spec me a new mobo

SeraphX · 15 Nov 2010 at 17:36

needs to be am3 socket, ddr3 ram OC'er friendly and pcie 2.0 budgets 80 absolute max,
oh and sata 2 preferably at least 4 ports

think my current board is dying

Cookeh · 15 Nov 2010 at 17:42

Do you want CrossFire?

If so, this is a decent board:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-366-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481
(Even if it is a little old - no real difference between 8XX and 7XX chipsets though

)

If not, I'd go with this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-278-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

SeraphX · 15 Nov 2010 at 18:53

wow blimey, didnt think i'd get xfire too for that money.

nice one cookeh

Cookeh · 15 Nov 2010 at 20:49

Pleasure.
Worth noting that CrossFire will only run at 8x 8x speeds though.
Not that it makes a difference (something like 2% difference in performance compared to 16x 16x lanes

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 Nov 2010 at 20:57

There is also this 890GX based mATX motherboard too:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-007-BS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

It has the SB850 southbridge which has native SATA 3.0 ability. The Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H has the older SB710 southbridge.

The Asus M4A79XTD Evo mentioned before is quite a solid motherboard used in many builds on OcUK. It is also decent for overclocking too. It has a split 8 phase VRM with cooling.