Guys whats a good motherboard for the Phenom ii x4 965 and is around 50 bucks or so.
What's the budget for the entire build?
About 350-400 could go a bit higher
How high?
Can you afford atleast this?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NJNx
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NK32 best i can do for $400
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($92.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V Power Supply ($28.80 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $399.72
that mobo dosent support ram over 1333mhz
that mobo dosent support ram over 1333mhz
Sigh...
Yes if he oc;s it...
Check the memory support list please...
Won't be needing an optical drive(already have a ton) so I could put that towards a 7770 also not to sure how I feel about that power supply(Abtec Basiq). Thanks so far guys
Ps.Do you think an apu such as the a10-5800k would be worth getting and then running that with a 6670 later?
( I don't pretend to know everything about computers) But honesty from what i have seen on this site and from everything i have read elsewhere, A 350watt power supply seems to be way on the low end for that type of system. And would not allow you to do any upgradeing without having to buy a new PSU as well.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NKUG
well if you dont need the dvd (and no a apu isent the way to go)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($92.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($104.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $407.91
actually full useage of that sistem (if you maxed everything to the max) will draw 270w so 350w was fine.
your not going to get fantastic upgrade spec especially on a bargain basement budget lol
But the mobo will hold upto 32gbs of ram and a bluldozer chip so there is room to upgrade but you will be upgradeing the psu at the same time if you do
That mobo is a mini atx with a max of 8gbs so you whont be doing much upgradeing on that but it will work.
Stay away from the APUs.
if you want a cheap mainboard i would say this mainboard. Msi-970A-G43
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130679
970A chipset, upto 32GB ramm usb 3.0 and sata 6gb/s 69 bucks
or this one:Msi-970A-G46 79 bucks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637
On those two boards, you can upgrade in the future if you want to FX cpu,
Grtz Angel ☺