Motherboard Upgrade Suggession

[Rajesh345]

I am Planning to Give my GA-880GM-UD2H Gigabyte Motherboard which i Presently using to my Dad [Dad's Motheboard died after 3years]

and Me purchase a new Motherboard


Features i am looking


1) SATA 3 ? [ SATA 3 is high priority ]
2) USB 3 [Optional]
3) AM3+ Socket ? Yes [ My CPU is Phenom II X6 1055T] - Reason for Am3+ support is for future proof ]
4) Touch Bios ? [Optional](if i have to decide with Touch Bios and classic bios i would choose touch bios)
5) PCI-E 2.1 /3 ? [ Multi GPU support is optional(Might never use DUAL GPU ]
6) Onboard GPU support ? - Optional [ I have GRAPHIC Card]
7) HIGH OC support ? [ Optional -Not planning to use, Just basic OC support needed]
8 ) RAM Support ? [16 or 32 GB support ] [I use Heavy VMware/VBOX for offical use ]
9) Ram SLot ? [4 MUST]
10) Legacy Ports/slots Needed ? i wont be using any legacy ports/slots like seria/VGA /IDE/Parallen/


11) Online /Offline Purchase - Any
IF online Pref site - Flipkart




Price 4000 Rs , if needed 500 more

 

[doomgiver]

4. is this for "fancy" bling or you actually require something like this?
5. does not matter.
6. use discrete card, better performance. only use on-board if you on a tight budget.

 

[Rajesh345]

4). fancy look xd
6) I meant I have graphic card so there is no problem for me if you r suggesting a motherboard without Integrated graphic

 

[harshilsharma63]

Asus M5A78L-M/U3 available for 4.3k on flipkart.

 

[ankush28]

^ +1 for asus m5a78

 

[Rajesh345]

Asus M5A78L-M/U3 available for 4.3k on flipkart.

thankyou for suggestions but the above MB have 2 Ram slot only , I need 4

I can compromise on USB 3.

but Sata3, 4 memory slot and i


if only 2 slot I wouldvhave to sell current Module's and buy 2x 8gb which is a added expenses

 

[harshilsharma63]

thankyou for suggestions but the above MB have 2 Ram slot only , I need 4

I can compromise on USB 3.

but Sata3, 4 memory slot and i


if only 2 slot I wouldvhave to sell current Module's and buy 2x 8gb which is a added expenses

I dont know where did you check from, but it dows have 4 ram slots, USB 3.0 and sata 3.

M5A78L-M/USB3 - Motherboards - ASUS

 

[Cilus]

Buddy, you have a 6 Core Processor and I suggest you to get a good true AM3+ motherboard. All the Am3+ motherboards which come with IGP are mainly based on AMD 760G and 880G (which you currently have) based chipset and support AM3+ processors through BIOS update. So get a good 970 chipset based motherboard and omit the IGP. My suggestion will be Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5K. Don't get the cheap 760G based motherboards. The suggested motherboard will fill all your requirements like SATA III, USB 3.0, mild overclocking but lacks the IGP.

 

[topgear]

Op is asking for too much features for a tiny ( no offense meant ) .. seriously one should not even think about getting good OC support from a 4.5k mobo and here we are talking about a 6 core cpu. A mobo intended for OC should have vrm heatsink and Op should concentrate more on USB 3.0 rather than Sata 3 unless he is getting a SSD.

 

[Rajesh345]

Op is asking for too much features for a tiny ( no offense meant ) .. seriously one should not even think about getting good OC support from a 4.5k mobo and here we are talking about a 6 core cpu. A mobo intended for OC should have vrm heatsink and Op should concentrate more on USB 3.0 rather than Sata 3 unless he is getting a SSD.

7) HIGH OC support ? [ Optional -Not
planning to use, Just basic OC


friend what I meant by this is O.C support is only optional , biut I won't be using O.Clocking

I will update my first post

As said in few post above features looking are

Am3+ socket (for future upgrablity to 8 core (6 months +)

Sata3. ( I am using multiple VMachines and raid so added speed will help me


Or in. realworld. performances between Sata 2. and sata 3. hard disk is minor ?
I know I won't be. able to utlize full sata 3 interface. bandwidth. due. to technically limitation

But are you suggesting. its not worth the upgrade?

If not I will skip idea of upgrading M.B. and buy some cheap M.B for my secondary PC. qnd i stick with my current M.b

USB 3. optional (Don't have any USB 3 except USB H.DD which is connected to. Asia n13ub1

OC- I am not interested in. O.C even

RAM. another must required uses 16 gb ram , need for my virtualization and other needs



Dual PCI e gfx slot. is not needed as I am never going to use 2 gfx card


Note- I don't think I need. VRM. cooling of it expensive

For information my current. pc even at. 95% load. all 6 core doesnt cross. 55 C. with. my AM cooler(thanks to all those who suggested it )

 

[Cilus]

Listen, you are unncecessary making things complecated. Get the Gigabyte Motherboard I have suggesed as minimum for running 8 Core Processor. Theoritically you can put a FX-8350 in Gigabyte GA-78MLT-USB3 motherboard, retailing at 3.4K but will you do that. In High load there is ahigh chance of Motherboard getting damaged. Just let us know your maximum budget and we will suggest you the best solution. But your buddget should be 5K+ if you wanna upgrade to 8 core FX series in future.

