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AM3 motherboard for 6k

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clerkman1612
clerkman1612 Original post #1
Sep 5, 2010 at 5:04 PM
I have made a list of all components of New Assembled Desktop PC.:idea:
Plz tell me which motherboard will be most suitable for me.
I prefer a motherboard without integrated graphics.
As I have read in ur forum that Asus motherboards are crap so I m not prefering it.
:smile:
AMD Phenom II * 4 955 3.2 GHZ
3 * 2 GB DDR3 Kingston RAM 1333 Mhz
Benq 22" G2220 Full HD Monitor
Cooler Master Gladiator 600
Tagan StoneRock Series TG 600 (PSU)
Microtek 600 VA UPS
2 * 500 GB Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Disk
Palit/Zotac Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 1 GB Graphics Card

Motherboard ?:-|
MSI 880 GMA E45
Gigabyte GA- 880 GMA - UD2H

So plz tell me which mobo I should choose? If you suggest any other mobo then plz tell me. My budget for Mobo will be max 6000 Rs
I will use this PC for mid-gaming purpose.
Jaskanwar Singh
Sep 5, 2010 at 7:21 PM
your config is not optimized. can you give your total budget so that we can suggest you a good config.
SlashDK
SlashDK #3
Sep 5, 2010 at 7:25 PM
i was going to say the same thing but you posted before me :D
clerkman1612
Sep 5, 2010 at 7:27 PM
My maximum budget is Rs 50000. After that amount I cannot afford.
And I like AMD platform for mid-gaming purpose.
Plz now suggest.
Jaskanwar Singh
Sep 5, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz B.E. @ 7.8k
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H @ 4.5k
2 * 2GB DDR3 1333MHz @ 5k
Zotac GTX 460 @ 13.5k
Seagate 1TB @ 3.5k
LG H55N DVD @ 1k
Corsair VX550W @ 4.7k
CM elite 430 @ 2.6k
BenQ 22" G2220 Monitor @ 7.5k

Total - 50.1k
SlashDK
SlashDK #6
Sep 5, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Just what both of us had suggested on another thread today:grin:
Cool Buddy
Sep 5, 2010 at 9:29 PM
the corsair power supply is better than tagan stonerock. so go for vx550
MSI board you mentioned is also a good board in case Gigabyte one is not available.
Don't get confused between Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H & Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H
clerkman1612
Sep 5, 2010 at 9:45 PM
I need to confirm 2 things.
1) :arrow:Zotac GTX 460 is a very powerful Graphics Card:smile:. So it will consume a lot of electricity from PSU. So Corsair VX 550W will work good in it?( I have already read PSU Guide in the forums' of this site.)So if Corsair VX550W is not sufficent for that Graphics Card then will it blow up anytime?:?:
2) I m even now also confused between Motherboard GigaByte GA-880GM-UD2H and GigaByte GA-880GMA-UD2H. Are both same or different model of the GigaByte Motherboards?:|

Plz tell me!
Death_Knight
Sep 5, 2010 at 10:02 PM
1. VX550 can give max output of 650v. So, no need to worry
2.880GMA => AMD SB850 = SATA 6Gbps + USB3 support
880GM => AMD SB710 = SATA 3Gbps + USB2 support only
Check the Gigabyte site for detailed specs