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I'm looking at building my first custom computer, I will be housing it in my recently acquired Antec Mini P180 white ($70 from Newegg), with a 430W Antec Neopower HE PSU. I plan on getting a Phenom II X3 720 Black edition processor, but am having difficulty deciding the motherboard(has to be Micro-ATX for case). I'm not terribly concerned about OC capabilities since the processor is unlocked, though I will be using hybrid crossfire at first (integrated GPU w/ 3450) until the 4870 X2 comes down or I save up. Now, the mobo's I'm looking at are both $95:
The Boards
Biostar TA790GX XEhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138140
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2Hhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128341
The Problem
The Biostar isn't a major brand (from what I gather), lacking Gigabyte's reliability, although the Biostar board has better reviews on Newegg (less reviewers though). However, for the same price, Biostar has 790GX/SB750 against Gigabyte's 780G/SB700. AMD claims 1.8x hybrid crossfire w/ the GX, 1.5x with the G. A big difference? Both have 128MB Sideport DDR3 memory, and all else seems roughly equal to me. Which to choose, and why? Thanks alot!
edit: If it matters, this will be a do-everything computer: tons of office work, Media Center stuff, some Photo/Video editing, and light gaming (will ramp up once Starcraft 2 hits shelves and ruins my life)
I'm looking at building my first custom computer, I will be housing it in my recently acquired Antec Mini P180 white ($70 from Newegg), with a 430W Antec Neopower HE PSU. I plan on getting a Phenom II X3 720 Black edition processor, but am having difficulty deciding the motherboard(has to be Micro-ATX for case). I'm not terribly concerned about OC capabilities since the processor is unlocked, though I will be using hybrid crossfire at first (integrated GPU w/ 3450) until the 4870 X2 comes down or I save up. Now, the mobo's I'm looking at are both $95:
The Boards
Biostar TA790GX XEhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138140
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2Hhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128341
The Problem
The Biostar isn't a major brand (from what I gather), lacking Gigabyte's reliability, although the Biostar board has better reviews on Newegg (less reviewers though). However, for the same price, Biostar has 790GX/SB750 against Gigabyte's 780G/SB700. AMD claims 1.8x hybrid crossfire w/ the GX, 1.5x with the G. A big difference? Both have 128MB Sideport DDR3 memory, and all else seems roughly equal to me. Which to choose, and why? Thanks alot!
edit: If it matters, this will be a do-everything computer: tons of office work, Media Center stuff, some Photo/Video editing, and light gaming (will ramp up once Starcraft 2 hits shelves and ruins my life)
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