Don't get a P5GZ-MX!!!

[Husar]

Well I think the one i got is one of the best for core 2 duo's, How does a Asus P5W DH Deluxe stack up vs your P5N-E SLI

I think the main difference between a board for 60EUR/$ and one for 120EUR/$ is that the cheaper board has a few drawbacks, like my board supports only SATA 150 and PCIe x4, but then again, they can be good to upgrade, my board has AGP and DDR1 as well. The 120 range board is bad for upgrading because it has only the newest standards so if you have some old tech still lying around that could be of use, you'll still have to buy new stuff and not everybody can afford that, apart from that a 120EUR/$ board should have everything the average user needs.

If you pay a fortune of >200EUR/$ for your board, you'll get something for overclockers with all the additional stuff the average user will never need anyway, like full SLI capability, dual Gigabit-LAN, maybe even a better onboard soundcard etc. I don't think that the expensive board will give you better framerates given the same CPU, graphicscard and RAM, it should just allow you to overclock them better.

And that's why I, having a limited budget, would never pay 300EUR for a mainboard, I remember some years ago the best mainboards would not even cost 200, they really pushed the prices up on these things.