Best mobo for under £200 for gaming

puntojay

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hello all,

iam planning a new build pc mainly for gaming.

my budgit for upto £200 for mother board + cpu + ram

i have found this mobo for £211 just over my budget

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-Bulldozer-FX-6100-3-3Ghz-8GB-DDR3-1333mhz-Gigabyte-Motherboard-Bundle-/150700431294?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item23167217be

i have used pc for over 10 years but never made a pc only changed the ram on a pc. now iam wanting to leave my xbox 360 for a gaming pc.

i have read alot of forums about cpu sockets / ram speeds / mother board very confident on being able to build a pc

if anyone has a mobo better for gaming than the one i have found please let me no

psu i have found is

http://www.cclonline.com/product/18317/OCZ500MXSP-UK/Power-Supplies/500W-OCZ-ModXStream-Pro-Modular-Power-Supply/PSU1078/

graphics card

http://www.maplin.co.uk/ati-radeon-hd5670-1gb-pci-e-graphics-card-397083

i have 160gb hard drive with sata + cd rw/dvd rw
 

fuggles

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not that graphics card

what a rip off !!

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-geforce-gtx-480,2598-6.html

I got a 4850 for 35 pounds on ebay ,

you are willing to pay 120 pounds for an inferior card ??

the 5670 isn't worth that price



this is quite a good motherboard

comes with a pre attached heatsink on the cpu, and is already assembled, so you just need to put it in the PC and away you go

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-640-3-0-Quad-Core-CPU-8GB-DDR3-Motherboard-Bundle-/120697511092?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item1c1a21dcb4