Looking for good board for 7770 gpu wit h decenty mem

[coolness5545]

looking for a good board/processor that can handle 7770, at least be upgradeable to 8gb mem, and quadcore proccessor. so nothing super amazing but good inexpensive option is what i am looking for. thanks

 

[stevems]

Micro-Atx or Atx?

 

[coolness5545]

Ugh not sure yet, Probly atx

 

[coolness5545]

Ok got a few more specifics, want to have pcie 3.0 I thinkx 16 with option to eventually crossfire. And was curious if speed diff between Sata 3gb is really that noticeably slower than 6?

 

[coolness5545]

was thinking something like this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055QYKQO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=gamingsquid-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0055QYKQO

 

[coolness5545]

GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard was thinking this would be better for my needs now http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-970A-D3-AM3-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0056G10WK/ref=pd_sim_e_39

 

[Adsuki]

Your looking for something to handle HD 7770, 8GB of RAM, and a quad core CPU? If people say your shooting yourself in the foot, don't listen to them. If you want to go with Intel i5 3570K, then it's a good one. But inexpensive would be a AMD Phenom II or a FX-4100. What type of quad core did you have in mind?

 

[coolness5545]

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Phenom-3-4Ghz-512KB-4000MHZ/dp/B002SRQ214/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?tag=vglnk-c1001-20


AMD Phenom II X4 965 AM3 3.4Ghz 512KB 45NM 125W 4000MHZ
AMD

 

[coolness5545]

Was thinking of going with this, but if ther is better board or CPU for 200ish plz let me know.

 

[coolness5545]

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FX-6200-Processor-Socket-FD6200FRGUBOX/dp/B0073RTGQM/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1348965543&sr=1-3&keywords=amd+black+edition+-+amd+fx+3.6+ghz+processor

was thinking putting these together, good or bad idea?
http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA- [...] d_sim_e_39

AMD FX-6200 Processor, 3.8 6 Socket AM3 - FD6200FRGUBOX and GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

 

[Kajcha]

Bad idea!
Go with quad core Phenom II
Asus has a nice motherboard, also is very cheap in the store near me.

Try this:
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Phenom II X4 965 BE

I'm not sure about PCIe 3.0 support. You should check on Asus' site.

 

[coolness5545]

ok so if i choose that board and cpu would i be able to oc that proccessor and to what?

 

[Kajcha]

Well that one can be OC to 3.8-4.0-4.2GHz depending on the CPU cooler (you need aftermarket cooler). I think it's gonna be stable on 4.0 with a nice cpu cooler.

And the motherboard doesn't support pcie 3.0 .

 

[coolness5545]

for 20 bucks or so more, would i be that better off going with a 990 board? and any suggestion on capable cpu cooler?

 

[coolness5545]

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