Good Motherboard?

[thomkal]

Looking to get a customizable computer through MagicMicro.com, and was just wondering about the motherboard offered with the option I am looking at. It's the asrock M3A770DE. Getting a somewhat budget gaming computer with an Athlon II X4 620 processor and Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. Looking to get a computer that will last a few years without much changes. Will this card serve this purpose and allow for good component changing/expansion when I need it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

 

[o1die]

The 5770 is a good choice; newegg has had some as low as $129 recently. The video card is one item you can install yourself, if you don't need to upgrade the power supply first. The asrock board looks ok; uses ddr3 and am3 cpus only, which is a good feature. I used the propus 620 recently, and overclocked it at 3100 by changing the cpu fsb to 240 and the bios memory ratio to 1:1.66 without a voltage increase. It ran stable. Choose one of the following brands of power supply or install it yourself later: corsair, pc power and cooling, seasonic, antec, ocz, or enermax. 550-650 watts is plenty for a single video card and the 5770. Don't let magicmicro charge you extra for a decent brand. They have enough profit margin to use one of these brands for little or no extra.

 

[saint19]

Hi, What is your budget for the rig?

 

[thomkal]

Saint, I'm trying to keep it to around $900 not more than $1000

 

[saint19]

^Ok. Do you prefer buy the system? or build yourself.

 

[thomkal]

I'm buying the system

 

[saint19]

Well, we need the link of the system that you want buy, or that you look and want buy. IMO, with the $900 you can build a very good system yourself.

 

[thomkal]

http://www.magicmicro.com/smoreinfo.asp?iid=2475

I should put a preclaimer here with every new post. I don't want to build my own, so yeah I know I'm wasting money by not doing so.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

and Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. Looking to get a computer that will last a few years without much changes. Will this card serve this purpose and allow for good component changing/expansion when I need it?

Kinda impossible to answer unless you tell us what resolution you are gaming at. If at HD resolutions 1920 x something, no, the 5770 can't maintain 30 fps in DX11 games at that res.

 

[thomkal]

Thanks Jack,

Not a hardcore gamer, so just want it to work and look good while it works, so low-medium resolutions.

 

[thomkal]

Still looking for advice/opinions here please.