Need a new motherboard!

Claaken · Oct 17, 2014

Recently my motherboard broke as the sata 3g ports on the mobo broke as there very weak.
I am now on the hunt for a new motherboard as my system is now unable to start at all.
I would like the best motherboard someone could find as long as its not extremely over priced.

My Gaming Rig;
CPU: AMD fx4100
GPU: MSI GTX770 4GB Twin Frozr
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2X8)
PSU: 650W

MeteorsRaining · Oct 17, 2014

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P, excellent MoBo, will be great power phases and VRM wise if you upgrade to FX 6 or 8 in the future (which you should as the GPU is getting bottlenecked by CPU).

Dawis67_AE · Oct 17, 2014

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131877 This is a good motherboard

JobCreator · Oct 17, 2014

I would suggest this board.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FXGEN3_R20/

It's the only known AM3+ motherboard with a PCIe 3.0 slot. You'll have to find where to buy it, though.

LukaBoki · Oct 17, 2014

Gigabyte-GA-970A-UD3P.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zWWsXL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zWWsXL/by_merchant/

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 11:04 EDT-0400
You also might wanna consider getting a better CPU,because the FX-4100 isn't exactly for serious gaming and it is bottlenecking you GTX 770.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVQD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVQD3/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $214.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 11:09 EDT-0400

You can also go this way:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4r9sK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4r9sK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $219.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 11:08 EDT-0400
The 4440 will be a perfect match for your GTX 770.AND the 4440 is stronger than the FX-8320.

LukaBoki · Oct 17, 2014

JobCreator :

Why PCIe 3.0? 2.0 is perfectly fine for any card.

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 17, 2014

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

Impact of PCI-E Speed on Gaming Performance

PCIE 2.0 vs. 3.0 almost no difference , super minimal gains.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

6+2 power phase and will run DUAL cards.

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 11:12 EDT-0400

LukaBoki · Oct 17, 2014

Why not the GA-970A-UD3P?
It's $25 cheaper and it has a 8+2 power phase desing.

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 17, 2014

DUAL cards and can upgrade to a FX 8320 or 8350.

Only 970 board that can SLI and Crossfire.

LukaBoki · Oct 17, 2014

Well,it's a good option if he wants to SLI.
It's up to the OP to decide.

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 17, 2014

Exactly just an option with some extra features.

JobCreator · Oct 17, 2014

"This isn't to say that PCI-E 3.0 is not faster than PCI-E 2.0, or that x16 is the same as x8, but rather that current video cards and games are simply not able to utilize the additional bandwidth they provide."

Look to the future!

Claaken · Oct 17, 2014

Thankyou for all your options and opinions but it would look more appealing if I could have space to upgrade and obtain DUAL GPU and More RAM etc.. Also what did someone mean when they said that my GPU was bottlenecked by the CPU? Also opinions on the Corsair AX1200i psu

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 17, 2014

AX1200i psu ...Great PSU but overkill and over priced.

Your weak CPU will be holding back your graphics card.

LukaBoki · Oct 17, 2014

It's a great quality PSU,but it's way way way too overkill for your system.
An 850W PSU will be enough for 2xGTX 770.
You will want a strong CPU for that setup.

MeteorsRaining · Oct 17, 2014

GTX 970 Gaming, great suggestion there. And please upgrade CPU first, the current one is holding back even single 770, let alone SLI setup in future. And AXi 1200W is extremely high quality PSU, but way too much for the system, a 850W G2 will suffice.

Claaken · Oct 17, 2014

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/T3m3mG would you say this is a decent options?

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 17, 2014

Yes very good choices.

LukaBoki · Oct 17, 2014

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/s33v23

MeteorsRaining · Oct 17, 2014

Claaken :

Good choices there.

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