Suggest a mobo for my E6600

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hi guys ,planning for an upgrade sometime soon ,need your help on this config

I'm planning on a

C2D E6600
RAM : 2 x 1 GB @667 Mhz ( Probably Kingston )

I'll be using this as an entertainment rig (= games,movies... ) and have no intention of setting up a SLI

I'm in a bit of a confusion about the mobo which i should use .

i'm looking for a board which would fully utilize my E6600.

i have these options

lz feel free to add if i missed anything

1. Asus P5B DLX
2. P5N32-E SLI
3. P5N-E SLI
4. GA 965P DS3P

P5N32-E SLI is the best of the them all and costlier than all, hard to find in India, next comes, P5N-E SLI, and next P5B DLX, this one is widelly available...

whats you budget ??

@choto p5b deluxe is actually better than p5ne sli if u dont want sli.. And blacklight r u goin to take a gfx card or u want onboard gfx??

yeah P5B Deluxe is better than P5N-E SLi.

@choto:
my budget is around 10K .

@pathiks
yes, plan to get a DX10 gfx card in a few months time.

one concern i have is whether my ram would become a bottleneck while OC'ing on the 965 based P5B Deluxe Vs the 650 & 680 chipset where asynchronous memory overclocking is possible ?

^^^ hey see my rig's config in my sig.u'll get an idea.

hi assasin,
yup

seems u are already a proud owner of a P5B Dlx board.

did u have any problems with the JMicron and Sound drivers ??
has Asus fixed them ??

no i dont hav any probs with the mobo.all required drivers r included in Vista,so i dont hafta install then separately.

P5B deluxe is a great motherboard...go for it if u don't want a n SLI (X32) setup.

thankx guys ..especially assasin for helping me out .
planning to get my new rig as soon as the c2d prices are reflected here