xLitsx Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I am looking to buy a new motherboard to replace my evga 680i because I want to run leapord easily using as many cores as I can.. I have quad.. Intel What would you all recommend? I am looking for something good under 150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtotho Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Look at the Gigabyte DS3* Series. I made an Install guide for the GA-P35 DS3L and the board cost only $90 bucks. If you want more features you can opt for the DS3P and DS3R which i believe have more features and are well supported but are also more expensive. here is my install guide http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=83689 btw it is fully working pretty much. i did the same thing as u, i had that same motherboard... as hard as it was to give up the probably better quality of a $200+ board, Leopard was worth it to me though. See my Specs for my info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLitsx Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 ANyone else...? I looked at the board 89$, id like to spend more then that... i mean i will also be running windows xp and gaming and i dont want a slow mobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtotho Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 its not a slow motherboard. It just doesnt have raid and some extra features.. if anything.. with its new chipsets and nice build, its actually faster than my other boards. Like i said if u want more stuff.. go for the higher ones in the series. Like DS3R or P. Or u can get an Asus P5W DH Deluxe. OR intel Badaxe 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLitsx Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Part of the problem is I need an IDE connection there for my dvd drive. I see the Asus has it but little more then I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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