Help selecting MoBo.
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damric
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- Sep 17, 2010
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There are a few things to consider:
- SATA III 6GPS (just move the slider to 1)
- Onboard USB3 header (just check yes)
- Onboard sound. Do a few minutes of research on this. A few of the higher end mobos have the ALC 1150 chip which is darn near as good as a discreet sound card. You might be satisfied with the regular old ALC 892.
- Overclocking capability. Some of these boards have beefier heatsinks on the VRM. Overall the phase cound doesn't matter as much since these are low power draw chips though, but more is better.
- Size ATX or uATX
- $$$ Even though most of these boards are $50-$75, some are as much as $125 which is pretty ridiculous for this platform.
- SATA III 6GPS (just move the slider to 1)
- Onboard USB3 header (just check yes)
- Onboard sound. Do a few minutes of research on this. A few of the higher end mobos have the ALC 1150 chip which is darn near as good as a discreet sound card. You might be satisfied with the regular old ALC 892.
- Overclocking capability. Some of these boards have beefier heatsinks on the VRM. Overall the phase cound doesn't matter as much since these are low power draw chips though, but more is better.
- Size ATX or uATX
- $$$ Even though most of these boards are $50-$75, some are as much as $125 which is pretty ridiculous for this platform.
iceclock
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- Dec 4, 2010
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[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/txkTpg) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/txkTpg/by_merchant/)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad750kwohjbox) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper A88X ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag1snipera88x) | $89.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbrl) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr) | $134.99 @ NCIX US
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210001) | $29.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Antec 450W ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-vp450) | $37.99 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $441.94
be a good mobo
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad750kwohjbox) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper A88X ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag1snipera88x) | $89.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbrl) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr) | $134.99 @ NCIX US
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210001) | $29.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Antec 450W ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-vp450) | $37.99 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $441.94
be a good mobo
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