mother board shoping info

[moving-target]

so when it comes to picking out parts i have no idea what to look for in a motherboard so what are the specs i need to know

what part connects to PCi and so forth

[Badthefirst]

A few basic things to look at:

Keep in mind what type of processor you are going to be using. Different motherboards have different sockets. If you haven't chosen a processor yet then maybe decide upon one and use that to help limit what mother boards you can use.

You want to have a few PCIe slots. These slot are the graphics card slot. Most Graphics Cards use PCIe now so this is a must. I recommend getting a board with multiple because if the future you find your video card is having trouble keeping up with the market you could get a copy of the same card and run them together sli/crossfire method. Essentially making it one giant super card.

Those are the most basic things to me. I have an older board and wish I had two PCIe slots but I only have one.

As for RAM you can always get that after the board because each board will have specific list of compatible ram.

I recommend ASUS as a good board maker. I have one and know several people that do. They make good hardware.

[WileECyte]

Eh... SLI/Crossfire unnecessarily complicates a system. If you're running at 1080p a single GTX 660 will do everything you need it to. By the time a new game comes out that needs an upgrade in horsepower above and beyond that, the next generation of video cards will be out, and you will be hard pressed to find a matching card.

You can probably safely go with a Micro ATX board. No need to spend extra money on anything bigger. You should only need a single PCI-E x16 slot, but even most micro ATX boards come with 2. The rest of the features really depend on what other cards/drives/etc you are going to have in your PC.

What is your budget?
What drives/peripherals do you plan on having in your machine?

[moving-target]

Eh... SLI/Crossfire unnecessarily complicates a system. If you're running at 1080p a single GTX 660 will do everything you need it to. By the time a new game comes out that needs an upgrade in horsepower above and beyond that, the next generation of video cards will be out, and you will be hard pressed to find a matching card.

You can probably safely go with a Micro ATX board. No need to spend extra money on anything bigger. You should only need a single PCI-E x16 slot, but even most micro ATX boards come with 2. The rest of the features really depend on what other cards/drives/etc you are going to have in your PC.

What is your budget?
What drives/peripherals do you plan on having in your machine?

building it around my current parts just gota replace the friend mobo and i guess a new cpu to be on the safe side so long as it fights all the other parts maybe in the future i wouldnt mind a simple ssd
http://www.teamplayergaming.com/pc-h...new-build.html

under 200 would be great max would probably be 250

[WileECyte]

Is the parts list you have there what you currently have?

[moving-target]

yep

[WileECyte]

Best bang for the buck for you would probably be this:

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX - Newegg.com

Newegg.com - ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

That'll have everything you should need and keep you under your $200 budget.

Everything else you have should work just fine.

[moving-target]

but isnt am3 being phased out kinda want something that will last atleast 2 years

[WileECyte]

Unless you're planning on upgrading your CPU in that time period... AM3 should be fine. You'll sacrifice some computing power and it will cost more if you want to go with Socket FM2...

Here's a Socket FM2 solution:

AMD A8-5600K Trinity 3.6GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU - Newegg.com

ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

[Rumble]

ASUS Sabertooth... Nuff Said


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