Motherboard recommendation?

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I've had it with this ****ty M2N-SLI board from Asus. Can anybody recommend a good solid no BS motherboard that will work well for gaming?

I've already got these components to plug into it:

-Geforce 8800GT 512MB

-SoundBlaster Audigy 24bit something something.. only got a sound card cause the one on this board suuuucks.

-Linksys 10/100 Etherfast PCI Adapter - got this also because the on board card refused to run properly.

I swear it's as if this board just doesn't know how to do anything. I've had to forcefully learn so much crap about PC's I'm at my wits end and looking into just going back to console only gaming.
 
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I'm looking at maybe 3-400 to blow when tax return time rolls around. but I'm not looking for bleeding edge or anything that's going to be new at the time. I'm a dad here with 2 little ones and a medium one who eats like a large one.. :(

So cheap = good :D but I want to try for something more reliable this time. Going cheap on this mobo has nearly killed my interest in pc gaming at this point. I really wish all the horrid reviews and warnings had been out when I bought this damned thing.

I had a 2nd 8800 for a while but I donated it to a longtime good friend so he could run UT3 on his rig. So yeah I'll be looking for another one. its an eVGA Geforce 8800GT. and yeah it's PCIe.

One thing here I think might be going on now, since I'm also having scratchy audio in games is maybe my mobo isn't sending out power or resources at all to the correct components. I'm looking at 2 audio cards, when I really want to correctly disable the onboard again, and I'm now wondering if I need to disable my onboard video also, and HOW to. :(
 
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I'm a big fan of Gigabyte mainboards. Great bios features, if that's your thing. aluminum capacitors, and dual bios incase you screw up a flash.
 
hyrulian

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ZenPirate said:
I'm a big fan of Gigabyte mainboards. Great bios features, if that's your thing. aluminum capacitors, and dual bios incase you screw up a flash.
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I'll second that. Gigabyte makes excellent boards. :)

Although, I always cheap out and end up buying something like ECS, anyway. :p To be fair, the ECS boards have always worked well enough for me, but sometimes they leave a bit more to be desired. But hey, for the price I pay, I'm happy :)
 
MrSmiles

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I've used DFI boards in three computers will no problems, Gigabyte in one with no problems.

I've had problems with Asus boards in the past
(currently using a DFI BloodIron)
 
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Oh. I wanted to buy a Q6600 or e8xxx, but I guess I'd better wait a little more since prices are about to change D:
 
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