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Motherboard selection delema

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/motherboard-selection-delema.157868/

d6bmg
d6bmg Original post #1
May 31, 2012 at 11:40 PM
Building a 20K rig for cousin.
Processor: 1075T (already bought from flipkart)

The motherboards that I shortlisted:
1. Asus M5A97
2. Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
3. ASUS M5A88-V EVO

Max available budget for motherboard: 8K (if mobo have iGPU, if not then max 6.8K cause in that case a cheap gpu is needed.)

Another imp part: No OC, absolutely no OC. My cous won't even bother to go to BIOS after I set the PC up.

ATX board preferred.
Cause: I hate mATX board in a mid tower case, looks tiny. :p

Help!

P.S. reliability of the board must be good enough to run at least 4-5 years.
sumonpathak
Jun 1, 2012 at 12:01 AM
M5A88-V EVO...
although am not too sure about surviving 5 yrs :p
A
Jun 1, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Go with the Gigabyte one or ASUS M5A97.. They have good VRM 'S....
d6bmg
d6bmg #4
Jun 2, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Topic can be locked now.
Selected M5A97.