Choosing a Motherboard, advice needed please

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Hello all, Thanks again for any help I receive, you guys are awesome!

Ok so I am close to deciding what my new pc build will be (quite cheap gaming pc).

So far I am only 100% on one thing, and thats the hd 5770 gpu.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/191864

I am now deciding on a motherboard, but am really unsure what to go with.

I was originally looking at this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/219204

however I noticed there are loads like it, and I cant really see the difference. Also are they good enough? Which is best?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/218937

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/218921

I really am unsure on motherboards, I have read that they can bottleneck a pc quite easily, do I need to spend more? Less?

Thanks for the advice

(For a cpu I was looking at something along the lines of an amd phenom II 955 quad core, although that is likely to change)

Reply to yumpum

The second motherboard you have posted
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/218937
is the best bet for two reasons:
1: it is more upgradeable
2: it is the best value for the money of those boards

Reply to Forte125

Good choice to go 800 series chipsets. Have you considered the 890? Here is the feature comparison among these chipsets:
http://www.amd.com/us/products/des [...] rison.aspx
If you want to get a 2nd video card in the future, you must get the 890 since both 870 and 880 that you chose do not support crossfire.

Here is something that is not too far off from your budget.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/204534

Reply to randomkid

I agree with randomkid. That Asrock mobo is worth the extra cash.

Reply to Forte125

Thanks everyone for the replies! If i was almost certain I wouldn't be getting the extra card, would it still be worth the more expensive one? Are there any other benefits? Thanks again

Reply to yumpum

At about just 10% difference? I'd say it's worth to get the 890GX chipset because the HD5770 while good is not top card so you can never be certain if you will never go crossfiring once you tried the games and new more graphic intesive games come.

Besides, the integrated graphics of the 890GX will come in handy just in case you got trouble with your HD5770. You can still use your PC while it the card is RMA...

Reply to randomkid

The 880 is an "almost" chipset and the Gigabyte is a single slot PCIE. One of the rationals of buying a midrange card it that you'll be able to X-Fire it later. Save your lunch money another week and get the 890, Asrocks are very overclocker friendly.

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