| Windows 7: Need a new Motherboard |
25 Jul 2011
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| | Windows 7 Professional x64 28 posts |
Need a new Motherboard Well, I was redirected from my thread here and thanks to a bunch of BIOS freezes and BSODs I'm in need of a new motherboard.
At the moment I have a BIOSTAR TA790GXB3 motherboard that worked for around 6ish months before starting to act up(Blue screens, BIOS freezes, you name it), and I've decided I'm either going to get a new motherboard or get Biostar to replace my current one. The question is, what should I do? Should I go with replacing the Biostar board with a replacement from Biostar and be worried it may or may not have the same problems as the one I have now, or should I get a new one?
If the latter, I'm looking at this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130590
It has to be no more than $100(and preferably less if possible)
I need something that will be able to use my 5770 on it, OC my i2 to an i4, and Crossfire(Or was it SLI? I never get the term correctly.) another 5770 later on with it. Oh, and I have a 550w PSU it needs to work with as well. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X2 555 Motherboard BIOSTAR Group TA790GXB3 Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon Sapphire 5770 Screen Resolution 1600x1200 Hard Drives 977GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device
1954GB Western Digital WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 ATA Device |
25 Jul 2011
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| | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE 6,804 posts Indian Territory |
Considering your budget, I don't know what motherboard to recommend, however whatever you decide, I definitely would not recommend buying a MSI motherboard. I've had a bunch of them, and none were any good. I've never owned a Biostar, but considering their price range, I wouldn't expect them to be much better. I would strongly recommend stretching the budget a bit, and go for a good quality Asus motherboard instead. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig) |
25 Jul 2011
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| | windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos 180 posts |
Pesonally take it back, see if you can get it replaced, not sure what your warranty situation is with the overclocks though.
If you have ATI GPU's it's crossfire, if you have Nvidia then it's SLI. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number home built PC. Laptop studio1557 OS windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos CPU PC, intel i7 920 2.7ghz, laptop i7 720 Motherboard PC, Asus P6t .laptop probably rubbish from dell Memory PC 6GB, laptop 2GB, me 2 seconds after 6 pints Graphics Card PC Asus eah5870,laptop, ati hd 4580 Monitor(s) Displays Sharp 42" HD TV using HDMI + HDMI to onkyo surround amp Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard logitek wave Mouse x8 sidewinder PSU OCZ 700w Case antec 902 Cooling antec khuler h20 920 Hard Drives 1x ssd OCZ 60GB, 2x250GB raid0, 2x1TB (storage),2TB Internet Speed dog slow |
25 Jul 2011
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| | Windows 7 Professional x64 28 posts |

Quote: Originally Posted by razy60 Pesonally take it back, see if you can get it replaced, not sure what your warranty situation is with the overclocks though.
If you have ATI GPU's it's crossfire, if you have Nvidia then it's SLI. I can get it replaced, it has a three year warranty last I checked, and the version of motherboard I had wouldn't let me OC my i2 into an i4, so that wouldn't be a problem. 
Quote: Originally Posted by seekermeister Considering your budget, I don't know what motherboard to recommend, however whatever you decide, I definitely would not recommend buying a MSI motherboard. I've had a bunch of them, and none were any good. I've never owned a Biostar, but considering their price range, I wouldn't expect them to be much better. I would strongly recommend stretching the budget a bit, and go for a good quality Asus motherboard instead. Well, looking on Newegg I found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131651
$100 is as high as I can go though, we're a bit tight on money at the moment(Doctor bills and so forth) and I can't return the Motherboard back to Newegg or get a refund from Biostar, so the only option aside from getting the Biostar fixed and worrying about it Blue screening again, it's getting a good motherboard. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X2 555 Motherboard BIOSTAR Group TA790GXB3 Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon Sapphire 5770 Screen Resolution 1600x1200 Hard Drives 977GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device
1954GB Western Digital WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 ATA Device |
25 Jul 2011
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| | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE 6,804 posts Indian Territory |
I don't specifically know that model of Asus, but if it fit your specification needs, and you preferred not to RMA the Biostar, I would go for it. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig) |
25 Jul 2011
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| | windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos 180 posts |
shame you cant return the board to newegg, if they did except it back maybe they would be prepared to exchange it for the Asus, go for it | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number home built PC. Laptop studio1557 OS windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos CPU PC, intel i7 920 2.7ghz, laptop i7 720 Motherboard PC, Asus P6t .laptop probably rubbish from dell Memory PC 6GB, laptop 2GB, me 2 seconds after 6 pints Graphics Card PC Asus eah5870,laptop, ati hd 4580 Monitor(s) Displays Sharp 42" HD TV using HDMI + HDMI to onkyo surround amp Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard logitek wave Mouse x8 sidewinder PSU OCZ 700w Case antec 902 Cooling antec khuler h20 920 Hard Drives 1x ssd OCZ 60GB, 2x250GB raid0, 2x1TB (storage),2TB Internet Speed dog slow Need a new Motherboard problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:32 PM. | |