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they don't sell ASRock products apparently =/
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I need help choosing a new motherboard
- Thread starter Busli
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they don't sell ASRock products apparently =/
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- Mar 7, 2005
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- Spokane...
I just did the research on this topic. It basically came down to what you want it to do.
If you want to OC or game go with one of the ASUS or Gigabyte FX boards. If you don't want to do either go with one of the ASUS or Gigabyte GX boards. The big difference is that the GX boards come with onboard graphics. This causes the PCI-E to be a bit weird. I don't game so I went with the ASUS GX USB3 board. I chose it over the Gigabyte because I wanted the X4 slot as a just in case. The onboard graphics suffice for a 1080P LCD. One, I think, oddity of this board is that it doesn't have a four pin connector for an optical drive. You might also want to get a PWM fan for the CPU cooler. The fan that I'm using, until Saturday, has a noticible hum.
Microcenter is pricey. Can your parents order it for you online? Have it delivered to them. Get it to you the same way they would from Microcenter.
If you want to OC or game go with one of the ASUS or Gigabyte FX boards. If you don't want to do either go with one of the ASUS or Gigabyte GX boards. The big difference is that the GX boards come with onboard graphics. This causes the PCI-E to be a bit weird. I don't game so I went with the ASUS GX USB3 board. I chose it over the Gigabyte because I wanted the X4 slot as a just in case. The onboard graphics suffice for a 1080P LCD. One, I think, oddity of this board is that it doesn't have a four pin connector for an optical drive. You might also want to get a PWM fan for the CPU cooler. The fan that I'm using, until Saturday, has a noticible hum.
Microcenter is pricey. Can your parents order it for you online? Have it delivered to them. Get it to you the same way they would from Microcenter.
so Busli
I finally did it, I bought everything from MicroCenter. they matched all NewEgg pricing and beat them
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128435 MicroCenter matched and gave me extra $40 for buying both CPU and mobo
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334811
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125318 they matched it up for me too
I got Corsair DDR3 2x2GB 1600 XMMS something sorry don't have the exact details .. but gave it for $93
Samsung 1TB was on sale
OCZ SATA 2 Agility2 SSD 60GB for $140 (i wish it was SATA 3)
I did get this case http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0340862 1 more day and it's out of rebate
it's super affordable, the built is excellent for the price.. yes there are some bad designs but i can't complain because it's super cheap and easy to set
I bought a BFG 550W one cable barely reached because of the case. I decided to have fan up sucking air from GPU fans instead of down sucking from the bottom as I don't have good desk to keep PC up (so don't want dirty up the filter super fast) also bought couple more things not worth to mention
the only thing I should've bought a better CPU heatsink and fan. yes the retail one will do just ok if no OC but it was bit loud compared to my PSU and GPU
I just got it last night and just installed windows in the morning so no super testing done except for memtest86 which finished without any errors YAY
I finally did it, I bought everything from MicroCenter. they matched all NewEgg pricing and beat them
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128435 MicroCenter matched and gave me extra $40 for buying both CPU and mobo
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334811
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125318 they matched it up for me too
I got Corsair DDR3 2x2GB 1600 XMMS something sorry don't have the exact details .. but gave it for $93
Samsung 1TB was on sale
OCZ SATA 2 Agility2 SSD 60GB for $140 (i wish it was SATA 3)
I did get this case http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0340862 1 more day and it's out of rebate
it's super affordable, the built is excellent for the price.. yes there are some bad designs but i can't complain because it's super cheap and easy to set
I bought a BFG 550W one cable barely reached because of the case. I decided to have fan up sucking air from GPU fans instead of down sucking from the bottom as I don't have good desk to keep PC up (so don't want dirty up the filter super fast) also bought couple more things not worth to mention
the only thing I should've bought a better CPU heatsink and fan. yes the retail one will do just ok if no OC but it was bit loud compared to my PSU and GPU
I just got it last night and just installed windows in the morning so no super testing done except for memtest86 which finished without any errors YAY
