wanted.
 
Is the P5Q only Crossfire compatible, in case one plans on running dual memory cards one day... Crossfire being ATI.

I run Nvidia GPU's and am wondering if this card is compatible with SLi
 
The P5Q is an Intel P45 chipset. In order to be able to use SLI you need an NVidia chipset. So no, you cannot run SLI on it, only Crossfire.
 
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