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Best budget AM2/AM2+

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John Nice

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I am looking for a good budget AM2/AM2+ board.

I am really looking for stability over anything else, as the board probably won't get over-clocked too much, with price/features a close second.

any links or reviews appreciated too, thanks.
 
I can only speak for the 1 that I have used but abit's AX78 seems very good for the money with some very nice touches for an inexpensive mobo - in fact I bought a second.
 
thanks for the replies, do you guys know offhand whether either of these boards are compatible with the new Phenom's?
 
I bought that Biostar A770 after my older motherboard went out and so I put my old 3600+ x2 back in and oc'd it to 2.5ghz and a little ram oc and man all I can say is that this mobo is as stable as a rock. I ran 24 hours of small ffts on orthos and 24 more hours of blend right after than and after 48 hours of testing it came up with no errors and i touched the heatsink thats on the NB and it wasn't even hot at all. I do have a low rpm fan blowing on it but still it runs pretty cool.

I bought the open box one from newegg and its in good shape.
 
M3A I got for $80. No complaints, only Phenom board I've worked with.

Get something with an SB700 if you can, their in the wild now (I believe), and SB700 is significantly better than SB600.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
M3A I got for $80. No complaints, only Phenom board I've worked with.

Get something with an SB700 if you can, their in the wild now (I believe), and SB700 is significantly better than SB600.
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what's the main difference between them? (SB600 and SB700)

Do you know of any specific boards offhand that are SB700?

Thanks
 
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