Best MOBO for E8500

Best board for an e8500?
That has to be the Rampage Extreme, hands down the best for high FSB.

Best motherboard for a 45nm Core 2 Duo is hands down the Biostar Tpower I45

It has reached 700mhz FSB which is absolutely insane. Proof

I like the Asus P5Q and Gigabyte GA-EP45 boards. Definitely pick one with a P45 chipset, in my opinion. Sometimes the nVidia boards overclock great, other times they don't.

If I'm not looking to overclock, and im looking to crossfire, what is the best boarD?

What's your budget?

For <$150 I'd say the Asus P5Q Pro, Pro Turbo, and Deluxe, and also the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P and DS4P.

ud3p-ep45

no budget really, under 400? lol

Gigabyte gets my vote. Question, though, if you're not overclocking, does it matter that much? I'm all for a decent quality board, but why spend that $$ on a mobo when you can get a cheaper one and spend that extra on more GFX or bigger monitor etc.

my monitor is big enough for me haha. I like that biostar board. im sooo confusedddddddddd

The best for crossfire will be an X48 board (since they have 16x/16x and P45 only has 8x/8x).
Generally they clock higher than P45 as well. To put things into perspective, I had to struggle alot to hit 4.6ghz on my P5Q-E. But using EVERYTHING on auto with the rampage extreme I can hit 4.75ghz, much less with any tweaking. If you want to see what sets WR's its the Rampage Exteme. (The biostar is no slouch either).

But if you want a decent day to day board, pretty much anything listed wont let you down. Get whatever is cheapest. Personally I like asus since their bios is better IMO, but gigabyte makes nice things too.

Get a UD3P and enjoy an easy 4ghz.

dfi ut p45

i have to agree if you want the best performing multiple gpu 775 board
its hands down the rampage extreme.

@ radaja

Nice OC in your sig.
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All of the listed MOBO's are great. I think it may come down to price.

Gigabyte |EP45 Extreme| I cant find this board on newegg! that one or the biostar, im confuseeddddd