<$150 Mobo for Ph II X4 955 or X3 740 Black?

[brencat]

Hi gang. Need to put together a PC for my cousin quick. Will be pairing it with a Ph II X4 955 Black or X3 740 Black (undecided still), GSkill Ripjaws or Mushkin Blackline Enhanced DDR3 (undecided) and reusing his Corsair 620HX and GTX260.

- Gaming 95%
- Overclocking on air...right to the limit (with upgraded cooler)
- Must support PS2 keyboard (don't ask...insists)
- Must support floppy drive (good for memtest and old school bios flash)
- Single GPU
- Clear CMOS button on outside strongly preferred!

I am typically an Intel guy so I need some help with this AMD build. Have used Gigabyte a lot since they are easy to work with and have straightforward bioses, but I saw the Asrock 870 Extreme3 which looked interesting, but then again...it's Asrock, lol. Also, is Asus still the PITA I remember?

Help appreciated, B

 

[mb103051]

asus is probubly the most popular..these no problem..for high o/clocks asus over asrock..gigabyte also very good boards...asrock fine for mild o/clocking...all these late amd boards will do fine..asus ,giga,msi,even biostar builds real good boards and are o/clock friendly....the 870 boards do fine as long as you only use 1 video card...they only support 1 pcie x16 slot...

 

[superccs]

I love my uATX MSI 890GX board, it is awesome.

 

[Computers_Plus]

give this a try can not beat Biostar or the price love em...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138194

 

[Computers_Plus]

Good luck with the floppy and PS/2 ports most boards don't have floppy connectors anymore and only 1 IDE controller plus a lot of boards have either no PS/2 ports or only 1 so it really is going to limit your choices.

 

[crucibelle]

brencat - what is the budget for the motherboard?

Nevermind.. just saw the subject. Since you mentioned Gigabyte, here is one you might consider: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128443

It's an 870 board like the Asrock. Asrock boards are pretty good, too.

 

[Computers_Plus]

brencat - what is the budget for the motherboard?

Top of the first post $150 for a MB

 

[crucibelle]

Top of the first post $150 for a MB

Yep, just noticed that.. I edited my post.

 

[brencat]

Okay, thx for the responses so far. I think these 2 are at the top of my list right now...

Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128443

Asus M4A785TD-V EVO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131398


While the Asrock 870 Extreme3 I mentioned in my OP looks interesting, the lame 1 year warranty kind of kills it for me. The Giga and Asus are 3 yrs each.

B

 

[Shagger]

What about the GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ords%29&amp;Page=1

 

[brencat]

What about the GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ords%29&amp;Page=1

Thx. That one was higher priced yesterday. I believe main differences are this one adds onboard video (which I don't need) but gives up the Coax, eSATA ports, and a couple extra USB 2.0 slots.