Which motherboard should I get?

TheScarecrow97 · Nov 30, 2012

Building a gaming pc on a really tight budget (550-600 dollars) and I need a cheap motherboard that won't fry or anything.

So which should I get? I'll be pairing one of these with 8gb ddr3 1600 ram, a phenom ii x4 965, and a 7850 1gb.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130657

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131795

rolli59 · Nov 30, 2012

Go with the cheaper one. Both are from known manufacturers.

TheScarecrow97 · Nov 30, 2012

rolli59 :

True, but that doesn't mean incredibly cheap motherboards from them won't be bad.

rolli59 · Dec 1, 2012

They are not bad but personally I would buy at minimum a board with 970 chipset like this one that comes with free 8GB ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519