Cant decide what motherboard to get for phenom 2 x4 940

hey i looked at a lot of motherboard and did some research and im still not sure on which motherboard to get. My budget is 500 for the whole pc. as for the motherboard i can put about 120 bucks for it.

here are some that i looked at. Which one would be the best ?

Biostar TA790GX 128M Motherboard - AMD 790GX, AM2+ 128MB DDR2 Side-Port, ATI Hybrid, CrossFire, PCIe 2.0, Gigabit, USB2.0, RAID, HDMI/DVI

GA-MA790GP-UD4H 790GX AM3 ATX Motherboard

M4A78T-E 790GX AM3 ATX Motherboard

ASRock AOD790GX/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX ATX AMD Motherboard

ok well i ment best from the ones that i picked. but i think ill go with the gigabyte one.

You should get the cheapest board that meets your needs. Do you want dedicated or integrated graphics?

If you want crossfire, go with 790FX or 790GX. If you only need one GPU just get 780G or 770.

I think Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H is a good, cheap board.

very good point

the 940 will not work in an AM3 mb that uses DDR3 RAM , it will only run in AM2 boards that use DDr2 ram

Thats a great board from a quality manufacturer .

It will be an great computer for you

Then there is the UD5P the only diff from the UD4P is the location of the floppy connector,,,either of these boardz will take almost any AMD cpu available now and who knows what future ones as well....

I got newegg's TA 790GXB A2+ and X4 940 bundle two weeks ago for $209.00. I like it. It has a nice convenient layout for my mid-tower case.

The onboard graphics chip is ATI/crossfire capable, and there is only one PCI Express X16 slot on the board. I installed a GeForce 9800 and did not have to disable the onboard video through BIOS. There are only 4 USB slots on the I/O panel, but there are three headers on the board.

The chip runs warm -- 50 degrees C, but that is to be expected for a 125 watt chip.

OBTW, that board is designed for overclocking; a similar T-series board just set the world record exceeding 6GHz.

I am seeing some peoples recommending Gigabyte motherboard... HAHAHAHAHA!!!

No, seriously, simply no... you can really judge a company by their worst work... and the 965P-DS3 was a nightmare of a board even with all the praise and the reviews.

It was the worst piece of hardware I have ever owned. 1 DOA and 2 other boards died within 6 month of use without any overclocking. I got sick of it and bought an Asus board. I never got a problem after that. So I build my computer... 4 times in 16 months... the same damn thing... 4 times...

If that's the kind of joke you are ready to face up, take a chance for a mere 20$ of saving... but never again for me.

Not to be rude or anything, but posts like this make me think it has more to do with the builder than the hardware. My last 4 mobos have been Gigabyte, and all have been rock solid. Good quality boards and great for OCing.

ALL retail X3 and X4 BE cpu's come with a heatsink. Probably because people complained. But now since BE's are mainstream and not enthusiest targeted, they sell a lot of them to non-overclockers and they dont want to buy a aftermarket heatsink. The first X2's didnt because seriously, if your buying a black edition to overclock, you aren't going to use a stock heatsink anyways. Comprende amigo?

AM3 cpu's are backwards compatible with AM2+ mobo's. This wasn't "to screw peoples up" as you ignorantly say, it was so people with old boards could upgrade to newer, faster processors without having to replace their mobo and ram. This made people happy and therefore AMD will sell twice as many.


Get a clue please, the more you post, the dumber you sound.

i agree with you guys