Will I notice a difference between the 700 and 800 series chipsets?

[powerfulcrunch]

I will be using a dedicated graphics card (no crossfire).

Will there be any big difference now or in the future between a 785G and a 880G or 890GX?

I do have an eyefinity setup and do play games. I'm not a serious hardcore gamer but I want the computer to be able to perform reasonably well.

 

[tecmo34]

If you are using a dedicated GPU, there is little difference between the to chipsets outside of SATA III and USB3.0, which may or may not be of an importance to you.

■http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/8-series-integrated/Pages/amd-890gx-chipset.aspx
■http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/8-series-integrated/Pages/amd-880g-chipset.aspx
■http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/7-series-integrated/Pages/amd-785G-chipset.aspx

If I was guying, I would go with the 800 series and look at the ASRock 870 Extreme3 for my motherboard.