 

[topgear]

7) HIGH OC support ? [ Optional -Not
planning to use, Just basic OC


friend what I meant by this is O.C support is only optional , biut I won't be using O.Clocking

I will update my first post

As said in few post above features looking are

Am3+ socket (for future upgrablity to 8 core (6 months +)

Sata3. ( I am using multiple VMachines and raid so added speed will help me


Or in. realworld. performances between Sata 2. and sata 3. hard disk is minor ?
I know I won't be. able to utlize full sata 3 interface. bandwidth. due. to technically limitation


But are you suggesting. its not worth the upgrade?

If not I will skip idea of upgrading M.B. and buy some cheap M.B for my secondary PC. qnd i stick with my current M.b

USB 3. optional (Don't have any USB 3 except USB H.DD which is connected to. Asia n13ub1

OC- I am not interested in. O.C even

RAM. another must required uses 16 gb ram , need for my virtualization and other needs

Dual PCI e gfx slot. is not needed as I am never going to use 2 gfx card

Note- I don't think I need. VRM. cooling of it expensive

For information my current. pc even at. 95% load. all 6 core doesnt cross. 55 C. with. my AM cooler(thanks to all those who suggested it )

for the difference between SATA 2 and SATA 3 using a HDD have a loom at this :
WD Caviar Black 640 GB: SATA II vs SATA III

for a HDD SATA 3 only helps in get peak throughput when reading from or writing into the drive’s cache memory.

 

[Rajesh345]

thank you all for information and suggession about. chipset & sata3vs 2 real-world performance


I have shortlisted following board




Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard - Gigabyte: Flipkart.com


and

MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard - MSI: Flipkart.com


I liked gigabyte

suggestions please

thank you all for information and suggession about. chipset & sata3vs 2 real-world performance


I have shortlisted following board




Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard - Gigabyte: Flipkart.com


and

MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard - MSI: Flipkart.com


I liked gigabyte because didn't have issue with gigabyte n warrenty period

suggestions please



edit

1)
I noticed. gigabyte supports a feature called turbo xhd which automatically raid if two HDD is inserted

I have two HDD ,so will it automatically format my HDD and configure raid ?


2) MSI is. cheaper. also MSI uses. 8 pin CPU power connector instead of 4. pin 12v used in gigabyte , so msi is better.

3) Any know if msi have service center in kerala. ?
GIGABYTE Turbo XHD provides a quick and
easy way to boost your hard drive
performance. Just via the latest BIOS update,
Turbo XHD will automatically enabled when
the system detecting 2 new SATA3 HDDs and
providing users effortlessly to set up a RAID
0/Strip configuration.

 

[Cilus]

DOn't ge the MSI Motherboard. There is another option from ECS, ECS A970M-A-DELUX motherboard, available at 5.5K. Check theitdepot.com.

 

[Rajesh345]

Does ECS have service center in Kerala

 

[Cilus]

Rashi Peripherals and RP Tech provide its A.S.S. I think Kerala does have Rashi.

 

[topgear]

thank you all for information and suggession about. chipset & sata3vs 2 real-world performance


I have shortlisted following board




Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard - Gigabyte: Flipkart.com


and

MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard - MSI: Flipkart.com


I liked gigabyte

suggestions please

thank you all for information and suggession about. chipset & sata3vs 2 real-world performance


I have shortlisted following board




Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard - Gigabyte: Flipkart.com


and

MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard - MSI: Flipkart.com


I liked gigabyte because didn't have issue with gigabyte n warrenty period

suggestions please



edit

1)
I noticed. gigabyte supports a feature called turbo xhd which automatically raid if two HDD is inserted

I have two HDD ,so will it automatically format my HDD and configure raid ?


2) MSI is. cheaper. also MSI uses. 8 pin CPU power connector instead of 4. pin 12v used in gigabyte , so msi is better.

3) Any know if msi have service center in kerala. ?
GIGABYTE Turbo XHD provides a quick and
easy way to boost your hard drive
performance. Just via the latest BIOS update,
Turbo XHD will automatically enabled when
the system detecting 2 new SATA3 HDDs and
providing users effortlessly to set up a RAID
0/Strip configuration.

don't be a victim of such gimmicks .. be it bios or UEFI it's extremely easy to setup RAID 0/1 config always on any motherboard and there's one more option available for you Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 @ 5.3k.

 

[Rajesh345]

1) ECS A970M-A-Deluxe 32GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard Rs. 5585/



2) hMSI 970A-G43 Motherboard Rs 5.4k


3) Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard Rs. 5375



all 3 are based on 970 chipset ,
ECS have VRM passive cooling,8pin 12v cpu power

MSI no VRM cooling, use 12v 8pin ,

GIgabyte use 4pin 12v



IS there any othere good boad within my budget friend? today i willl purchase /order online . thank you all for help










ref
Buy Online ECS A970M-A-Deluxe 32GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard in india
MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard - MSI: Flipkart.com

 

[topgear]

did you check my post above ? .. can't say anything about RMA support of ECS [ other than it handled by Rashi ] but if you can pay up a little more say 6.5k then do look for asus m5a97 r2.0

 

[Rajesh345]

did you check my post above ? .. can't say anything about RMA support of ECS [ other than it handled by Rashi ] but if you can pay up a little more say 6.5k then do look for asus m5a97 r2.0

yes read friend but missed the last line about Asus M.B


on my current M.B I am using Raid - stripping (2x 500 WD HDD) for improved VMWare performance ,) yes configuring Raid is easy ),

Now checking reviews about all mentioned board , will update my decision. today evening

thank you all

did you check my post above ? .. can't say anything about RMA support of ECS [ other than it handled by Rashi ] but if you can pay up a little more say 6.5k then do look for asus m5a97 r2.0

hellp , may i know the shop name which is selling @6.5k ,


theitdepot is 6.8k , flipkart 7.2k