Picking a new motherboard.

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• DreadTooth Member UncommonPosts: 150

  December 2016

  I got the MSI Grenade A68 FM2+. It was $50 and included a $20 or $30 mail-in rebate, which I never send in. It runs perfectly.

  I had the slightly newer A78 from MSI, but it was HORRIBLE for my AMD FM2+ chip with GPU on the chip, and kept crashing at varying times, and I bricked TWO of the same board doing BIOS updates to make it more compatible with my chip.

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• filmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906

  December 2016

  I'm leaning towards the AsRock right now.

  Are you onto something or just on something?
• DreadTooth Member UncommonPosts: 150

  December 2016

  Would you have room for your other card once your double thick graphics card is in? Might rule out the MSI Grenade.

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• H0urg1ass Member EpicPosts: 2,380

  December 2016

  filmoret said:

  I'm leaning towards the AsRock right now.

  ASRock had a bad reptuation for a while, but my current MOBO is an ASRock and it's been going steady with no problems and a hefty OC on my CPU, for... oh three years now?  
  
  I love my ASRock... well at least until it breaks, then it'll be "That stupid useless piece of shit!  Couldn't even hold an OC for eleven years!  Who makes these pieces of junk anyways?!?"
• Ridelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

  December 2016

  H0urg1ass said:

  filmoret said:

  I'm leaning towards the AsRock right now.

  ASRock had a bad reptuation for a while, but my current MOBO is an ASRock and it's been going steady with no problems and a hefty OC on my CPU, for... oh three years now?  
  
  I love my ASRock... well at least until it breaks, then it'll be "That stupid useless piece of shit!  Couldn't even hold an OC for eleven years!  Who makes these pieces of junk anyways?!?"

  I've always been leary of AsRock because of their build quality, but people who use them seem to have good luck with them for the most part.
  
  I usually use Asus or Gigabyte, I've considered MSI as well, but I don't build many with that brand because i usually find an Asus of Gigabyte with same/similar features for a bit better price.
• GeekyBastrd Member UncommonPosts: 64

  December 2016

  Asrock is my first choice when it comes to motherboards.  I've had great success with them over the years.  I can't say the same for MSI.  Two years, two boards, two duds.  Currently using a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 7 and I only have a few complaints with the board.  I can't for the life of me get my XMP profile stable and the UEFI seems sluggish to me.  It seems to be an alright product but I wish I had went with my gut and got the Asrock.
• Quizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,483

  December 2016

  Have you considered instead disabling the integrated audio on your motherboard through the BIOS and adding a cheap discrete sound card instead?
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132020
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102062
  
• gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919

  December 2016

  @filmoret Noticed the cpu you listed is shown as out of stock. Have you considered:
  
  www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157688
  
  An ASRock as per your; $68.99 after a $10 mail-in. It's an AM3 / 3+ motherboard so you would need something like an FX-4350 cpu. 
  
  More features and "future proofing" but if you don't plan on any upgrades downstream that probably doesn't matter. It was noticing that the cpu you linked was shown as out of stock that made me think of options.
   
• stayontarget Member RarePosts: 6,519

  December 2016 edited December 2016

  I've had good luck with ASRock, 3 builds and zero problems.  MSI on the other hand have been horrid for me.

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• Ridelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

  December 2016

  He's already got all the other components, and has trouble with sound drivers crashing his system.
• waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771

  December 2016

  filmoret said:

  Thank you everyone for last thread where the computer kept crashing and decided just get a different motherboard.   here's the build
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128763  MOBO  Gigabyte 
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113411  CPU   AMD x4 845
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156035  Memory  Ballistix 2x4
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704040  WIFI   PCI
   EVGA 430 W1 100-W1-0430-KR 80+ WHITE 430W Power Supply
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125920&cm_re=gtx_1050-_-14-125-920-_-Product      GTX 1050 graphics card
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD3T02857  SATA HDD
  
  
  
  Ok going to get a different motherboard in case it was a driver issue that caused the last problems.  My price range is 75$ and this is what I was looking at.  AMD ATX  FM2+
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130856
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157571
  
  
  Thanks for help.

  
  Any chance of getting an SSD?
  

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• filmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906

  December 2016

  Ok this is the MOBO I'm looking at.  The problem is the blue cooler thing right next to the pci 3.0 slot.  It looks like it would get in the way of a dual slot video card.
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157571
  

  Are you onto something or just on something?
• frostymug Member RarePosts: 645

  December 2016

  Hard to get a clear angle on it, but it looks to be about the same height as the slot which would make it clear. Think you'll be fine. That would be a pretty poor bit of oversight if they put a cooler on there that would preclude using a dual slot. Especially on a board that has a higher level chipset.
• H0urg1ass Member EpicPosts: 2,380

  December 2016

  A GPU will clear the cooler fine, even dual slot.  However, is your case a micro case?  I'm not a fan of putting micro boards in larger cases.  You're just screwing yourself on space and thermal regulation for no real advantage if you're putting that board in, say, a mid tower.
• Renoaku Member EpicPosts: 3,157

  December 2016

  filmoret said:

  Thank you everyone for last thread where the computer kept crashing and decided just get a different motherboard.   here's the build
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128763  MOBO  Gigabyte 
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113411  CPU   AMD x4 845
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156035  Memory  Ballistix 2x4
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704040  WIFI   PCI
   EVGA 430 W1 100-W1-0430-KR 80+ WHITE 430W Power Supply
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125920&cm_re=gtx_1050-_-14-125-920-_-Product      GTX 1050 graphics card
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD3T02857  SATA HDD
  
  
  
  Ok going to get a different motherboard in case it was a driver issue that caused the last problems.  My price range is 75$ and this is what I was looking at.  AMD ATX  FM2+
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130856
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157571
  
  
  Thanks for help.

  Go with a 1151 unless you already have a CPU  the Intel works much better.
• stayontarget Member RarePosts: 6,519

  December 2016

  filmoret said:

  Ok this is the MOBO I'm looking at.  The problem is the blue cooler thing right next to the pci 3.0 slot.  It looks like it would get in the way of a dual slot video card.
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157571
  

  Just keep in mind that is a matx mobo.  The Gigabyte mobo you posted before was an atx mobo, so make sure it will fit in your case.

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• filmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906

  December 2016 edited December 2016

  Ok I'm looking at the supported CPU's and even though its the same socket the board doesn't support the x4 845.  I'm guessing it isnt smart to try?  Matter of fact nothing that ASRock sells supports that CPU.

  Are you onto something or just on something?
• filmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906

  December 2016 edited December 2016

  filmoret said:

  Ok I'm looking at the supported CPU's and even though its the same socket the board doesn't support the x4 845.  I'm guessing it isnt smart to try?  Matter of fact nothing that ASRock sells supports that CPU.

  Ok for some reason they are using the model numbers for oem chips.  So the one I have actually has 2 different model numbers for the same chip.  So its safe.
  
  http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-Athlon X4 845.html
  

  Are you onto something or just on something?