Suggest an AMD motherboard for me, you fantastic nerds.

[jdurc]

So the current motherboard is SATA-II and in order to take full advantage of an SSD which I plan on buying soon, I'd like to upgrade to SATA-III.

I would need an AM3 or AM3+ socket, and 4+ RAM slots with a max memory of at least 16gb and a support of 1600mhz memory. I would prefer USB 3.0, and don't need in-built graphics or crossfire support.

I don't really have a set budget, but the cheaper the better.

ATX or uATX are both fine.

Thanks in advance, OCers.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Do you need SLI or XFIRE support?

 

[Steveocee]

What would you call mad?
Also what size? ATX, mATX?

 

[jdurc]

Do you need SLI or XFIRE support?

Forgot about that [post edited]

Nope, don't need it, but it would be another advantage and I would go for it if the price makes it worthwhile.

 

[Doomedspeed]

If wanting SLI and it's within budget.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £99.98
Total : £109.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).




If not:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £81.98
Total : £91.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).

 

[Steveocee]

If wanting SLI and it's within budget.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £99.98
Total : £109.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).




If not:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £81.98
Total : £91.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).

+1 to those.

 

[maklabouhlel]

Personally, I would never buy Asus. Gigabyte always.

 

[jdurc]

Personally, I would never buy Asus. Gigabyte always.

May I ask why, my good (wo)man?

 

[Steveocee]

Personally, I would never buy Asus. Gigabyte always.

I would advise opposite, nothing against Gigabyte.

I aim to buy ASUS as there kit IMO is really good.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Personally, I would never buy Asus. Gigabyte always.

I would advise opposite, nothing against Gigabyte.

I aim to buy ASUS as there kit IMO is really good.

It's personal opinions at the end of the day.

If you want to make you own mind up. There are some helpful professional reviews on each board.

I had an Asus AM3 board and it was great and now i have a gigabyte z68 motherboard and thats great too.

 

[cobbly123]

Asus Sabertooth 990fx brilliant board, had mine over a year no problems at all


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-460-AS

 

[Monkeynut]

Hang on, free Nexuiz game with one of those boards? Are they talking about the already free one or the new CryEngine based one?

 

[arad85]

I bought the Sapphire 990FX board as it has 9 SATA III ports on and 6 x PCI-e x4 or larger slots. It's my server board, so expansion is important to me

 

[Martini1991]

Hang on, free Nexuiz game with one of those boards? Are they talking about the already free one or the new CryEngine based one?

It's the one that's 8 quid on Steam at the moment.

 

[passey89]

budget go - ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) £89.99

No matter cost - sus Sabertooth 990FX AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) £135

 

[Hagar]

I have the M5A99X Evo and it is a good board. I used to dislike ASUS having been an ABIT supporter. However I have used both Gigabyte and ASUS recently and been pleased.

 

[Orcvader]

Recently built an AMD build with the Asus M5A97 AMD 970 for a friend. The board is actually pretty good. Very good build quality and a nice UEFI for the price. Honestly it feels better than the ASUS CH III I had before previously.

 

[trickynickyuk]

i would look at the Asus Sabertooth 990fx it is a fantastic board

 

[james.miller]

upgrading the board solely for sata3 seems entirely pointless to me, i wouldnt spend the money.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Buy a pci-e sata 3 controller card for £20?