Replacement Mobo Recommendations

[jcamel24]

Just thought I'd ask around for some advice. Built a system about a month ago. Here is the current config:

Phenom II X6 1055T
MSI 880GMA-E45
Cooler Master Hyper212+
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB DDR3 1600
Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W 80+ Certified PSU
Rosewill Challenger case
No Graphics Card
2*1TB Spinpoint F3's in RAID 1

So my problem is this: I've gone through two motherboards in this setup! 1st one died after about an hour of stress testing OC'd to 3.08gHz. RMA'd the board and got a new one. This one also died after about 45 minutes at 3.3gHz. I'm wondering if the 4-pin CPU power supply on the mobo has something to do with my problems. I read some posts citing overclocking problelms with a 4-pin power supply connector on the mobo.

Any recommendations as far as a better overclocking motherboard with similar options as the one I have now? (USB 3.0, HDMI integrated graphics, etc.) Trying to keep it around the same price ($100).

Thanks!

 

[exceeda88]

i think M4A880T-Evo is good choice...it has NB850 and 880G chipset, which i think good board for oc'ing....but i think its a little bit over $100....

 

[henydiah]

how 2X broke Mobo.. yeach Ithink Your PSU problem check Rail PSU with multimeter.

BIOSTAR TA890GXE Ver5.2, VGA HD4290, Usb 2.0, Unlock ACC, price under 100$, socket HDD SATA 3 , this one Mobo Good OC Award Winning Value Inside can get 4.2 Ghz , you can see my OC with OS XP64 & OS Win7 all Stable, temperature Cool vcore 1.52 max 47C although use Local CPU Cooler
see this My OC
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff496/BOSDOT/OC/testIBT20X.jpg
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff496/BOSDOT/OC/trytestLINKPACK.jpg
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff496/BOSDOT/OC/_DSC0399.jpg
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff496/BOSDOT/OC/_DSC0398.jpg
look my CPU Score 7541 but 3Dmark small because Onboard VGA non OC

 

[jcamel24]

Update: No problem with PSU, bought a Gigabyte GA880GA-UD3H and system works great.

 

[sportsfanboy]

Make sure your not grounding out somewhere. Did you put the correct amount of standoffs and in the correct place?

 

[jcamel24]

Yeah, there was six screw holes in the mobo and the standoffs were placed correctly. My solution: don't buy anything from MSI!

 

[henydiah]

what is your mobo MSI 880GMA-E45 not good? ... if u don't use this mobo can Ship.. to me !

 

[jcamel24]

I think I'll ship it to msi for another rma, then try to sell it on ebay! Try to get a couple bucks out of it. By the time I've paid to ship it twice, I might only lose $50 on it instead of $100!