[Another] 'Recommend me' thread...

JaffAWood · 9 Nov 2011 at 11:17

Hi,

Think i have posted in every section of this forum in the past few weeks, nearly at the end of my upgarde journey..!

I need to know what is the best AM3+ board i can get for less than 150 notes.

Somewhere around 100 would be awesome but id pay £150 if it was worth it!

Quite like the look of this for £111

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-462-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

but thing is - i dont really know what im looking at. My only stipulation apart form 150 quid is PCIe has to be x16 / x16 or x8 / x8 for xfire.

And, no thanks i dont want a £180 intel CPU... :rolleyes:

stulid · 9 Nov 2011 at 13:26

That board does what you want it to, SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A99X_EVO/

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)

This is the cheapest - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-349-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#ov

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
‪2.‬1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) (Note 4)

(Note 4) The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

JaffAWood · 9 Nov 2011 at 15:08

stulid said:
That board does what you want it to, SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A99X_EVO/

This is the cheapest - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-349-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#ov

Thanks for your reply. I found a MSI 990FXA-GD80 on another site for £101 so think im gonna go for that.

Out of interest actually why is the GD80 cheaper than the GD65?

stulid · 9 Nov 2011 at 15:11

Well at OCUK its £40 more

JaffAWood · 9 Nov 2011 at 15:15

stulid said:
Well at OCUK its £40 more

lol, on a site i cant mention the GD80 is £101 and the GD65 £117?

stulid · 9 Nov 2011 at 15:16

Seems to be a no brainer then.

Is it in stock? inc VAT? new or used?

JaffAWood · 9 Nov 2011 at 15:20

stulid said:
Seems to be a no brainer then.

Is it in stock? inc VAT? new or used?

New, in stock, inc Vat.

Thought it was odd but bonus!!

EDIT: lol, just noticed free delivery to boot!