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New MOBO recomendations...
PCMedics:
We replace a ton of mobo combos here. Asus would be my choice over ECS but that's personal from the amount of bad one we have seen. I prefer MSI to either since they have decent support stateside. I would be leery of tiger direct they usually are the rock bottom price unless your a reseller . But take a look at the FL BBB site they have pages and pages of complaints for not warranting their products . So if the part is good from the get go they seem ok but if a issue arises might not be the best choice.
Beretta:
i use to like asus, back in the day they use to be great.. it's been hit and miss with them for the last 6 or 7 years.
a lot of people like them still but i think gigabyte has got to be the best motherboard maker out there these days, high quality boards and even their cheaper boards have lots of features.. they have a board in just about every price range.
PCMedics:
I agree on gigabyte being a good board. I personally look at the support end now since our store warranties its sales we try to get boards we know will not be hard to rma to the manufacturer if out of our wholesalers warranty. Asus is next to impossible now not even a 800# that is easy to find .
moonchilddave:
Ok, just when I thought I had settled on the ECS Black board - I'm unsure if it will work with the processor I selected. ECS website says that the board is "AM3 ready" but doesn't list the AMD Phenom II X2 as a compatible CPU. Also the manual for the board says the socket is AM2/AM2+. I'm a little confused now. Does anyone know if this combo will work? If so, I'd like to go ahead and get this ordered.
ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A - Company Product Page
If not, I'm still in a quandry over the board... My goal is to get something with the best available onboard video - and something that is hopefully compatible with the AAE emulator. However, my budget for the board really can't go over $140 and I'd prefer $100 or cheaper.
Maybe this would be a better option:
GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Beretta:
personal choice here, i do like gigabyte, but there is nothing wrong with that ECS.
AM3 processors are backwards compatible with AM2+ sockets.. ironically however AM2+ processors wont work in AM3 socket boards.
AM3 boards also require DDR3, which is pretty damn expensive compared to DDR2 (AM2/AM2+).
if you click on specifications at ECS it states it supports Phenom II.
either board will work.
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