Recommend me a new motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 Latest BIOS F9b
EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 x2 total of 8gb of memory
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI Certified
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe
Windows Vista Ultimate X64 with SP1

Those are my current specs right now and I think my motherboard is about to go soon. I need to purchase a new motherboard while keeping all the same components. Please recommend a good overclocking motherboard that costs between $100-$200.

What are the new chipsets out now? I have not keep up with the latest tech in awhile. Thanks

What is happening that you suspect the motherboard is dying? It may not be a problem with the motherboard at all...

Several days ago my system crashed while shutting down Vista and had a BSOD memory dump.

After rebooting the system it would get stuck on the 'memory' detection screen where you hit delete to enter BIOS. As soon as I turn on my computer (cold or warm boot), the system gets stuck on the BIOS screen and the word 'MEM....' that is not spelled out completely, then resume after about 3 mins and boots into windows.

At first I thought it was a memory problem. I purchased new memory, corsair 2x 2GB DDR800 and the problem is still happening. I flash the BIOS to the latest F9B for my motherboard and nothing changed. I reset my BIOS and removed the CMOS battery and the problem is still there.

I've never seen this type of problem before, this concludes that the motherboard might be dying. I don't think it can be a virus because I scanned my whole system with Bit defender and nothing was detected.

Any inputs before I purchase a new motherboard?

SLI 8800gts is nice too, they become cheap as new models comes out.

you should OC a bit the get full adventage of a SLI. like 3.4 or 3.6 ghz.

Low CPU speed seem to bottleneck SLI cause it need more Juice from it.

For a quite low price you can give a new life to your E6600

I'm using the board Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L which is P45 and have the fsb cranked up to 1600 for which the board is rated for.

I don't see any Abit boards with SLI on newegg at the moment.

That's a good motherboard. However, it is an X48 chipset which supports ati crossfire and NOT nvidia SLI. You could always drop 2x 4870x2s in it. It will cost you but BOY will it be fast, albeit bottlenecked by your CPU.

If you're dead set on SLI, you need a 750i or 790i chipset board.

Ok I've decided to go with the Intel P45 chipset.

Will my setup work with this motherboard? Do I need to upgrade my memory? I would like to keep my current setup / memory to save money but my memory is DDR800 and this motherboard's memory is DDR1200.
ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel

Also I have an Artic cooler 7 CPU heatsink. It shouldn't be a problem to fit on this motherboard right?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131297

Thanks Boulard83 for the heads up. Will it not work if I pop in a Nvidia video card in that crossfire board?

Asus P5Q Board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131295

Not a crossfire board. But can I use it with my slow DDR800 memory? What do you guys think?

Nope I'm not going to RAID. I will finalize my decisions and go with the cheaper board. Thank you once again!

What about my memory? I don't want to waste all 8gb DDR800.

yes, you can use your 800 MHz RAM. The number you see there (1200) means that is the max rated (allowed) RAM frequency. So 800 is less than 1200, so you are good to go...
also - if you want SLI it must be a nVidia chipset (750, 780, 790 or whatever). X38, x48, P45 are CF(cross-fire).
Please note that you can always use single graphics card on whatever chipset you choose. The chipset only plays role when going multi-GPU setup (SLI or CF).
If you want to be able to support both, SLI & CF you have to move to X58 motherboard...

sorry its p5ql pro