Best motherboard for E7200

[Guest]

Hi,
Im in the process of upgrading my computer and want to get the E7200 or E7300 processor but don't know what motherboard i should get. I'm on a tight budged and only have around £50 to spend and i want to overclock it.


Any advice?

 

[50bmg]

here are my specs with an e7200.

gigabyte ga-ex38-ds4
e7200 @ 3.8G, 1.34v, 400Mhz
sunbeam core contact freezer 120mm
4G patriot pc6400 5-5-5-12 2.0v
2 x 3870 CF @ 800/1170 visiontek oc edition
ATI CCC 8.12 beta drivers
samsung 500G SATA II, samsung 250G SATA
win xp 32 sp3
antec 1200

I like the x38/48 full 2 x 16x crossfire and ddr2. ddr3 is very exensive and probably will be for a year or 2.

So far i think Gigabyte is the easiest to OC and most stable bios.

The temps are very low with the sunbeam freezer. coretemps, realtemps and hwmonitor have the cpu at 40c max and both cores below 60c max at load using prime95. Even before the sunbeam i had very managable temps.

With that setup I am getting 50fps plus on farcry 2 at 1680 res, highest settings, 4x AA. I get 100fps plus on COD4 highest setting max AF and 4X AA.

If your not going crossfire i would go with a P45, either Asus or Gigabyte. like:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131347

 

[Guest]

I was looking at the GA-G31M-S2L.

Note i won't be playing games on the system. So it doesn't have to be fantastic, just cheap.

What do you think?

 

[50bmg]

or less money:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131278R

 

[Guest]

is there a big difference between the e7200 and e5200 once overclocked?

 

[Guest]

Not the e5200 sorry. What would the next processor down be and is it any good?

 

[50bmg]

It is hard to beat the e7200. It is an awesome cpu. Even at stock speeds. Much better than anything below it.

 

[BeachHead]

In regards to a very good motherboard to use for your E7200 try the MSI P43 NEO3-F for, it's pretty good as an entry level mobo price wise and performance too is not that shabby either..


BeachHead..

 

[mamw93]

get an ASUS board... but you won't be able to get a good overclock board for that amount of money

 

[theAnimal]

I was looking at the GA-G31M-S2L.

Note i won't be playing games on the system. So it doesn't have to be fantastic, just cheap.

What do you think?

Get this with an E5200.