Need a good micro atx Motherboard

samuelyugioh989 · Oct 5, 2014

So on Friday I reall pissed myself off. I got a motherbord that was too big for my case (EVGA hadron air). So I need a good mobo for these raw specs.
-Sapphire radeon r9 280x dual x oc
-Amd fx 6300
-8gb 1866mhz kingston hyper X fury ram
-500gb WD caviar blue

any help is appreciated,thanks in advance

-Samuel

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

Budget? Brand preference?

samuelyugioh989 · Oct 5, 2014

Darkbreeze :

I can go up to 60-80$ (if necessary) and I have no preferences really for the brand.

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

This is probably the best micro-ATX AM3+ board out there, but I don't know how much you're looking to spend.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $79.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 03:53 EDT-0400

But it has a really low max RAM capability.

LukaBoki · Oct 5, 2014

That motherboard. ^

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

This might be a better choice if you want more than 8GB of RAM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P(REV5.0) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($50.48 @ Newegg)
Total: $50.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 03:56 EDT-0400

samuelyugioh989 · Oct 5, 2014

Darkbreeze :

Thanks but I have just 2 probs with it. First of all I prefer 32 gb max ram and second I have a 24 inch BenQ monitor (the gl 2450) but ty for looking

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $44.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 04:02 EDT-0400

But it's not the best board around. It is one of only two AM3+ micro-ATX boards readily available that support 32GB of RAM though. Not sure what the monitor has to do with it though.

LukaBoki · Oct 5, 2014

This
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmtusb3
or this:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a78lmusb3

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

Listed here are all the micro-ATX boards commonly available for the FX-6300. Only two of them support 32GB of RAM so you've got your choice between the two.

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asus-motherboard-m5a78lmusb3%2Cgigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmtusb3/

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

LukaBoki :

Any idea how the monitor factors in?

samuelyugioh989 · Oct 5, 2014

I saw the first M-board only supported a 21 inch screen. That's why I said mine is 24 inches. By the way thanks for all the help xD

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

samuelyugioh989 :

I don't see anything about a max screen size in the specs. In fact, I've never heard of that. Even my old ass tired Compaq backup laptop will display on my 53" TV @ 1080p. Here's what that first motherboard does say and these others are probably quite similar.

Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
VGA output support : RGB port
- Supports RGB with max. resolution 2048 x 1536 @ 75 Hz
Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support
Supports DirectX 10.1

samuelyugioh989 · Oct 5, 2014

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0054U7HIO?pc_redir=1411648323&robot_redir=1

that's where I found the 21 inch business : 3

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

Yeah, don't know what that's all about but it's wrong.

samuelyugioh989 · Oct 5, 2014

ah kk ty for all the help. I think I'm gonna go with the asus m-board. I just have one question though xD. Will it work with 1x8gb 1866mhz ram ?

Darkbreeze · Oct 5, 2014

samuelyugioh989 :

The M5A78L-M LX only supports up to 4GB modules.

However the M5A78L-M-USB3 supports 8GB modules and a total of 32GB.

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