1156 Mobo question

[CaptChuck]

I'm putting a new system together with the i7-860 processor. I only play with my computers, so I need some advise from you experts out there.
I don't (or at least haven't up to this point!) overclock so I'm looking for a board which will be stable at stock settings and not cost a ton (since I just spent THAT on a vid card ).
I'm currently looking at the EVGA 123-lf-E653-KR (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813188054)
and:
The ASUS P7P55D (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131404)

I'd appreciate your thoughts on those or ideas if you know of a better one. Also...What RAM would you use on them??

Thanks in advance.

Chuck

[Apoptosis]

Do you want to run SATA 6GB/s or USB 3.0?

If so you might want to wait a few days for one of these - http://www.legitreviews.com/news/6716/

As for RAM any of the big US companies should work - Kingston, Corsair, OCZ are all solid choices.

[CaptChuck]

I read that review. The question I have is, would it improve the throughput of the video card I'm going to use (Sapphire Vapor-X 5870) or do I have to wait for new hardware to come out???

Chuck

[InspectahACE]

throughput should be bout the same as your current rig...only difference will be that of course the 5870 card will be faster performance wise

[CaptChuck]

Well, I ended up with this: ASRock P55 Extreme LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157172)
I liked the price/feature ratio and being able to mount a 775 CPU cooler instead of being limited to just the few 1156 coolers available.

So my build will look like this:
NZXT Beta EVO mid tower
Above MOBO
i7-860 CPU ($15.00 rebate at ZZF!!)
Masscool CPU cooler
4Gb Mushkin DDR3 1600
OCZ ModXStream 700W PSU
Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X
Samsung 750GB 7200rpm 32MB cache HD
Sony DVD burner
Sony DVD ROM
Win 7 Home Prem

Assuming some luck with shipping, I'll be up and running a week from now!!

Chuck