I agree if the interest is older games there is no need for a 5850. A 9800gtx is fine.
Ok, If you are concerned about the foxconn socket issue then that rules out the boards I was going to recommend. I don't feel it's much to worry about for most people. You would have to go with the recently released 55A boards with gigabyte to get the socket change. I don't know that gigabyte made the change because they were having so many problems but more as avoidance measure:
I haven't seen reviews on this yet. It does have some of the newest stuff like usb 3 and sata 6Gb but you would be one of the first out of the gate to buy it.
I haven't seen that board before, but I do like the EVGA boards quite a bit. I did just notice the LE version that has only one 16X slot for video, but still has most features the SLI boards has, and it's $30.00 cheaper. Since we don't plan on overclocking and don't think the Foxcon sockets are an issue, what would you recommend?
