Which motherboard out of these two?

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  1. Posts : 138
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Which motherboard out of these two?


    Newegg.com - ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

    Newegg.com - ASUS M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

    Out of these two its in my budget range which should I get? or any other you recommend in the price range?

    Im going to be putting a amd phenom II x6 1055t and 8gbs of ram in it also a GTX 460 Which would be worth the money?
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  2. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #2

    Asus get's my vote.
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  3. Posts : 8,679
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    Between this two,I'll say Asus.
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  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #4

    For the little price difference, I would also vote for the Asus. Hard to go wrong with them. And in any case, Newegg is very good in helping you out if things do not work out.
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  5. Posts : 138
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Im looking really hard at the ASUS what about the x16/x4 Is it better than x8/x8? Just wondering because in the future I might switch to ATI

    Also whats the difference in 870 and 880g? Just the onboard graphics?
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  6. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #6

    880G is the Northbridge chip. Newer than the 870.

    This is the on board graphics for the ASUS- ATI Radeon HD 4250.

    Click the Details tab on the newegg page.
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  7. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #7

    I too say go for ther ASUS.


    x16/x4 means that with one Video Card, that card will get its maiximum bandwidth allowed, which is x16.

    If you add a second card, the first gets its full badwidth of x16 but the second card only gets x4.

    Generally speaking, if you have intentions of Crossfiring or SLI multiple video cards, you really would be better off getting a board that offers x16/x16.
    Although they are more expensive.


    But for a single GPU, the ASUS will be a excellent board. It can do Crossfire or SLI, just not as well as aboard specifically designed to make the most of it.

    As far as what brand you prefer, it will not matter if its ATI or Nvidia for a single card setup. Although staying w/ATI may offer the option of a Hybrid crossfire ..
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  8. Posts : 138
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Wishmaster said:
    I too say go for ther ASUS.


    x16/x4 means that with one Video Card, that card will get its maiximum bandwidth allowed, which is x16.

    If you add a second card, the first gets its full badwidth of x16 but the second card only gets x4.

    Generally speaking, if you have intentions of Crossfiring or SLI multiple video cards, you really would be better off getting a board that offers x16/x16.
    Although they are more expensive.


    But for a single GPU, the ASUS will be a excellent board. It can do Crossfire or SLI, just not as well as aboard specifically designed to make the most of it.

    As far as what brand you prefer, it will not matter if its ATI or Nvidia for a single card setup. Although staying w/ATI may offer the option of a Hybrid crossfire ..
    the Asus motherboard can do both crossfire and SLI o.o?
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  9. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #9

    ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

    Asus site for the board. More info if you want.

    Mike

    So you can't use the white slot with Crossfire. SLI is not mentioned so may not be supported.
    The PCIe x1 slot shares the bandwidth with the PCIe x16_2 slot. Due to the CrossFireX™ limitation, DO NOT use the PCIe x1 slot when you install two CrossFireX™ graphics cards on both the PCIe x16 slots to set up a CrossFireX™ configuration
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  10. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #10

    Genesis4455 said:
    Wishmaster said:
    I too say go for ther ASUS.


    x16/x4 means that with one Video Card, that card will get its maiximum bandwidth allowed, which is x16.

    If you add a second card, the first gets its full badwidth of x16 but the second card only gets x4.

    Generally speaking, if you have intentions of Crossfiring or SLI multiple video cards, you really would be better off getting a board that offers x16/x16.
    Although they are more expensive.


    But for a single GPU, the ASUS will be a excellent board. It can do Crossfire or SLI, just not as well as aboard specifically designed to make the most of it.

    As far as what brand you prefer, it will not matter if its ATI or Nvidia for a single card setup. Although staying w/ATI may offer the option of a Hybrid crossfire ..
    the Asus motherboard can do both crossfire and SLI o.o?
    Actually looks like just Crossfire support. Sorry about that.
    But with a single card, it will not matter what brand you choose. Just go with whichever you personally prefer.
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