What AMD motherboard and video card do I require?

[ReDPheenix]

Hey, help a new builder out. This is my first build so try your best to be patient OK, so, I'd like to play Battlefield 3 on Ultra res and I have a powerful enough processor for it already, AMD FX-6100, now I'm in a rut and have been looking for a month to find an AMD motherboard for 100-150 but I haven't found anything. Also I'd need to find a good enough video card to run battlefield and all that for about 100-130. Help me out guys!!!

 

[ReDPheenix]

I'd also like 4 slots for RAM and 2 x16 and 2 PCI Expresses.

 

[THE UNKNOWN]

GPU

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908

PowerColor AX6850

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131374

PowerColor AX6850

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131374

HIS H679F1GD Radeon HD 6790

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161377

PowerColor AX6790

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131397

EVGA 02G-P3-1559-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi)

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130652

 

[THE UNKNOWN]

Check out the list

www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&Description=HD%206770

 

[THE UNKNOWN]

Im not sure you can run up BF3 on ultra

Here's MOBO

ASRock 990FX Extreme4

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157266

 

[swifty_morgan]

you don't need to spend a ton on a motherboard. You can buy a "good enough" board for under $100. I have no shame in $59 motherboards. Most of them are good at this point in time. The heart of the system will be the processor, which you already have, and the video card. Spending less on a board gives you more room for a better card. I also wouldn't be dumping money in all that ram. 4 would be sufficient and some people run 8.

 

[ReDPheenix]

Is there any good motherboards out there for the $60-90 price range? Or what's the best for around that?

 

[swifty_morgan]

so, your budget is $280 ?........ what monitor/res......... what opsys/32 or 64bit............ and why did you think you needed so much ram ?

 

[ReDPheenix]

Ok, lemme start over. I'd like a motherboard with 2 Ram slots, 2 express x16 slots, with 64bit OS, and a higher res hope this helps all around 65-80

 

[swifty_morgan]

that confuses me.......... you have a 64bit opsys ? and up top you say you want a card and a board ?.......... and your monitor resolution is ?........ and what's your budget ?

 

[ReDPheenix]

that confuses me.......... you have a 64bit opsys ? and up top you say you want a card and a board ?.......... and your monitor resolution is ?........ and what's your budget ?

I'm building a computer, I want to get a 64 bit OS, my friend up in the replies gave me the card thats fine for me, the board is yet to be named, I'm also looking for a 18-22in. monitor, my budget is around 600-700$ overall, all I have currently is my case and PSU. My budget for the motherboard is 65-75 USD.

 

[vrumor]

This is why helping people is so difficult here. THere is a form you can fill out with all the info youd need to give us, why didnt you fill it out? I believe its at the top of the forums page. THis back and forth is confusing and wasting time.

 

[swifty_morgan]

the list keeps going and going. should have been forthcoming from the start. I quit before I waste anymore time. sorry.

 

[mightymaxio]

Yeah you won't be able to run ultra on that computer even with a nice graphics card since that processor is slower than an overclocked Q2Q. You would need at least an i5 to play the game in ultra detail. With your setup i would say high or very high at the most with most of the view distance disabled.