i7 motherboard

[MattyP1990]

Looking for a good i7 mobo which will support my i7-950 3.06GHz processor.

Any suggestions?

[ShyguyXPC]

Just about any Socket 1366 Motherboard will do. Depends on what your looking for features wise.

Will you be running 1 Video card only? 2? 3? If more than one card, ATI Cards? Nvidia Cards?

Looking for MicroATX format? ATX? Extended ATX?

USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s (3rd Gen SATA)?


Brand Preference?

[MattyP1990]

Thanks for the reply... It'll be a farely mid build performance system I'd say, so just one graphics card. USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s will be great (as long as I can run my older hard drive with it) if I can get them in my price range (probably about £150).

As for brand preference I'm open to recommendations.

My only concern is putting it in my Dell Studio XPS 435 case, I've manged to put a ASUS P5N-D (So will be looking for an ATX mobo) board in there with no problems. However there doesn't seem to be ports for things like the media card reader, front audio jack, back light for front casing etc, which plug straight into the board. This overview of the 435 motherboard might give a more detailed explanation, perhaps:

Documentation

For further details I posted a thread on this earlier whilst fitting the board here:
DELL STUDIO XPS 435 MOTHERBOARD CHANGE