I'm in the early stages of picking out parts for my first new build in 11 years, and I'm still not settled on much, except I ordered the case and the power supply (430 W Corsair and a Rosewill Ranger-M). I'm still deciding between the FX-series AMD chips, the Haswells, and an A10 APU. Also this'll be a Linux system, with some light gaming (EU4, Dota 2 and some lower-end Steam games, nothing fancy). Right now I'm sort of leaning toward an FX-8120 or some such, whatever seems like the best cost/performance bet when I buy it, and using the money I saved over a Haswell on a GTX-650. Except...
The mobo I keep coming back to is a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 revision 5.0. It's cheap and has seemingly everything I'd really need. The FX-series are all supported per Gigabyte's site. But that 760g is a pretty old chipset.
Does that really matter performance-wise? The case I bought was the biggest I have room for, and it'll only take micro-ATX boards. It seems like on the FX-series, that doesn't leave many alternatives newer than 760g boards.
I don't really have a "budget" for this build (size was the big limiting factor) but like everyone I want to get as much as I can out of as little as I can. Is it reasonable to buy a board like that for a high-end (ish) 8-core cpu, or am I asking too much out of the small form factor, and further ahead with either an A10 or spending more for a Haswell?
The mobo I keep coming back to is a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 revision 5.0. It's cheap and has seemingly everything I'd really need. The FX-series are all supported per Gigabyte's site. But that 760g is a pretty old chipset.
Does that really matter performance-wise? The case I bought was the biggest I have room for, and it'll only take micro-ATX boards. It seems like on the FX-series, that doesn't leave many alternatives newer than 760g boards.
I don't really have a "budget" for this build (size was the big limiting factor) but like everyone I want to get as much as I can out of as little as I can. Is it reasonable to buy a board like that for a high-end (ish) 8-core cpu, or am I asking too much out of the small form factor, and further ahead with either an A10 or spending more for a Haswell?
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