just got my new i3 today need mobo

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

well just got the i3-530. and have no clue which mobo to get nor waht ram to go with, so i thought id ask the best.. THIS AWSOME FORUM :rockout:

Solaris17 · Aug 24, 2010

leemerlord said:
well just got the i3-530. and have no clue which mobo to get nor waht ram to go with, so i thought id ask the best.. THIS AWSOME FORUM

Welcome!

I like the EVGA boards out atm. but the gigabytes are pretty sweet.

Tatty_Two · Aug 24, 2010

If your looking for a good solid board with some overclocking potential that is not going to break the bank, you could do a lot worse than this..................

GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 AT...

As for Ram, again blending price with performance these would do you OK, there are better around but for the money these will do a good job................

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 ...

brandonwh64 · Aug 24, 2010

Here is a sweet board!

ASRock P55M Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

Tatty_One said:
If your looking for a good solid board with some overclocking potential that is not going to break the bank, you could do a lot worse than this..................

GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 AT...

As for Ram, again blending price with performance these would do you OK, there are better around but for the money these will do a good job................

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 ...

yea ive read alot of good things about those sticks i just need to wait to get paid :shadedshu

CJCerny · Aug 24, 2010

I would get an H55 or H57 mobo to go with that CPU. P55 mobo won't be able to use the graphics side of that CPU. I'm not saying Intel HD graphics are ground breaking, but some graphics rather than no graphics is always a good thing.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

These two are beasts. Depends on what you are looking for.

GIGABYTE GA-H55M-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI USB ...

GIGABYTE GA-H55M-UD2H LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micr...

JrRacinFan · Aug 24, 2010

Anything on the Gigabyte side of things. With this as an exception if you need cheap

EVGA P55V 120-LF-E651-TR LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ...

And ram:

Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin ...

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

whats the difference of h55 and h57? i mostly game barely any web browsing. looking to OC

JrRacinFan · Aug 24, 2010

leemerlord said:
whats the difference of h55 and h57? i mostly game barely any web browsing. looking to OC

Only one difference, rapid storage technology. If all you are going to be doing is mainly gaming and surfing then it's not worth the extra. Once you start using the PC as network attached storage and streaming, then it would be worth it.

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

JrRacinFan said:
Only one difference, rapid storage technology. If all you are going to be doing is mainly gaming and surfing then it's worth the extra.

ok. lol whats a good board? going to be either crossfiring or sli later on, still deciding wether to get a gtx460 or get another 5770

JrRacinFan · Aug 24, 2010

leemerlord said:
ok. lol whats a good board? going to be either crossfiring or sli later on, still deciding wether to get a gtx460 or get another 5770

What's the total budget? Also just hold off on the video card purchase for now.

EDIT:

O also looked at your current specs, USE THE TX3 ON THE I3! It would be plenty enoug to keep it cool. It's not the temps on these chips you have to worry about, it's the volts that fries them.

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

the budget would prolly be around 200 or 250, this if for my grad present, mom asked me what i wanted told her a new build lol

JrRacinFan · Aug 24, 2010

$2-250ok, and all you have right now is the cpu?

newtekie1 · Aug 24, 2010

I've built a few builds with this board and had great sucess:
ASRock P55 PRO/USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX...

I donly did mild overclocks on some i3s, as they were customer builds using the stock cooler, but the board seemed solid enough for some decent overclocking with the right cooling.

If the budget is around $250, I would guess about $110 is going to be the max for the motherboard.

As for RAM, you might want to check over at Darwin96's FS thread, he always had excellent RAM for cheap prices:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=121962

He hasn't really updated the RAM section of his thread, price wise, but I'm sure if you shoot him an offer he will sell stuff to you at under newegg prices.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

You asked about overclocking, check this out... http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_h55_mitx

The other Gigabyte I listed is twice as good.

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

newtekie1 said:
I've built a few builds with this board and had great sucess:
ASRock P55 PRO/USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX...

I donly did mild overclocks on some i3s, as they were customer builds using the stock cooler, but the board seemed solid enough for some decent overclocking with the right cooling.

