Good AMD uATX MB that uses DDR2

[wwswimming]

these are all micro-ATX. but none of them really stands out from the crowd.

Category 1 - AM2+/ AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e&Order=RATING

Category 2 - AM2+/ AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e&Order=RATING

Category 3 - AM3/AM2+/AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e&Order=RATING

also i'm a little confused by the multiplicity of AM* options.

i just want a board that will work with either of these CPU's ~
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch...iteria=AA76457
AMD Athlon II X4 quad-core 620
am3

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch...iteria=BA61098
AMD Athlon II X2 dual-core 240
Socket AM3

so does that mean i have to stick with the AM2+/ AM3 boards and the AM3/AM2+/AM2 boards ?

this one sort of stands out
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157153

$55
" ASRock A780LM AM2+/AM2 AMD RS780L (760G) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail"

 

[mlc]

As those are both AM3 socket processors, you'll then need an AM2+ motherboard if you intend to run that CPU along with DDR2 RAM....so all of those boards should work.. if you intend to run DDR2 with one of those 2 processors....

Mike

 

[lopri]

Asrock 780GMH is an excellent board. Not sure whether they have updated 785G version with DDR2 but if they do that might be a good choice. Unless you're shooting for an overclock record with a quad-core, the board is really outstanding.

 

[Tryckee]

The Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H is an excellent motherboard that meets your specifications. It also comes in a combo with the Athlon II X2 245 (I know it's not the Athlon II X2 240 but...).

Check it out.

 

[wwswimming]

The Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H is an excellent motherboard that meets your specifications. It also comes in a combo with the Athlon II X2 245 (I know it's not the Athlon II X2 240 but...).

Check it out.

thanks !

that's a hell of a combo.

looks like mWave has the Gigabyte also.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SkuSearch...iteria=AA76357

 

[Tryckee]

thanks !

that's a hell of a combo.

looks like mWave has the Gigabyte also.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SkuSearch...iteria=AA76357

Cool! Newegg has free shipping on both the Gigabyte and the X2 245. That should clinch the deal

 

[o1die]

I use the biostar 6150 board in category 3 for $43.99 shipped. I've had no problems with it, but have not tried overclocking.

 

[alexruiz]

I am partial also to the mATX gigabytes, but I think you need to answer what features you need and how much you want to spend. If you don't need firewire, the 6 SATA ports or the HDMI, a cheaper board might work fine. Heck, even the ECS GeForce6100OPM-M2 will work great, very fast and stable

I have used Gigabyte, ECS and Biostar and pleased with all of them. The gigabytes are in general more polished, but all of them have worked fine for me