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Motherboard for Phenom II 920

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Stoneburner

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Some of you may have seen the 920 on sale at the egg for $130 or so. So i've decided to jump on the upgrade train. Just need to pick the right board. Here are the ones I'm looking at right now, but I'd love to hear other suggestions. I plan on doing moderate overclocking. However, I do not like doing manual cmos resets. I have very fat fingers and it's not easy for me to do it when my cards in on some mobos 🙁. I haven't upgraded in a while so I'm hoping most board makers have easy cmos clearing like asus.

First, the asus. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131368

I've always had good luck with asus and I'm willing to keep with them despite some negativity i've picked up from newer customers.

Second, the DFI. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813136058

DFI's used to be highly rated some time ago, especially for overclocking. This board looks solid, even though i'd prefer 6 USB in the back and 6 on board for however i choose. THE USB thing is only a minor point. I am also informed and believe that overlocking with the DFI can take alot of work as they have tweak features nobody else provides.


Third, gigabyte. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128384

Just started using my first gigabye board on my file server build, and dear god was it a breeze to install and get rolling with. The bios layout is pretty straightforward, though i'd like some more options. Maybe the board I got just doesn't need options.

Another one i see routinely mentioned around here: BIOSTAR http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813138130

Something is telling me to stay away from this thing. Is my fear of biostar misplaced?


Out of all these options, the price range is all similar enough where it doesn't matter. If somebody wants to sell me on a higher priced board, i'm willing to listen. Again, I just want a decent overclock with minimal fuss in installation and such. I'd also like plenty of USB and SATA ports as I tend to stick in a lot of hard drives.

Thanks in advance.
 
I have the Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H (the previous version) and the Gigabyte Ma790GP-UD4H. The only difference is the second one has more copper for the ground plane and has a few things moved around--mainly the Sata ports are on the edge to get out of the way of long video cards. If you don't need that clearance for the video card, you can find some open-box or close-out for significantly less. (I got an open-box DS4H for about $100US.) I like both mobos and plan to by a few more.

Currently, I have 3 Phenom 9850BEs installed, with another 9850BE and a 940BE waiting for my water-cooled builds.
 
I went for the asus. HOpe I don't regret it. Without more feedback on the others, i went with the familiar brand. Gigabyte i'd love to try again except some people have complained about its layout .

Also, I wish AMD based boards had 8 sata ports.
 
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