How is this mobu/processor combo for the price?

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Logan Henson

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http://easttexas.craigslist.org/sys/3736408720.html

I am looking at buying this combo, and just supplementing parts overclocking the processor for my gaming rig to save some money that could be spent on the gpu etc..first off:

1. are the mobo/chip compatible?

2. What would be a good price for the combo as I found both new online for 120$ each?

3. what would be the best gpu I could get for this setup?

4. should I get it? d:


thanks!

 
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For a fairly large budget ($1200) you're certainly better off going Intel. Something like a 3570K would rock the socks off anything from AMD, and certainly be within budget, AMD is only really work it when you're looking at maybe a sub $700-800 build. Buying stuff like CPUs second hand is never a good idea, what are you going to do if it doesn't work? That's $120 down the drain right there. The fact that he's already "lied" by trying to sell them as a combo tells me he's not to be trusted. Neither of them are very good anyway, even by AMDs standard's, both are a generation outdated.

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well ,first the mobo and cpu aren't the same socket, so it won't work, period.

second, the CPU is bad. get a 6300 instead. asus is a good manufacturer, that's just the wrong board.

the best GPU depends on the budget.

how bout you give us a budget and we give you the best options.

a lot of people will tell you to get intel. it's very good, but on a budget, AMD provides a better deal.
 
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Logan Henson

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Thank you so much I had my suspicion, as I looked up the board and it said FM1 A- Series/E2- Series while the processor on newegg said Socket AM3+..very sketchy guy trying to combo them.

But I have gotten quite a bit of advice off this forum and it has basically made me save my money for about a 1200$ rig, I have nothing atm and am trying to save as much money as possible as you can see d:

as in trying to find the "big" parts for cheaper..possibly a bad idea, but atm I have nothing so am a little more desperate.

Would either the processor or the mobo be worth purchasing? (I could probably get him off prices) for a build?

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For a fairly large budget ($1200) you're certainly better off going Intel. Something like a 3570K would rock the socks off anything from AMD, and certainly be within budget, AMD is only really work it when you're looking at maybe a sub $700-800 build. Buying stuff like CPUs second hand is never a good idea, what are you going to do if it doesn't work? That's $120 down the drain right there. The fact that he's already "lied" by trying to sell them as a combo tells me he's not to be trusted. Neither of them are very good anyway, even by AMDs standard's, both are a generation outdated.

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Logan Henson

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Well lets say my preferred budget would be around 800$, and upgradeable later..as thats what I have at this time and am getting sick of no computer! He says the board is brand new in packaging (guessing he messed up the sockets when buying) would the board fit a decent processor? I was looking to get the i53570k and an asrock extreme 4, but very expensive once I threw on the radeon hd 7970..

Basically could I possibly save ~400$ buying this mobo and taking a slight downgrade on cpu/gpu? with still decent performance?

otherwise will just wait! :)
 
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Not really. That board is designed for last generations APUs (a hybrid between a CPU/GPU). The idea is that they have relatively strong integrated graphics performance, but still compared to a dedicated card, it has worse graphics performance than a 7750, so the amount of gaming you can do on it is very, very limited.

You could get an i5-3350P and a H77 motherboard, if you don't mind not overclocking. Otherwise I'd just wait. There are plenty of decent $800 builds you can do, all of them have better CPUs/Motherboards than that though. Honestly it's a really, really bad buy! It's like buying a 6970 instead of a 7970, because the 6970 is $20 cheaper.

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