I am new to AMD builds and am looking for some advice on what motherboard to use. I plan to pair with a phenom II 940. I am not interested in gaming and will likely never use the system to play games; I am mainly upgrading to give myself a better rig for video encoding and something that will run Windows 7 better than my current setup can.
I am on a somewhat tight budget and since I have no intention of gaming I was considering going with a 790gx board and using the on-board graphics rather than using a discrete graphics card. I know everyone's first reaction is "don't do on-board graphics!" but keep in mind I don't plan to play games on the system. That being said, if anyone has any performance-based or budget-based reasons why this seems like a bad idea and has some suggestions for alternatives, I'd love to hear them.
Also, if 790gx seems like a good idea, does anyone have recommendations for a good 790gx motherboard?
Thanks!
I am on a somewhat tight budget and since I have no intention of gaming I was considering going with a 790gx board and using the on-board graphics rather than using a discrete graphics card. I know everyone's first reaction is "don't do on-board graphics!" but keep in mind I don't plan to play games on the system. That being said, if anyone has any performance-based or budget-based reasons why this seems like a bad idea and has some suggestions for alternatives, I'd love to hear them.
Also, if 790gx seems like a good idea, does anyone have recommendations for a good 790gx motherboard?
Thanks!