Which Motherboard ?

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#1 azurueus
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Ram : Kingston 2x2 GB DDR2 800MHz

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Hard Drive: Western Digital 320 7200RPM Model: WD3202ABYS

Which Motherboard should I choose?-

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail (5000 Rs)
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L -4500 Rs
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P 8000Rs

I haven't decided b/w the 9800GT and 4850(Budget Constraints).Comments on 4850 overheating welcome.

If I want to SLI or Crossfire later which motherboard? Will these motherboards support Graphics Card released 2 years Later?

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If you can only choose between those boards, the ud3p is the only board that can crossfire. Even though you can crossfire, it is limited to x8 in both slots when you have 2 cards in. If you're really interested in crossfiring, look into getting a x38 or x48 board.
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I haven't decided whether to crossfire or not?

Instead I might buy a new Graphics Card in two years time( If the CPU doesn't bottleneck that).

MY Budget for the card is 140$ at most.

btw Do all Cards with 2 PCIx16 Slots support SLI and Crossfire

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I haven't decided whether to crossfire or not?

Instead I might buy a new Graphics Card in two years time( If the CPU doesn't bottleneck that).

MY Budget for the card is 140$ at most.

btw Do all Cards with 2 PCIx16 Slots support SLI and Crossfire

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For socket775 boards, only Nvidia chipsets support SLI. x38, x48, and p45 boards support only Crossfire. If you just going to use one card I'd say just get a p43 or p45 board. The boards you listed earlier are all fine.