- Mar 24, 2012
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G'day all,
Doing a look around for a mate of mine and looking to see if anyone has an opinion on a decent but cheap AM3+ board that can take an 8320/8350 etc.
I have been looking at Gigabyte boards as that is what I am use to etc, have seen some cheap Asrock boards, but personally I know little about them.
We are trying to get him set up on a budget is ultimately what I am saying, he is keen to play the likes of Cities Skylines etc. His current board is a Gigabyte - ga-ma770t-ud3p REV 1, with a X2 550 on it, the board I believe, CPU wise will take up to an X6 1100T - but those things are hell expensive to get ones hands on.
He is picking up a cheap GPU today, nabbed a GTX 660 for $80 - I know, there will be some that might say why did he not go for something else, but I told him, and personally feel that it will serve the purpose, will just require a new PSU.
So if one were to stick with the current board, would it be best to get the highest X4 CPU the board can take which is a X4 980 or can someone recommend a cheap AM3+ option that will allow newer CPU/RAM options.
Thanks all
Doing a look around for a mate of mine and looking to see if anyone has an opinion on a decent but cheap AM3+ board that can take an 8320/8350 etc.
I have been looking at Gigabyte boards as that is what I am use to etc, have seen some cheap Asrock boards, but personally I know little about them.
We are trying to get him set up on a budget is ultimately what I am saying, he is keen to play the likes of Cities Skylines etc. His current board is a Gigabyte - ga-ma770t-ud3p REV 1, with a X2 550 on it, the board I believe, CPU wise will take up to an X6 1100T - but those things are hell expensive to get ones hands on.
He is picking up a cheap GPU today, nabbed a GTX 660 for $80 - I know, there will be some that might say why did he not go for something else, but I told him, and personally feel that it will serve the purpose, will just require a new PSU.
So if one were to stick with the current board, would it be best to get the highest X4 CPU the board can take which is a X4 980 or can someone recommend a cheap AM3+ option that will allow newer CPU/RAM options.
Thanks all
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