Suggestions on motherboard to get

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87dtna

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The setup is listed in my sig (main rig), but I'm looking to get another 4870 and doing crossfire with the 4870 ifrom my backup rig...and moving the gts250 to the backup along with my current motherboard.

So, I need a motherboard that does crossfire (atleast 8x/8x), supports AM3 and DDR3-1600 ram, and has atleast a 710 or 750 south bridge so I can unlock my Phenom II 550 again to a quad.

One last thing, I need to keep it under $110 shipped to me.

So far, this is the best I've found-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402

Just wondering if there is something better out there in the price range, or has the specs I need for cheaper.
 
First one, too expensive....$125+ shipping....looking to keep this $110 shipped or less.

Second one, WAY too much! LOL
 
Yeah, there is a few others cheaper. Biostar has a couple of 790GX AM3 boards for under 100 bucks at Tiger. But for a few bucks difference I would go for the Asus.
 
Yup I did see a Biostar 790gx board for $99, not sure if that included shipping but the Asus is $105 shipped. I don't think I'm gonna beat that right now but I wanted to post up and see if anybody knew about something available that I didn't. Definitely would rather have the Asus for $5 more.
 
dont skimp on the motherboard or you might not be able to achieve same OC and xfire might not be a performance increase.
 
Would you consider that Asus mobo a skimp? It seems to have everything I need. I hear dual 8x is fine for crossfire and you wouldn't notice a difference between that and two 16x lanes.
 
87dtna said:
Would you consider that Asus mobo a skimp? It seems to have everything I need. I hear dual 8x is fine for crossfire and you wouldn't notice a difference between that and two 16x lanes.
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Look at reviews on how well it overclocks. with the 16/8 x slots you an OC them to make up for the difference a lil bit.
 
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