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| Thread ID: 104675 | 2009-11-04 22:06:00 | Project Mini - Week two - The Motherboard | PCT Joe (15018) | Press F1 |
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| 827161 | 2009-11-04 22:06:00 | I'm sorry i didn't post this sooner but ive been down for two days with food poisoning and could barely get the .5 meters from my bed to my computer and type anything, i didn't eat anything in 48 hours because of this. (then i had a subway foot long steak and cheese..... mmmmmmmm, filled me up.) Haha enough about food for now but this week i decided we would work on the motherboard as this determines the types of ram we could use, the CPU and if we can do sli/crossfire and gives us a rough idea of what our power consumption may be. Here are my choices, again from playtech. These all support AM3 socket processors: Asus M4N78 AM2+/AM3 DDR2 ATX Motherboard (www.playtech.co.nz) Price: $134.52 incl GST and P&H (Rotorua) ASUS M4A77TD PRO DDR3 Socket AM2+/AM3 ATX Motherboard (www.playtech.co.nz) Price: $169.43 incl GST and P&H (Rotorua) Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 DDR3 ATX Motherboard (www.playtech.co.nz) Price: Price:$171.41 incl GST and P&H (Rotorua) Now lets be honest, I don't think the M4N78 stands a chance but I put it in there so I had 3 decently priced motherboards that would do there purpose(moderate-high gaming and office work) I also picked the AM3 socket because I know I should be able upgrade at anytime to AMD's latest CPU for a few years to come(crosses fingers) P.S: I received the CM 690 on Tuesday and its great! too bad I dont have anything to put into it yet :) |
PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 827162 | 2009-11-04 22:28:00 | BTW: can't get photos yet waiting for a mate to bring over a camera :x too busy spending money on computers to get one myself :) | PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 827163 | 2009-11-04 22:32:00 | Glad you went with the 690 and glad you like it. The GA-MA770 is the best out of that lot, I voted for the wrong one. :o TBH if it was me I'd spend a little more and get this. www.computerlounge.co.nz www.computerlounge.co.nz Much better... :D |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 827164 | 2009-11-04 23:05:00 | I'd make sure the motherboard has a 3 year warranty. Some retailers only give a 1year even tho manufacturer gives 3year. Strangely, even on the Gigabyte website they seem to have hidden any mention of how many years warranty they give..(used to be 3year) |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 827165 | 2009-11-04 23:09:00 | Asus and Gigabyte have 3 year warranties. That Asus board I linked to has the new 785G chipset too. www.computerlounge.co.nz That's a comparable gigabyte board. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 827166 | 2009-11-05 05:17:00 | Glad you went with the 690 and glad you like it. The GA-MA770 is the best out of that lot, I voted for the wrong one. :o TBH if it was me I'd spend a little more and get this. www.computerlounge.co.nz www.computerlounge.co.nz Much better... :D Any reasons in particular? I don't have time to compare, also its a mATX you know? |
PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 827167 | 2009-11-05 08:12:00 | Any reasons in particular? I don't have time to compare, also its a mATX you know? More video ports for one, and its also more of a gaming MB(more of those features) Whats wrong with MATX? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 827168 | 2009-11-05 08:28:00 | Any reasons in particular? I don't have time to compare, also its a mATX you know? You pay a little more and get a lot more bang for you buck feature wise, also you can get DDR3 RAM and an AM3 processor. The Asus @ CL that I linked to isn't mATX. :confused: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 827169 | 2009-11-05 22:50:00 | The second one down has both DDR3 and AM3 processor. i checked :) and I dunno, cause I got a Mid-tower i really wanna use it to its full capacity :) |
PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 827170 | 2009-11-05 22:54:00 | The second one down has both DDR3 and AM3 processor. i checked :) Sorry - it does too. My bad. My vote counts, then. :p Computer lounge have that board for $159 incl P&H. |
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