Choosing a motherboard

claptonman

claptonman

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Hello all. Getting antsy waiting for the bulldozers coming out so I'm trying to perfect my build so far. I need help choosing a motherboard. I don't know a lot about motherboards, so here's what I'm looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131757
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128510
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130604
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

My specs will be...

8GB RAM 1866 (The reason I chose these MoBos because they can support them)
ATI 6950
Corsair Nova 32gb SSD (The one in my sig)
WD Black 500GB HDD
and some sort of CPU cooler.

I'm thinking of going with the best 8-core there is, but I'll wait for benchmarks. I will probably use the turbo-boost AMD is advertising with all the CPUs

I want a motherboard that works well with SSDs, can do the turbo boost easily, and have enough room to fit an aftermarket cooler on. I would also like to be able to hook up my USB 3.0 ports on the front of my case to work with the MoBo.

Any suggestions out of these or any other ones? Advantages over the cheaper ones compared to the more expensive ones? Thanks for any advice.
 
llano is only for low budget builds and some medium gaming, he's going heavy full on gaming, llano will never touch this market and is not meant to
 
jonnyp11 said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series

any and all on this page support bulldozer, and i'd go with the first you like that is rated well and in your budget, i'd say the fourth there and i think it's on your list, but for money the second is fine
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Yup, I know I need an AM3+, just need help deciding after that.

StrangleHold said:
If you not going to Crossfire.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=1lnnmkc1iv3a8

If you might.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=sc11hey2cmtd

The GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 is a nice board, but for 10 bucks more, why not go for the 990FX chipset with full 16X/16X in Crossfire instead of the 990X whch is 8X/8X
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I am not going to crossfire ever. So any of the other boards I listed will not have any benefit over the GA-970A-UD3?
 
Nope, the UD3 has nice coolers/10 phase power setup/Low RDS (on) mosfets and 2oz. cooper PCB. Pretty nice board for a 970.
 
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