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Started by Claaken | | 19 answers
Need a new motherboard!
Recently my motherboard broke as the sata 3g ports on the mobo broke as there very weak.
I am now on the hunt for a new motherboard as my system is now unable to start at all.
I would like the best motherboard someone could find as long as its not extremely over priced.

My Gaming Rig;
CPU: AMD fx4100
GPU: MSI GTX770 4GB Twin Frozr
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2X8)
PSU: 650W
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a c 1519 V Motherboard
October 17, 2014 9:29:17 AM

Yes very good choices.
a c 141 V Motherboard
October 17, 2014 9:24:59 AM

GTX 970 Gaming, great suggestion there. And please upgrade CPU first, the current one is holding back even single 770, let alone SLI setup in future. And AXi 1200W is extremely high quality PSU, but way too much for the system, a 850W G2 will suffice.
a b V Motherboard
October 17, 2014 9:20:12 AM

It's a great quality PSU,but it's way way way too overkill for your system.
An 850W PSU will be enough for 2xGTX 770.
You will want a strong CPU for that setup.
a c 1519 V Motherboard
October 17, 2014 9:19:47 AM

AX1200i psu ...Great PSU but overkill and over priced.

Your weak CPU will be holding back your graphics card.
October 17, 2014 9:16:32 AM

Thankyou for all your options and opinions but it would look more appealing if I could have space to upgrade and obtain DUAL GPU and More RAM etc.. Also what did someone mean when they said that my GPU was bottlenecked by the CPU? Also opinions on the Corsair AX1200i psu
a b V Motherboard
October 17, 2014 8:32:50 AM

"This isn't to say that PCI-E 3.0 is not faster than PCI-E 2.0, or that x16 is the same as x8, but rather that current video cards and games are simply not able to utilize the additional bandwidth they provide."

Look to the future!
a c 1519 V Motherboard
October 17, 2014 8:23:44 AM

Exactly just an option with some extra features.

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