Motherboard upgrade for fx6300

kieronstephens

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Dec 13, 2012
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Hi guys.

Essentially around a year ago I decided to build my own system for uni (CAD, rendering etc) and gaming as a secondary use. I bought a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 since at the time I wasn't bothering with a GPU.

However since then being a noob I bought an amd 7770 only to find it covered the slot I was using for my wireless card, and now I'm using a cheap usb dongle thats giving me headaches.

Any idea what? mobo that will work well with an amd fx 6300, MSI 7770 and 8 GB of ram with space for my PCIe wifi adapter? I may plan to upgrade obver the next couple years for photoshop/ 3d CAD so more ram is always good and I may buy a small SSD for the OS and essential programs.

I really just want to know what features I should look for to get the most out of what I have, and how much I need to be spending.

Thanks :)

spec:

mobo: GA-78LMT-USB3
GPU: MSI 7770 1GB
CPU: AMD fx6300
RAM: kingston 8gb (cant remember which atm)
 
Solution
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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