Mobo Suggestions for Athlon II X3

Votoms

June 8, 2010 3:37:13 AM

I'm planning a build and was looking for suggestions for a motherboard for a Athlon II X3. About my only requirement is that it be reliable. I'll be running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit and at least 4GB Ram. It'll be for everyday use, and I don't really plan on overclocking,. My budget is around $100 or less. A few I've been considering are these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Opinions and suggestions on these and any others would be greatly appreciated.

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duk3

June 8, 2010 3:56:18 AM

I would do the asus, simply because asus and gigabyte are the most widely trusted mobo manufacturers and the gigabyte doesn't support ddr3. The ddr2 supported by the gigabyte is outdated.

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randomkid

Motherboard Authority

June 8, 2010 9:58:21 AM

Votoms said:

I'm planning a build and was looking for suggestions for a motherboard for a Athlon II X3. About my only requirement is that it be reliable. I'll be running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit and at least 4GB Ram. It'll be for everyday use, and I don't really plan on overclocking,. My budget is around $100 or less. A few I've been considering are these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Opinions and suggestions on these and any others would be greatly appreciated.

Go for the Asus then. It is most reliable brand apart from Gigabyte but like duk3 said, your choice of GIgabyte Board is AM2+ which supports only DDR2 RAM. So the ASUS it is.