Quote Originally Posted by erwin_rommel View Post
it would be better if you buy a cheap ecs g31t-m7 mobo (1,900 @GI) and add the remaining from your 3k budget to buy a decent powersupply. your computer will be safer than buying a gigabyte mobo powered by a generic powersupply. an ecs with g31 chipset against a gigabyte with g31 chipset will have basically no performance difference if you dont do overclocking. even a p45 chipset wont have a noticeable difference against g31 at stock settings.
@ TS: take note of this very good advice(above statements)...your pc will be better...