Does price of motherboard really matter?

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Not necessarily, price usually refers to # of features and goodies. The P965 DS3 could OC just as good as the P5B-Dlx, but the P5B offers more heatpipe cooling and other little tidbits like that that you don't necessarily need.

The same thing goes for the P35-DS3R vs. the P5K-Dlx.

Go with what fits your budget, I'd say the DS3R.

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please stay on topic.

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I see... it's all about chipset?

Better chipset = better performance?

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No not really. The more expensive the motherboard, the more options/overclocking features you will have (this is mostly dependant upon the boards chipset).

The more expensive motherboards generally will have features that the vanilla version will not have and also a few other things like cables and remote control and fancy stuff but usually they are built more robust and add features that will help in overclocking in the long run.

Take for example ASUS boards, they have:
-More OC options and sometimes higher values
-Extra cooling feature such as heat-pipe design + Stack Cool 2
-Phase power changes
-eSATA
-ICHX-R vs ICHX (for raid option)

And so on.

But to me, the 1st and foremost important part on my build will be the motherboard and that's something I will not compromise, not saying that I do in others but I do look around for the rest of the parts that will be hook to the MoBo but no as much as I pay attention to the MoBo.

That, is the reason why I still luv my P5WD2-Premium.

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I agree.. this is a perfect example from just reading about these two boards actualy 3...P5N32-E 650I / AND P5N32-E PLUS 680I / AND EXTREME..
I DIDNT KNOW THAT THE ASUS P5N32-E 650I / P5N32-E PLUS 680I USES the same mobo as the extreme, here is a quick quote from fireing squad....

The rear panel of the P5N32-E and Plus boards is very similar to the Striker. The only features missing are the two SATA ports, the debugging LCD, and the LCD backlight toggle button. You can clearly see the empty connections for these on the PCB. All other features are kept. If you don't need SATA2, are an experienced tweaker and don't need the debugging screen, you could probably settle for one of lower ASUS 680i boards. All ASUS 680i boards come with the Supreme FX audio card. If you have your own, you don't have to use it so it is a great option.

Overclocking

Our overclocking results with the ASUS P5N32-E SLI and Plus boards were different. The BIOS is the same for all of ASUS's 680i boards, so these boards had the same options as the Striker, which achieved the highest speed of any Intel board we tested. The ASUS P5N32-E SLI achieved a measly 477MHz FSB, which isn't bad at all, but compared to the Striker's 537MHz, the ASUS P5N32-E's numbers seem small. This could possibly mean that the Striker's chips were hand picked. The ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus topped out at 503MHz, right between the two other ASUS boards. It may have done better because of the solid capacitors, even if that is unlikely. Remember, overclocking is random, and changes by chip. This is also why CPUs all overclock differently.

The striker extreme is now at 329.99 / the p5n32-e is at 126.99 and the plus is at
182.99..big price diff with just some missing items from the extreme.. this is a good example on how they produce boards,. but honestly i wouldnt spend 60 bucks on a board you wont be happy with it..do some reasearch on diff mobo lik eim doing ask questions about them , then make your final mind up on which one to buy .... I hope this helped you out some ... actual finding of this came from kemo6600

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Mostly. I mean I have an old ULi chipset and yet I am easily hitting 330Mhz HT on my 3200+. I mean, who would expect that? The only downside is the 1.45v cap but I can vmod and get much more which I am doing soon on a suicide run for this motherboard. I do not know who else can get that much out of a socket 939 motherboard.