Hey this is my first time posting here, I hope you guys can help me out. I'm starting my first pc build. The computer will be used mainly for media and games. I chose the AMD Phenom II X4 965 as my cpu because of price and performance and I don't know what motherboard to choose. Should it support DDR2 or DDR3? Does anyone know a good combination for this processor, and I have no idea what mo-board chip sets are.
Choosing a Motherboard
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rolli59
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AM3 board that supports DDR3 ram. Look for a board with AMD 8xx chipset which is the newest. Maybe one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007625%20600008296%20600008418&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=22|13-157-188^13-157-188-TS%2C13-130-269^13-130-269-TS%2C13-157-207^13-157-207-TS%2C13-128-435^13-128-435-TS%2C13-131-631^13-131-631-TS
jaquith
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Welcome to Tom's Forum! 
Now you only want a DDR3 MOBO, and AMD MOBOs are better suited for ATI{AMD} GPUs.
The best 'bang for the buck' is the ASRock 890FX DELUXE3 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157196
Side-by-Side http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007624%2050001944%20600007943&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=22|13-131-655^13-131-655-TS,13-131-363^13-131-363-TS,13-157-196^13-157-196-TS,13-157-198^13-157-198-TS
Q - What price range?
Q - What GPU?
Q - What features do you need? e.g. SSD, Firewire, etc
Soon as anyone mentions gaming then I don't recommend any MOBOs with onboard GPU/VGA and instead leave the otherwise shared bandwidth PCIe 'clean' for a discrete GPU.
Now you only want a DDR3 MOBO, and AMD MOBOs are better suited for ATI{AMD} GPUs.
The best 'bang for the buck' is the ASRock 890FX DELUXE3 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157196
Side-by-Side http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007624%2050001944%20600007943&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=22|13-131-655^13-131-655-TS,13-131-363^13-131-363-TS,13-157-196^13-157-196-TS,13-157-198^13-157-198-TS
Q - What price range?
Q - What GPU?
Q - What features do you need? e.g. SSD, Firewire, etc
Soon as anyone mentions gaming then I don't recommend any MOBOs with onboard GPU/VGA and instead leave the otherwise shared bandwidth PCIe 'clean' for a discrete GPU.
jaquith
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The second I see a 'Black' CPU I think OC, or performance. And the last thing I want to do is argue the 890FX vs 870 with 1/2 of the PCIe lanes. Either will work.
BTW - in this post I did agree to the ASRock 870 Extreme3 ONLY because of strict budget -> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/286662-30-best-board-range
BTW - in this post I did agree to the ASRock 870 Extreme3 ONLY because of strict budget -> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/286662-30-best-board-range
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