AM2 mobo suggestions

[Der FüHRER]

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what's the best AM2 mobo mga 5k or below wherein the pci-e x16 slot is not more than 1 pci slot away from the cpu (or not less than 5 pci slots away from the base of standard atx mobos)? i'm not going to do crossfire or sli. i'm also going to use discrete graphics, but i guess one with built-in gpu are okay (para tangtangon nako ang discrete vga kung sumhan kog gaming, tipid kuryente). also i'm not a heavy overcloker (but i would prefer those with decent overclocking options in the bios).

also kanang naa ra ani na brands: abit, asus, gigabyte, msi & available ra sa cebu.

also compatible ra man nang AM2+ chipsets sa AM2 procs dba?

my current mobo is the k9n neo-f v3, ok ra unta kaayo cya pero naa na sa ubos ang pci-e x16 slot, musangko na sa floor sa case ang fan kung itaod nako sa vga card + perteng dakoa na heatsink

thanks

[grss1982]

@Der FüHRER: Try kuno kanang uATX/Micro-ATX na mga mobos. Those will at least give you plenty of space, since by virtue of their size, duol ra gyud permi sa processor and PCI-e slot.

[simoko]

ako gamit for HTPC karon is Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H(from muzikfreakah for 3200.00)...full atx-size ni sya.ako case gamit is Trendsonic Wizard FC-Wi09A(bought at Insotec for 2300.00)...lu-ag ra kaayo...vidcard ako gamit is HD3450. naa sa pcexpress same mobo sa ako pero S2H lang...the only difference is micro-atx sya.

[kwicksilver]

for me ako recommend nimo...



MSI K9AGM3-F



Socket AM2
CPU Athlon 64 X2
FSB 1GHz
Chipset AMD® 690V
Memory Type DDR2 533/667/800
DIMM Slots 4
Max Memory 8GB
PCI-Ex16 1
PCI-Ex8 N/A
PCI-Ex4 N/A
PCI-Ex1 1
PCI 2
IDE 1
SATA 4
RAID 0/1/0+1
LAN 10/100/1000*1 (Optional)
TPM N/A
USB ports (Rear) 4
Audio ports (Rear) 6
Serial ports (Rear) N/A
Parallel ports (Rear) N/A
1394 ports (Rear) 1 (Optional)
eSATA N/A
VGA 1
DVI N/A
HDMI N/A
Form Factor M-ATX

Php 3150 @ PC Express Cebu

Others say mo drop daw ni cya to 2850 - 2950, by the next few weeks.

Stable nga mobo....

:mrgreen:

Gigabyte, d ko recommend, kay ako friend bought a gigabyte board last year november, shakoy man, mao na ila pang hambog nga "solid caps." tsk tsk tsk. we change it to msi, everything went well. no probs at all. cguro timing timing man, but nang hambog man gud gigabyte nga stable sila. unya guba lng in 2-4 mos. ok pa diay msi kay mo abot pa ug two years.

[parts]

gigabyte MA69GM-S2H AMD690...kana master...ok pd na...

[Der FüHRER]

@all thanks sa suggestion guys. ok ra man sad og performance nang mga micro-atx ba? gaduha2x pud ko og hulat kay i heard mga 4k ra daw nang 780G chipset-based mobos..also nvidia akong vga card

[kwicksilver]

ok rman ang amd chipset imo i pares sa imo nvidia nga video card.

780G chipsets, ok pud na cya. ni respond pud dayon c AMD sa chipset ni nvidia nga naay 7000 series nga discrete on board video.

pero choice jud na nimo bro, if badly needed nimo, ok ang 690 nga chipset.

if kaya nimo maghulat ok pud ang 780G chipset.

Good Luck

:mrgreen:

[brainsalad]

Try ang ASUS for AM2 na boards with Nforce na Chipsets.. ok sya. mine is (ASUS M2NPV-MX). 1 year kapin na, no problems so far. Ü

[EarlZ]

What videocard/heatsink are you using anyway ?

[akera]

go for am2+ nlng dritso bro... pra y blema if mg.upgrade ka in teh future for procs...