Downsides to a cheap motherboard?

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imadirtybirdy
The only real downside to this board, besides being unable to overclock and lack of features is the lack of VRM heatsinks which means under load your motherboard will reach higher temps which is lessen its lifespan. i3 is kind of silly if you're using it for gaming, get yourself an AMD for around the same price with multiple cores.. The i3 is faster on some programs due to the architecture and hyperthreading.. But When you can get the fx 6300 for around the same price(OR CHEAPER)... Thats kind of a mute point.

However if this is a work computer.. and you do use some hyperthreading programs, the VRM isnt going to matter terribly and its likely your temps will be fine.

But yeah if u do any kind of gaming, id consider a different...
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The only real downside to this board, besides being unable to overclock and lack of features is the lack of VRM heatsinks which means under load your motherboard will reach higher temps which is lessen its lifespan. i3 is kind of silly if you're using it for gaming, get yourself an AMD for around the same price with multiple cores.. The i3 is faster on some programs due to the architecture and hyperthreading.. But When you can get the fx 6300 for around the same price(OR CHEAPER)... Thats kind of a mute point.

However if this is a work computer.. and you do use some hyperthreading programs, the VRM isnt going to matter terribly and its likely your temps will be fine.

But yeah if u do any kind of gaming, id consider a different board and different processor.
 
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On the internet the 4130 and the 6300 seem almost equivalent in performance though.
 
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