Newbie question whats the difference between 600 and 700 chipset ??

Karl Hopwood

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looking for a cheapish motherboard for around £60 and came across these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-539-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1481

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-385-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

whats the difference between 700 and 900 chipset?

will these build parts be compatible with either board?

MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T) with FREE GAMES

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX)

Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD

Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black

OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

ive brought everything apart from the graphics card and motherboard (obviously) still not sure wether to get the one stated in the build or to get this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-193-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914

any help will be appreciated as im just starting out
 

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