[ale] Mobo + Intel chip recommendations, please

[Brian Pitts]

Another useful resource might be Ars Technica's latest builder's guide
http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200803.ars

For their "Hot Rod" they recommend a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R and Intel
Core 2 Duo E8200

> Sonar seems to have some periodic issues and the first thing
> support and others say is "Intel works for me" 

That sounds like a cop-out to me.

-Brian