Asus low end am3?

[byteninja2]

ASUS M5A78L-M LX VErsus ASUS M488T-M LE Which one?Dont care about usb 3, bulldozer fx cpus (am3+).Also, 10 bucks makes a difference in my budget.If you guys really thinh the le is better, than i will have to stick with the radeon 4000 intergrated.On the lx, i can get a nicer gpu than the intergrated 3000 or le 4000.

 

[linkin]

The M5A78L-M LX is better because it has the newer 880G chipset versus the 760G chipset of the other board, which is older.

None of those boards have any heatsinks on the VRM's which concerns me. You'd be better off with something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281

Or if you're after something cheaper:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

Both boards at least have some sort of heatsink on the VRM's, which will be your primary concern for stability/overclocking in the long term.

 

[byteninja2]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128529 vs ASUS M5A78L-M LX
Which one? They both have nice features.

 

[linkin]

That board has no VRM cooling and uses an inferior nvidia chipset.

 

[byteninja2]

Its a temporary board, only 2 years, prob till am4 comes out.

 

[FuryRosewood]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521 cheapest id probably go.