If the budget is around $250, I would guess about $110 is going to be the max for the motherboard.

As for RAM, you might want to check over at Darwin96's FS thread, he always had excellent RAM for cheap prices:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=121962

He hasn't really updated the RAM section of his thread, price wise, but I'm sure if you shoot him an offer he will sell stuff to you at under newegg prices.

the budget for the mobo is 200$-250

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

JrRacinFan said:
$2-250ok, and all you have right now is the cpu?

yea all i got is the cpu so far

newtekie1 · Aug 24, 2010

leemerlord said:
the budget for the mobo is 200$-250

Oh well shit, if your budget for the mobo is $200-250, then go for the best:

EVGA P55 FTW SLI 132-LF-E657-KR LGA1156 Intel P55 ...

Or if you don't mind waiting for the rebate:

EVGA P55 FTW 200 SLI 141-LF-E658-KR LGA 1156 Intel...

Flavius · Aug 24, 2010

Gigabyte H55N-USB3 is interesting board.

I use it with my i3 530 24/7 @ 4.2GHz (4.4GHz is stable too, but temperature gets too high with stock cooling and higher voltage).

kurosagi01 · Aug 24, 2010

newtekie1 said:
Oh well shit, if your budget for the mobo is $200-250, then go for the best:

EVGA P55 FTW SLI 132-LF-E657-KR LGA1156 Intel P55 ...

Or if you don't mind waiting for the rebate:

EVGA P55 FTW 200 SLI 141-LF-E658-KR LGA 1156 Intel...

Think that budget is including in need of ram aswell.

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

kurosagi01 said:
Think that budget is including in need of ram aswell.

nah lol. but i think i want the h57 set from what ive been reading about it

newtekie1 · Aug 24, 2010

kurosagi01 said:
Think that budget is including in need of ram aswell.

That is what I thought at first too. :laugh:

But then I saw:

leemerlord said:
the budget for the mobo is 200$-250

leemerlord said:
nah lol. but i think i want the h57 set from what ive been reading about it

The only thing the H57 is going to offer is the ability to use the onboard graphics built into your i3. But if you already have a dedicated card, and pretty much any dedicated card will crush the shitty Intel graphics on the i3, why bother? In my experience the P55 boards are better built boards and offer better overclock potential.

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

oh i feel stupid lol

leemerlord · Aug 24, 2010

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.469764
would this be a good combo buy? and would i have issues with the evga stuff when using a ati card?

System Name	MoonGlow
Processor	Intel i5-760 H50 cooler
Motherboard	EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling	3 intake 2 exhaust rear and top,
Memory	Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4gb kit
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX560
Storage	500GB main 1TB back up
Display(s)	23" full HD LG flat screen
Case	antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	1050
Software	Windows 7 pro 64x

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Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

Processor	Rocket Lake Core i5 11600K @ 5 Ghz with PL tweaks
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS)
Display(s)	AOC Q2781PQ 27 inch Ultra Slim 2560 x 1440 IPS
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC1200/SPDIF to Sony AVR @ 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular
Mouse	Coolermaster Storm Octane wired
Keyboard	Element Gaming Carbon Mk2 Tournament Mech
Software	Win 10 Home x64

System Name	MoonGlow
Processor	Intel i5-760 H50 cooler
Motherboard	EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling	3 intake 2 exhaust rear and top,
Memory	Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4gb kit
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX560
Storage	500GB main 1TB back up
Display(s)	23" full HD LG flat screen
Case	antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	1050
Software	Windows 7 pro 64x

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Processor	Athlon 5350
Motherboard	AsRock mITX
Memory	4gb
Storage	120gb Kingston HyperX SSD
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 740N
Power Supply	Corsair 430 watt

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	Intel Core i3 530
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3
Memory	OCZ 2x2GB 2000MHz DDR3
Video Card(s)	Intel GMA HD
Storage	Crucial C300 128GB
Display(s)	Samsung 27" P2770H
Case	Silverstone Grandia GD04S
Power Supply	Seasonic 500W

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Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX4080 12GB
Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK
Case	Alienware X16
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

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