Better Motherboard

[samuelspark]

Which is the better motherboard for gaming? I'm planning to overclock my cpu and gpu and get ddr3 1333 mhz RAM.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0335518 (Gigabyte)

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0365861 (Asus)

 

[dayto11]

well the top one would be better because it supports crossfire the asus board does not.
gigabyte has on board graphics which is kinda cool but you need to know how to turn it off if ur running a high end gpu.(such as a gtx 560) but asus has way cooler features like MEM OK
but i guess since ur shooting for gaming go with the gigabyte 1

 

[samuelspark]

What about against the ASrock http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0367874

 

[GnatGoSplat]

Gigabyte warranty is much better than Asrock, 3yr vs 1yr. All things being equal, I would get Gigabyte over Asrock any day.
In this case, however, that Asrock is AM3+ which is better because it will support newer CPUs.

 

[dayto11]

What about against the ASrock http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0367874

whats ur price range and what cpu u have ill look for one and i wouldn't go with the asrock one

 

[jonnycatz1990]

Id try to get an ASUS or Gigabyte AMD 970 board. You will get native SATA 3.0 ports and USB 3.0. The AM3+ socket will give you the capability to go with Bulldozer CPUs. You should definitely try to get at least DDR3 1600 MHz if possible.

 

[samuelspark]

I'm going to have a phenom x4 and upgrade to BD later and it needs to support dual gts 450 (dual slot each).

 

[dayto11]

I'm going to have a phenom x4 and upgrade to BD later and it needs to support dual gts 450 (dual slot each).

Supports bd 3 way sli/crossfire a little bit more expensive but good i have the 4th version of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131735

 

[samuelspark]

WOAH. That's about 100 dollars overbudget. I'm on a budget build atm.

 

[dayto11]

WOAH. That's about 100 dollars overbudget. I'm on a budget build atm.

Whats ur budget.?

 

[samuelspark]

For the mobo, around 100 dollars but I'll go to like 150 if necessary.

 

[dayto11]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0358102

this is acceptable. if you are willing to pay the extra 30$
go with this
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334888
just to give u a idea of how good this mobo is out of box it overclocked my cpu to 3.7 stable from 3.2
just noticed u wanna sli these support crossfire sorry.

 

[samuelspark]

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