I was wondering, how is the ASUS M3A78 AMD 770 motherboard? As a budget motherboard.
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
System Name | GaMEr / HTPC |
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Processor | FX8320 4.5ghz so far NB- 2815mhz / X2 255 @ 3.2ghz (Temp till BD) |
Motherboard | 990FX-UD5 / GA-MA785GPMT-US2H |
Cooling | XSPC - 240rad 480rad 5 x 120mm out, 6 x 80mm in / H220-edge 1/2" & 2 x 120mm Magma |
Memory | 4gb PI 6,8,6,18 1T 1706mhz / 4gb Crucial D9's 1400 @ 6,6,6,18,1T |
Video Card(s) | 3gb HD7950 / Onboard |
Storage | 2 x 120gb Sandisk ultra plus 2tb WD / 60gb vertex 2 + 2 x 2tb WD Greens |
Display(s) | 3x24in Dell Ultra (portrait) / NEC 32" FullHD LCD |
Case | LL PC71A Full tower / Antec fusion black with Imon remote Modded for WC |
Audio Device(s) | OB / Auzentech cinema 7.1 |
Power Supply | TT 700w TR2 / TT 600w Litepower modded with Noctua S12 fan. |
Software | 7 Ult / 7 premium x64 |
Well, I was looking at Phenom x3 8750 and Radeon 4830 card.
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
That will make a good little gamer on a 22in and below monitor.
Cheap too
are you planning to overclock at all? Do u already have the other components you are upgrading from or you are building from scratch? If so, what are they? Im just asking to make sure you have a good PSU to handle everything.
System Name | --- |
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Processor | FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v |
Motherboard | Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x |
Cooling | Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan |
Memory | Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB |
Video Card(s) | Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300 |
Storage | Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games |
Display(s) | 3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23" |
Case | AeroCool XPredator X3 |
Audio Device(s) | Built-in Realtek |
Power Supply | Corsair HX1000 Modular |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64 bit |
System Name | The Lizard v2.4 |
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Processor | Intel Celeron G1840 (for the time being |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-H81-S2PH |
Cooling | Intel Stock Fan |
Memory | 16GB Kingston HyperX 1600 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Gaming GTX 750Ti (For the time being) |
Storage | 500GB Samsung F1, 160GB Maxtor "Older than god" |
Display(s) | AOC 28' LCD |
Case | Coolermaster N200 |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Antec VP500P |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Benchmark Scores | No crashes in the last 24 minutes. |
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
I'm wondering one thing: Do these motherboards usually ship with latest BIOS (at the time)?
yes, they are shipped with the latest version available at the time of leaving the factory. But it doesnt mean you'll have the latest BIOS by the time u buy it because newer versions may be out. So you may need to update depending on what the situation is and what fixes does the BIOS offer. As a general rule, its always good to have the latest but since you are not overclocking and if there are no major fixes then you dont have to update.
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
---|---|
Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |