Motherboard

[manin17]

i'm new here. i;m planing to buy amd athlon 2 x2 245 .which motherboard is best for am3 socket for about <$100.i want integrated graphics and firewire port on it.thanks

 

[jaquith]

Welcome to Tom's Forum!

I assume you mean "AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor".

Discrete GPU:
ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=nlWYrI9wlNIYHAaa
$100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131651
CPU:
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 0601
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GQ),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 0601
Athlon IIX2 245e(AD245EHDK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3 0601

Onboard GPU:
ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=Ta95CVPnAzVDwMyG
$105 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131654
CPU:
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 0302
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GQ),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 0302

My feeling the ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 with the USB3 is worth the extra $5 over the budget, but I've added in the side-by-side the non-USB3 version which is under your budget.

side-by-side http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007625%2050001315&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=22|13-131-651^13-131-651-TS,13-131-402^13-131-402-TS,13-131-406^13-131-406-TS,13-131-654^13-131-654-TS

 

[manin17]

thanks .but these mb does not have any firewire port.also should i go for GA-MA785GMT-US2H ????

 

[jockey]

thanks .but these mb does not have any firewire port.also should i go for GA-MA785GMT-US2H ????

Yes, that's a good board with decent features.

 

[jaquith]

Sorry, I completely missed your specs "firewire port".

I'm not a GA fanboy, sure. The trade-offs are no USB3 or SATA3 for the IEEE 1394.

Onboard GPU:
ASUS:
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=QHbvGVB1mXmmD8qQ
$90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131406
CPU:
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 ALL 0910
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GQ),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 1.02G 0304
Athlon IIX2 245e(AD245EHDK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3 ALL 0918

ASUS M4A78T-E http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=cf8IZzbU4m6GHKnW
$120 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131366
CPU:
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 ALL 2402
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GQ),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3 ALL 1302
Athlon IIX2 245e(AD245EHDK23GM),2.9GHz,1MB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3 ALL 2702

Side-by-Side http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007625%2050001315%20600007943&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=22|13-131-366^13-131-366-TS,13-131-406^13-131-406-TS

 

[manin17]

thanks

 

[manin17]

thats ok for me .thanks