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What Mobo details Do I need to look out for to insure that my CPU and GPU are not bottlenecked or gimped?
I'm going to purchase an AMD Fx 6100 Hex core for Battlefield 3. 64 player multiplayer.
I want the highest CONSTANT framerate Specifically during heavy battle moments.
I dont care about Ultra Max graphics (Although High-ultra would be ideal).
My question is, if im using an FX 6100 CPU and a 'Radeon 6850 OC' GPU,
how much would this cheaper 49 dollar mobo gimp my performance
over a better more qualified mobo?
between these two for example.
Newegg.com - ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-M68MT-S2 AM3+ NVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a chipset Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Does the mobo chipset (Nvidia - radeon) matter if im using a PCI Express Video card?
Can I ignore that? or is it still important for some reason?
Im not worried about extra options like 4x USB 3.0, etc etc.
What Mobo details Do I need to look out for to insure that my CPU and GPU are not bottlenecked or gimped?
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My complete list of parts so far is this.
Mobo
Newegg.com - ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU
Newegg.com - AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX
Video Card
Newegg.com - HIS H687FN1GD Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Ram
Newegg.com - Patriot Gamer 2 Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PG34G1600EL
PSU
Newegg.com - Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply
I think this is my old Harddrive. It will have to do, I cant better, yet.
http://discountechnology.com/Seagate...ATA-Hard-Drive
Last edited by robcardiv; 13 Feb 2012 at 03:46.