ATI motherboad suggestion : 5k or less

[Rajesh345]

AM3 motherboad suggestion : 5k or less

1. What is the purpose of the computer? (Note: If you are planning to say multimedia, you will have to be more specific as all types of systems are capable of doing that)
A: Gaming /net/photoshops

2. Are you open to alternate ideas/products giving similar better performance but offering more VFM/ sellers? If not- why?
A:ys

3. What is your MAX budget?
A:5k to 5.3kMax , cheapest possible ,


5. Which OS are you planning to use?
A:win 7 64 bit

6. How much hard drive space is needed?
A:alrdy have 250 GB Sata +120 GB



8. How would you rate your hardware knowledge from the count of 1-10? (1 being the lowest, 5 being you are somewhat in sync with the current performers and 10 being the highest)
A:6

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
A:self

10. When are you planning to buy the system?
A:2 weeks or less

11. Are you one of the types looking out for "future proof" configurations?
A:ys


13. Which city do you live in and are you open to buying from shops from other city/states?
Arefer online sellers, if possible suggest website also

14. Mention any other points if deemed necessary
A: 4x DDR3 ram slot must or 3 atlest

USB 3.0 Not Must
AM3
HDMI port not must(have graphic card with it )
CPU =AMD Athlon II X4 635 /640[not going 4 Phenom]
if possible 2x PCI -E graphic slot (optional only , dont want 2 inc budget just for this )
(Question - does all current MB have PCI Express 2.1 ver or 2.0 version ?? )
DDR3 support
Cheapest possible pls
Overclocking support NOT MUST(non oc'er)


thank u all in adv

 

[Gaurav Bhattacharjee]

Re: AM3 motherboad suggestion : 5k or less

if possible 2x PCI -E graphic slot (optional only , dont want 2 inc budget just for this )

what exactly do you mean by 2x pci-e?
is it two pci-ex16 slots or pci-ex16 v2.x?

if it's the former then go for gigabyte ga-880ga-ud3h @5.5k. (overshoots your max 5.3k budget by 200 bucks but it has two pci-ex16 slots)

if it's the latter then go for gigabyte ga-880gm-ud2h @4.3k.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

actually gauray 880ga ud3h doeant have second slot for crossfire. it doesnt support it. it can be used for other peripherals though.

@op will you crossfire? if yes look at that ecs mobo(forgot name), ask cilus. its for 4.2k. otherwise Gigabyte GA 880GA UD3H at 5.5k is worth it.

 

[Gaurav Bhattacharjee]

actually gaurav 880ga ud3h doeant have second slot for crossfire. it doesnt support it. it can be used for other peripherals though.

@op will you crossfire? if yes look at that ecs mobo(forgot name), ask cilus. its for 4.2k. otherwise Gigabyte GA 880GA UD3H at 5.5k is worth it.

oho. that's why it was written that the second x16 slot will operate at x4 speeds.

well if he doesn't cf then is there a need for 880ga instead of cheaper 880gm mobo?

 

[vickybat]

Its ECS A885GM-A2 and its priced at 4.3k. Its an ATX board and supports crossfire. Great board for the price. Layout is very good.

Check its review HERE.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

@gaurav. not necessary.
even the ecs suppports second card at x4 mode. performance difference is very less between x16 x16 and x8 x8 and the x16 x4 one. cilus posted about it. it was toms hardware review. difference was very less.

HEY WAIT GUYS. check ECS site guys here - ECS Web Site
it supports only Hybrid CFx.

 

[Gaurav Bhattacharjee]

@gaurav. not necessary.
even the ecs suppports second card at x4 mode. performance difference is very less between x16 x16 and x8 x8 and the x16 x4 one. cilus posted about it. it was toms hardware review. difference was very less.

HEY WAIT GUYS. check ECS site guys here - ECS Web Site
it supports only Hybrid CFx.

well i doubt op will go for cf.

the three boards till now are --
gigabyte ga-880gm-ud2h @4.3k
gigabyte ga-880ga-ud3h @5.5k
ecs a885gm-a2 @4.3k

he is free to choose according to his requirements.

 

[Piyush]

hybrid cfx is just crap

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

yup baba. complete crap piece.

BTW after the new server forum has become very fast.

 

[Gaurav Bhattacharjee]

BTW after the new server forum has become very fast.

yes i feel the difference too.

 

[Cilus]

The ECS board support Crossfire. If you have 2 PCI Express X16 slot, then it will always support multi-GPU. There is no need to mention explicitly that this board support Corsfire. If you check the specification of the ECS board, then you will find that if two Cards are used, then the 2nd one will run at X4 speed.

Now one bad news...I bought the last ECS board from bitfang.Com. right now they don't have the board with them...probably if you order they will get it from some other retailer. So the price is now jumped to 4.6K + shipping

 

[Ishu Gupta]

In case of crossfire - Yes.

But not every dual PCIe board supports SLI.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

ok cilus and ishu. got that