motherboard for gaming machine

[devildave]

hi, im starting to put a gaming tower together, looking for ideas where too start, going to be buying bit by bit so not a budget as such, but needs to be resonable priced.......not sure if im going for i5 or i7 or amd cpu, but prob going to use a crossfire set up for graphic card, so what do u guys think!! what my options for motherboards? im going to look around old post also..

cheers
dave

 

[Shane]

Well whats is your max budget for both Cpu and Motherboard?

Welcome to CF btw

 

[devildave]

hey thatks for the reply, i kept checking but none...lol, um....ok! im prob thinking £100 for mobo an around £150 for cpu.....i keep meening to go to one thses coputer fairs...see what prices are like....or are web prices around the same these days

 

[Shane]

Computer fairs ore okay and do tend to be cheap,However im not sure what type of warrenty they give with the parts....best just getting them from a store.

Id go AM3 build

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164047


Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 790X Socket AM3 DDR3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158608

And a nice cooler to finish it off

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157#

TOTAL = £226.29