New 890GX/FX motherboard

Cilus

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Guys, I wanna buy a full ATX motherboard based on either 890GX/FX based chipset (1st Preference) or a very good 880G based one. There are two reason behind it:

1. My existing Gigabyte 785G UD2H is a Micro ATX one and after installing my new HD 6870, my 3 SATA ports among the 5 have been covered by that 11" monster. So unable to connect my 2 HDDs and DVD writer simultaneously.

2. Want to use a 9800GT card as dedicated PhysX card with the Nvidia Driver hack. Already got the 9800GT card from a friend.

Budget is within 10K, but cheaper is better. Try to concentrate on 890 based chipset. Going to buy @ December's end. Just found one item from SMC website, MSI 890GXM-G65. If anyone have information regarding it, please let me know.
 
Jaskanwar Singh

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U cant get 880g as u will use 2 cards. The msi 890gxm g65 is micro atx. The Gigabyte 890GPA UD3H @ 8k is a very good one. Nice ocer too. Its better performer than asus that costs 9.5k.
 
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Guys please provide me some links to these motherboards' review and any online stores where they are available.
 
skeletor

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Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H - *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/reviews/126818-gigabyte-890gpa-ud3h-review.html <--- Review
 
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Thanks to all. Will check the Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H and Gigabyte 890FXA UD pricing and availability in Kolkata.

Jaskanwar Singh said:
U cant get 880g as u will use 2 cards. The msi 890gxm g65 is micro atx. The Gigabyte 890GPA UD3H @ 8k is a very good one. Nice ocer too. Its better performer than asus that costs 9.5k.
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I was not able to find Gigabyte 890GPA UD3H in SMC. However, it is in lynx-india with a price tag of 9K. Could you please provide the name where it is available @ 8k?
 
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Guys, after a little bit of goggling I found out another solution, ECS A885GM-A, available at 4.2k in shopmania.in. It is a hybrid between 880G and SB850. It is having 2 PciX X16 (in X8) mode, 5 SATA3 and comes with full ATX form factor.
Is it a good buy comparing the fact that current gen motherboards are gonna phased out soon and investing high amount is not justified here.
 
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ssb1551 said:
Nice find!!But how good is shopmania.in??
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Actually shopmania.in does not sell something directly, rather than they provide links to the corresponding web sites. The Motherboard is available in techshop.in. The gigabyte one is also available @ 8.4K.
I tried to find review of this 885 motherboard but could not find much. Please help me on this.
 
skeletor

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tbh, I'll suggest a proper 890GX full-ATX motherboard from Gigabyte. The one which I mentioned above.

*www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/images/Products/small/A885GM-A2_135.jpg

*www.gigabyte.bz/fileupload/product/2/3516/3195.jpg

You can clearly see the difference between the quality of both the motherboards. There's a reason why that ECS motherboard is priced so low.
 
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Found a review on the ECS motherboard here.
This review shows that the board is having good build quality, very neatly placed expansion slots (which is the main problem in my case) such that long graphics card installation wouldn't cause any installation problems and decent overclocking potential. Have a look at this review and then shares your feedback.
 
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Finalized my choice.. Either the ECS A885GM-A (cost effective solution) @ 4.2K and MSI 890GXM-G65 @ 7k or Asrock 890GX EXTREME 3 @ 7.2K. Any last minute suggestion?
 
vickybat

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Hey cilus buddy go for what ico suggested. With the gigabyte board you can add phenom 2 x6 later and that too safely as its a 8+1 phase design and is better suited to house 125 watt processors from amd.

Or how about Asus M4A87TD-Evo ? Its a 870 chipset but is 8+1 phase design and costs 6.4k.
 
Jaskanwar Singh

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^^err cilus see the sorcere's post in pc guide on page 4. Look at ASUS M4A87TD EVO @ 6.4k or Gigabyte 890GPA UD3H @ 8.2k.

vicky the 890GPA UD3H is 4+1 with 8 pin EPS. In this 4+1 is nicely implemented and its a nice oc board.
 
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Jas, I've checked the post regarding the 4+1 power connector. That's why I have also suggested Asrock 890GX-EXTREME3. It has 8+2 phase design. But another concern is budget, I'm trying to keep everything minimum as spending that much money is not justified. AM4 socket is on the horizon. Asrock 890GX-EXTREME3 is having very good rating in all the site.

Regarding ASUS M4A87TD EVO , it has one of the X16 slot running at X4 speed. How good it is to put a dedicated PhysX card on a slot running @ X4?
I am going to use a 9800GT as dedicated PhysX card.
 
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