Athlon 64 X2 5200+ , best shot at a cheap mobo?

[Jenner_DK]

Hi all.

I am an INTEL man myself, but my Ex is AMD all the way, hehe.

She has a defective MSI K9N NEO-F nF-550. Question is, what is my best option for replacement? I am not into the different chipsets performance for that CPU...

Looking for stability, "low" price and performance, all in one ofc, hehe.

Any ideas?

 

[amdfangirl]

really cheap... somewhat good reliability...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130176

I'd go for this however...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130188

 

[evongugg]

I would get a AM2+ board, with the 780G chipset, like this. Gives you the opportunity to upgrade the processor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131289

 

[Nik_I]

i bought this one not too long ago, and it's very good:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135075

 

[Guest]

Try Abit AX78($99) it's a good mobo and stable.it scores 7557 in PcMark 05 benchmark using X2 6400+ cpu.

 

[Jenner_DK]

Thanks for all the replies, truely appreciated.

But...

780G looks grand, IF you are building a Media Center...

Is there a better suited Chipset for Athlon 64 X2 out there? Her graphics card is 7950 ... So, abit old school, but it works very well with her favorite game which is EverQuest 2.

Any ideas about the optimal Chipset for gamers using ATI/AMD?

I really appreciate any feedback, thank you all for helping

 

[Guest]

all new available chipsets:AMD 770G-790G series are opimized for all AMD CPUs which means better performance,though it depends on the manufactures' products.

 

[Wisecracker]

^^^^^

And the AMD 7XX series chipsets all have PCIe Gen 2 x16 slots ...

 

[ahslan]

I'd recommend this mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138105

My friend used that one for his m-atx build and has been very satisfied with it...I chose the full ATX version of that mobo (TA770) and its stable as a rock...

My 2 cents...

 

[KyleSTL]

Anything with the 780G chipset (avoid the 780V and 740G, they are castrated IGPs). Personally I like the Gigabyte 780G - GA-MA78GM-S2H or GA-MA78G-DS3H (ATX) both for $90/each.

The Geforce 8200 series is also very good (if you like nVidia chipsets):
Link

 

[amdfangirl]

780V is 780G w/o UVD + slower clocked

740G is 690G after 55nm shrink and addition of SB700

 

[Jenner_DK]

Thanks for the help all.

I decided to try out Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H for her. Been awhile since I used Gigabyte myself, so looking forward to see how it fares

 

[amdfangirl]

Nice choice.

Its one of the most popular motherboards based on 780G

 

[jerseygamer]

Gigabyte has some very nice MBs. If your an X2 user and or an AMD fan get yourself any of the true am2+ boards.