New build suggestion on Motherboard

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tombstone07

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Hello again all!

ok so I had an Asus M4A77TD mobo that I think fried. I had the system going fine the night I built it for a friend. the next morning the monitor got no signal, keyboard and mouse non responsive yet fans running etc... I did do the trouble shoots (some - checking cables, reseating cpu, researting all components, ram testing from one stick up etc...) it just seems to have boiled down to the mobo. It is an older mobo that I have used in a few builds that have had several component swaps occur.

So here is what we have in need of a decent mobo:

Processor- Phenom II x4 645 3.0
Heatsink- Loki Xigmatek w/ push/pull set up
Ram- Kingston KHX1600c9d3k2 8g (Also have 8g Centon 1600 c11- either set is up for grabs to use)
PSU- Corsair 600w Gaming
GPU- GeForce GTS 450
HDD- WD 160g for os and will be picking up additional for data storage
OS- Windows 7 64bit Home

Suggestions would be great.

Thank you,
 
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Foxconn M61PMP-K AM3 NVIDIA MCP61P Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186189

MSI 870A-G46 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
$74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130591

ASRock 970 EXTREME4 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262

ASUS M5A97 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131767

This will give you a wide range of choices to choose from and I assumed that your budget would be $100 or less based on the components to be used.
Foxconn M61PMP-K AM3 NVIDIA MCP61P Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186189

MSI 870A-G46 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
$74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130591

ASRock 970 EXTREME4 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262

ASUS M5A97 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131767

This will give you a wide range of choices to choose from and I assumed that your budget would be $100 or less based on the components to be used.
 
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tombstone07

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Thank you- i am going with the Asus M5A97 AM3+ mobo. I am an Asus fan anyways and the AM3+ will allow him to upgrade his CPU at some point if he chooses.

Thanks for the selections!
 
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