Bought my proc...need a board

[sektor]

So I am finally getting around to upgrading my rig that is 4 years old. Going back to AMD after a stint with Intel.

Anyway, I have a GPU (Nvidia GTX 260), couple of hard drives and DVD-burner.
So what I am looking for now after buying my proc is a mobo and memory, although I have a pretty good idea of memory I want.

I do not plan to initially OC my proc (for a lot of reasons), so OC'ing is not a huge requirement at this time.

Here is the proc I bought:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727


I also am eyeing some GSkill memory, 4gigs DDR3 1600 memory.

So the piece I need is a motherboard.
No RAID.
Two SATA drives and 1 DVD drive.
Will run Windows 7 64bit.

Thats about it.

Appreciate the help.

Cheers.

 

[Trap05]

How about this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441

 

[sektor]

How about this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441

Definitely would if I had deeper pockets.
On a budget here trying to eek out as much as I can.

 

[Trap05]

Whats the budget then?

 

[sektor]

Whats the budget then?

About $100 for the mobo right now.

 

[Trap05]

This might be closer to what you're looking for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138198

 

[sektor]

This might be closer to what you're looking for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138198

Thanks.
That board better than ASRock? Never owned either, so unfamiliar territory there.

CHeers.

 

[Trap05]

I've never owned either but people are having good luck with Biostar on the AMD side

 

[badboyeee]

Thanks.
That board better than ASRock? Never owned either, so unfamiliar territory there.

CHeers.

Are u talking about this Asrock mobo? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198

Looks pretty good on features.. also has cooling on mosfets for safer overclocking..

 

[xoke]

At that price range I might look into this... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

I have no experience with Asrock. Biostar's top end stuff is great, but I get nervous buying their midrange stuff. Gigabyte's midrange stuff usually performs pretty good and the one above got decent reviews.

 

[CgS Drone]

If you are able to go just a bit more for a board then you may want to consider the Biostar TA890FXE at $130. This is the first time I have really tried to do an over clock on a system and this board has been very forgiving of a newbie.

Biostar TA890FXE review by SPLAT IN that was posted on here, also Xokeman did a really nice write up on it as well Biostar TA890FXE cheap and awesome!, just some food for thought.

 

[xoke]

Great board for the money. I'm still running one, love it.

 

[QuietIce]

If you count MIR as pricing then the BIOSTAR TA890GXE ($100 w/MIR and free shipping) would fit the bill and I've heard it's a pretty stable OC'er. Not as good as the TA890FXE but not as expensive, either ...

 

[GoD_tattoo]

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