Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 or Asus M5A78L-M/U3

[kingavinesh]

I want a good budget MoBo for my AMD Phenom X2 CPU and 7750 graphic card, I also want a bit of overclocking.
I couldn't decide whether to go with Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 or Asus M5A78L-M/U3. Though Gigabyte version is cheaper but I am not going to upgrade MoBo again in near future just because of compatibility issue.

Also tell me going with NON-USB3 version of both of these MoBos would be wrong idea ?

 

[kingavinesh]

Hi, definitely go with the Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 it's the better choice especially considering you will be overclocking.

"Also tell me going with NON-USB3 version of both of these MoBos would be wrong idea" Yes it will be, USB 3.0 is a joy to have and you won't regret having it.

I hope this Asus motherboard is the best one in this range ?

 

[kingavinesh]

Yes it is, although unfortunately it doesn't have an on board front panel USB 3.0 connector, if that puts you off then go for the Gigabyte.

No need, I'm okay with that. Had today there been lots of 3.0 devices, I could have thought of that

I just want to make sure in future I don't have to upgrade MoBo again, it has 3.0 USB, and supports CrossFire Tech too and have AM3+ socket then I think its future proof, or at least...

 

[kingavinesh]

Also the ASUS board has better memory configuration options and will be better suited for AMD's 8-Core CPU's if were to upgrade to one of those in the future, good luck.

Actually I want to use this MoBo with following specs :

MoBo : Asus M5A78L-M/U3
CPU : AMD Athlon || X2 270 3.4 GHz dual-core OR AMD FX4100 3.6 quad-core (Please suggest which would be better)
Hard Drive : WB Caviar 250 GB 16MB cache
Optical Drive : LG MODISC SATA
GPU : Saphire 1GB DDR5 ATI/AMD 7750
RAM : 2GB Corsair 1333 + 4GB Corsair 1333

I hope my specs are Okay and without any conflicts ?

 

[kingavinesh]

AMD Athlon || X2 270 3.4 GHz dual-core OR AMD FX4100 3.6 quad-core (Please suggest which would be better) Be better to just go with a FX4300 or FX6300 but both of those are good options depending on what you do with your PC. There will be no issues running any of those components with that motherboard.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/182/AMD_Athlon_II_X2_270_vs_AMD_FX-Series_FX-4100.html
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-4100-vs-AMD-Athlon-II-X2-270

Thanks for comparisons and suggestions.
Now I think I should better decide FX4100 or FX4300(Hmm another issue but okay, I think latter one is 15% more better)
Now my question is, these processors support DDR3-1866 memory but my current memory is 1333MHz DDR3 will they work on it ? ( I am noob in such things)

 

[kingavinesh]

Thank you very much for letting me know that

Is there any stock cooler which you would recommend for OCing ? I am thinking of Cooler Master TX3