Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3

[TimeWarrior]

Hi,

Which would you guys recommend out of the:
ECS 8200A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135085&Tpk=ecs%208200
ECS 780GM-A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135075&Tpk=ecs%20780g
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813128081

I'm doing a new build with one of these coupled with the Athlon 7750 Black Edition and either a Radeon HD3850 or HD4670.

Cheers

 

[TimeWarrior]

I think that the 8200 might be a little better than the 780G based on reviews but I have no idea about the 770. Does anyone know how it rates against these newer boards? So far all I can tell is that the 770 doesn't have integrated graphics but that won't matter to me. Also the GA-MA770-DS3 I am looking at is the revision 1.0 but I don't know what that means.

 

[marco324]

i have the same board good motherboard the difference is the southbbridge chip revision 1 has the 600 sb chip
revision 2 has the 700 sb chip is better 750 sb is the best different motherboard amd chipset 780 790
better for upgrading later to a phenom2 when the motherboard first came out all they had was the 600 sb then amd
upgraded it to 700 better features and so did gigabyte if you can grab a 780 or 790 chipset mb with the 700 or 750 sb whould be better but agian thats a good motherboard

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2722

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/mainboard/amd-770-790-chipsets.html

 

[marco324]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261922-31-best-motherboard-phenom

 

[TimeWarrior]

i have the same board good motherboard the difference is the southbbridge chip revision 1 has the 600 sb chip
revision 2 has the 700 sb chip is better 750 sb is the best different motherboard amd chipset 780 790
better for upgrading later to a phenom2 when the motherboard first came out all they had was the 600 sb then amd
upgraded it to 700 better features and so did gigabyte if you can grab a 780 or 790 chipset mb with the 700 or 750 sb whould be better but agian thats a good motherboard

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2722

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/mainboard/amd-770-790-chipsets.html

Hey Man,

Thanks for the links but which of the three would you recommend? I'm not very clued up on motherboards...

 

[marco324]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ecs_a780gma_v1/20.htm
So if you are in need of a decent board for a workstation or general home use at a great price, I would consider the ECS A780GM-A not good

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/gf8200a/20.htm
ECS GF8200A Review seems ok but im really not a fan of ecs not the best ?

the gigabyte board is a better board can't go wrong if those are your only chooses i'd pick the

Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 better overclocking and good stable board i'de get this one out of those 3
much better quality board

 

[marco324]

Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 Deactivated Item

did you mean this GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3

 

[TimeWarrior]

Hi Marco,

Thanks for all your help. It is the DS3 its on an online auction but its new, we're a bit behind in NZ

Cheers

 

[marco324]

oh great thought you were buying from the egg

 

[TimeWarrior]

I wish, it'd probably be half the price! Seller got a bit pushy so I have ordered my new computer off the net.
This is what I'm going with:

Athlon X2 7750 Black
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
iCute S901-BB 4G
Western Digital Caviar SE 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA2

I'm either going to get a 4670 or 3850 (in an auction)

Please let me know what you think! But don't burst my bubble by saying it's all rubbish!!

 

[marco324]

not bad good luck 4830 is a nice vid card if you can get one

 

[marco324]

amd had some good utilitys you can use with that
AMDPwrMon power saver mode for cpu and ram
AMDFusion shuts down services when gaming and restarts them
AMD OverDrive for o/c

 

[TimeWarrior]

Sweet, I'm looking forward to all of this arriving!