Good AM3 Motherboard

[axew]

Hello everyone im loking for a good am3 mobo that will let me to overclock my CPU to something around 4GHz on a phenom II x2 560 for around 70$.
I already have a HyperX TX3 EVO Cooler, will it do the job?

 

[James McKeane]

Hello everyone im loking for a good am3 mobo that will let me to overclock my CPU to something around 4GHz on a phenom II x2 560 for around 70$.
I already have a HyperX TX3 EVO Cooler, will it do the job?

ASUS M4A88T-M AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131657

 

[axew]

THANKS! now my specs are comming out like this:
CPU: Phenom II X2 560 3.3GHz (Will try to OC to at least 3.7GHz and also unlock cores if im lucky enough)
Mobo: ASUS M4A88T-M
PSU: Seasonic 500ET 500W
RAM: 4gb ddr3 kingston HyperX 1600MHz 2x2
Now the only thing left is the GPU... what is the best gpu that wont be bottlenecked by this CPU? Budget for gpu is around 200$

Im looking at MSI GTX 560 TI OC and Sapphire HD 7850 2GB both are exactly the same price ($230 both) what is a better buy among those and, are those an overkill for my other specs?

 

[James296]

anywhere between the HD5770 to, GTX 560/HD 6870 (but your pushing it at that end). Personally I just get HD 6850 (or GTX 460) and call it good, maybe even use the left over money as part of a SSD upgrade in the future.

 

[axew]

so will a sandy bridge pentium G850 be less of a bottleneck to those $230 cards than phenom II x2 560? On some benches i saw i3 2100 is about 15% faster than g850. I heard that i3 wont even bottleneck a GTX 570 so maybe g850 wont bottleneck those two? Also at higher resolutions such as 1080p i heard that bottleneck will be smaller since at higher res. gpu does much more work than on lower...or is it? wait a sec...phenom II x2 + aftermarket cooler is nearly and i3 2100 price....maybe i should just get an i3 2100 and a cheap h61 mobo after all? I assume that i3 wont bottleneck a gtx560 ti/hd 7850 2gb?