I need help choosing a low-mid $ range motherboard

[cracker2]

I want to get a motherboard that is very up to date.
It will be used for pretty much everything,everyday use.
Mainly movies,music/studio edit & video games.Im not a hardcore gamefreak.But will play games sometimes.A MOBO that could handle ps3 & xbox360 games would be nice .
When I mean low-mid price range im talking $500 and lower.Would prefer to find a decent one for $250 or lower though.
This will be a part by part build.All I need help on is geting a MOBO,then I can go from their.
Thanks

 

[jtm9emo]

Wow! $500 seems rather high for a low to mid-range mobo. I paid around $60 on newegg for my motherboard in my signature, and it's very solid with a lot of power user features. great bang for buck. I think it's worth considering. I use my computer for everything from Photoshop, video editing, ripping, High def video and gaming, etc etc, with GREAT performance.

 

[PohTayToez]

You're kind of going about this wrong. First of all, PS3/Xbox games are not playable on a computer, period. Second, a low to mid range motherboard would be more in the $50-$120 range. $200 will get you a high end motherboard, and $400-$500 will get you a top of the line motherboard geared towards hardcore gamers.

That being established, most people start a build by determining what processor they want and then choose a motherboard from there. When it comes to motherboards there are a lot of factors involved in making a choice, what may be a good motherboard for one person may not meet the needs of another. Important factors would be how many drives you'll want to use, how many PCI/PCI-E cards you'll be using, CPU socket, ram slots, overclocking, number of onboard data ports, etc.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the performance of your computer is going to largely determined by your CPU and graphics card rather than your motherboard.

 

[cracker2]

You're kind of going about this wrong. First of all, PS3/Xbox games are not playable on a computer, period. Second, a low to mid range motherboard would be more in the $50-$120 range. $200 will get you a high end motherboard, and $400-$500 will get you a top of the line motherboard geared towards hardcore gamers.

That being established, most people start a build by determining what processor they want and then choose a motherboard from there. When it comes to motherboards there are a lot of factors involved in making a choice, what may be a good motherboard for one person may not meet the needs of another. Important factors would be how many drives you'll want to use, how many PCI/PCI-E cards you'll be using, CPU socket, ram slots, overclocking, number of onboard data ports, etc.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the performance of your computer is going to largely determined by your CPU and graphics card rather than your motherboard.

I don't see why not.I can play NES-xbox & ps2 on mine,its cheap & outdated.Here is a vid of a guy playing a 360 game on his pc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fZbTz2CPo&NR=1
Plan to use 3 HDs,1 cd/dvd drive,& 1-2 cards.5-6 total.16gb RAM.I don't want to start with a cpu,then MOBO.Im not picky with brand names.If the MOBO is intel,not AMD idc.Both are good.

Wow! $500 seems rather high for a low to mid-range mobo. I paid around $60 on newegg for my motherboard in my signature, and it's very solid with a lot of power user features. great bang for buck. I think it's worth considering. I use my computer for everything from Photoshop, video editing, ripping, High def video and gaming, etc etc, with GREAT performance.

Thanks,ill bookmark it.I guess MOBOs are cheaper then I thought.

 

[daisymtc]

motherboard basicly don't affect much on gaming. CPU and video card. If you only have $500, go for AMD Athlon II.
You could get ASRock M3A770DE

 

[PohTayToez]

I don't see why not.I can play NES-xbox & ps2 on mine,its cheap & outdated.Here is a vid of a guy playing a 360 game on his pc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fZbTz2CPo&NR=1
Plan to use 3 HDs,1 cd/dvd drive,& 1-2 cards.5-6 total.16gb RAM.I don't want to start with a cpu,then MOBO.Im not picky with brand names.If the MOBO is intel,not AMD idc.Both are good.


Thanks,ill bookmark it.I guess MOBOs are cheaper then I thought.

Did you notice all the replies saying how fake the video is? I'm sure we'll be able to emulate PS3/Xbox 360 games eventually, but right now it just hasn't been done yet. As a general rule, you'll probably never see emulators for current generation gaming systems. There are a few reasons for this, mainly that in order to emulate the game console the PC hardware has to be vastly superior to that of the console. There is also the fact that in order to create an emulator someone has to completely reverse engineer the XBox's hardware, a process that takes longer and longer as gaming hardware gets more complex and manufacturers add extra anti-piracy measures.

Note: Discussion of how to pirate software is against forum rules.

Ok, back to the motherboard selection. Can we get an idea of your overall budget for the computer? It seems you're shooting pretty high, so I'd suggest going with one of Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors, the i7 2600K is top of the line at $330. Going off that I'd recommend this guy right here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130573

motherboard basicly don't affect much on gaming. CPU and video card. If you only have $500, go for AMD Athlon II.
You could get ASRock M3A770DE

Ignore this. This person is going off of a $500 total budget and is recommending lower end parts. (No offense, easy mistake)