Can anyone reccomend a motherboard for me?

[tinymouse2]

Ok so i'm going to be getting a q9550 and a 260 gtx 216 "core" edition. Keeping my 4 gigs of ddr2 ram.

I was thinking about the XFX 780i from ebuyer for 110 quid because I thought this is to good to be true. Reading into it quite a few people had problems with it so now i'm not sure.

My budget is 120 quid and I would like it to support SLI 2x for a possible physx card or a second 260 in the future. I also need 2 pci slots (3 prefered) for a sound card, tv card and a wireless internet card. With the 780i I wouldn't be able to do this obviously but would probably use the in-built sound chip thing.

So yeh
Can anyone reccomend a nice card that is easy to overclock with (q9550 say up to 3.6ghz) with SLI and is < £120 and also is standerd ATX (not extended)

Thanks
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[Boulard83]

I would go with an EVGA 780FTW or Asus.

If you didnt buyed anything yet, why not going for an I7+P6T or Gigagyte X58 extrem or something ? I7 seems to scale very well with SLI. I know it can be a lil over your budget but way better futurproof new build ....

[tinymouse2]

I would go for an i7 if I had enough money...
I'm trying to create a cheap high spec gaming computer. 700 is my max budget but I would prefer it to be down at about 650.
With a 100 quid mobo it's 675 squids.
I'm off to uni soon hence the wish to keep it cheap. I'm going for budget high performance parts.

[Boulard83]

Get something similar to my build but with a GTX260 or GTX275 and maybe an E8400 can do it for you if your only gaming you dont really need a quad in a budget build.

Here my price in CAD tha ive paid when i buyed it.

Intel Q9550 : 300$
Asus P5Q : 130$
4gb Gskils Pi-Black : 60$
BFG GTX285 OC2 : 400$
PC P&C 750w : 130$
RC690 case : 70$ Total : 1090$

If you check the current price (US) for my computer NOW it can be 800$ but you dont have HDD,DVD and cooling.

Ill tell you NOT to go SLI, get a P45 chipset ( asus or gigabyte ) and a Q9550 or E8400 paired with a GTX275-285 or HD4890. The P45 can get your Q in the 4ghz and the E in the 4.5ghz with good air cooling. If you ABSOLUTELLY want SLI ... youll need to pay more than 100$ for a MOBO.