motherboard quandy

[Stu8018]

I'm upgrading my pc. I'm moving up to a Core 2 Quad 9300 and 4 gigs of DDR2 PC8500 OCZ Reaper. The problem is finding a mobo that will handle the speed of this memory, runs Windows 7 64 bit and is SLI ready. I narrowed down a few but it turns out they aren't compatible with 64bit. Do I just settle for 32 bit and waste the memory or is there a board out there that I'm missing?

[sdbardwick]

I can't recall a motherboard for mainstream processors that hasn't been 64 bit capable since before Pentium-D days. I'd be VERY surprised if any current boards won't work with W7 64.

[McSteel]

It would help if people would learn to tell where they plan to do their shopping.

So assuming you're in the US, this one (http://www.amazon.com/P5N-T-Deluxe-LGA775-Nvidia-Motherboard/dp/B0011OOXRU/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1294034857&sr=8-7) seems to be the only motherboard in stock, that ticks all the boxes you've requested. It's pricey, and there's not a lot of them left, but all the other options are lacking. You could take this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232) instead, and manually set the memory clock, but I'm not sure if you want to do it that way.

There could be other options if you'll shop elsewhere.

[shovenose]

all motherboards that support cpus with x64 capability are x64 compatible

[Zero82z]

All motherboards that support that CPU are also 64-bit. It is a native 64-bit CPU. Take a look at the EVGA 750i SLI FTW and ASUS P5N-D. Those are the only two boards I'd consider for an LGA775 SLI setup.

[walterm]

I see the Asus listed from several suppliers. Some 800 DDR2 boards.