Hey, I'm building a new PC for my living room so I can game with a wired connection and reduce the stutter. I just ordered an R7 265 and now I'm going through the rounds of the other parts. I'll probably go with either an i3, Pentium, or an FX-6300 depending on the response to this post.
So, is the 760G chipset on AMD motherboards any good? Since I'd be getting a six core, I don't plan on doing much overclocking, and the case is probably going to be an mATX case, so it could get hot. But if the 760G chipset isn't good, what would you recommend? Go Intel? Go ATX? Go FM2+ (Oh, and I have an old A10-5700 lying around, so I could get an FM2+ mobo and just use that if needed)?
Let me know what you think, please and thanks.
Meh. The 760G chipset is pretty outdated and lacks some features that would be found on more modern boards. Additionally, the VRM and power delivery design on the older boards isn't particularly good and could throttle that 6 core if they get too hot which is very possible in a small case, especially if it isn't well ventilated.
Really there aren't any good motherboards with the AM3+ socket in the smaller (mATX, mITX) form factors. You really need to go full sized ATX to use that socket. You may be able to "get by" with a 760G board but I wouldn't recommend it. The Asus M5A97 R 2.0 is very good but that is ATX.
If you want to go small form factor really you need to look at going FM2+ or Intel. Personally, since you already have an A10 part laying around, is go FM2+. For most games, which are are GPU dependent, that quad core portion of the APU will be just fine. The 265, while a decent card, won't be putting too much stress on it and you won't see bottlenecking.
If you really wanted a new CPU though just grab an Athlon 760k, it is an A10-6800k but without the iGPU. It is cheaper and a tiny bit better than the 5700 you have but really isn't leaps and bound better.