Cheap board for FX 8320

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I am in need of the cheapest board possible for a FX 8320. My only requirement is 1 full pci-e slot and 1 pci-e x1 slot. if slight overclocking is possible that would be great so ready to hear suggestions.
 
I don't know what to propose as cheapest, but i 'd stay away from MSI with a 8320. Given their past history of cheap boards going to flames, i 'd leave MSI alone and go any other brand. I 'd prefer a board with heatsinks on the mofsets.
 
Faethon said:
I don't know what to propose as cheapest, but i 'd stay away from MSI with a 8320. Given their past history of cheap boards going to flames, i 'd leave MSI alone and go any other brand. I 'd prefer a board with heatsinks on the mofsets.
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I'm not recommending buying the MSI, he just asked for the cheapest, just giving him an example. Now if he wants a recommendation for best value that's different .
 
Ok, ,i haven't browsed through Newegg, so there might be something better there. I just looked at my local online store from where i usually get motherboards and has good selection most of the time and if i wanted to save as much money as possible, while feeling "safe" to run a CPU that draws a lot of power, i 'd get this:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128565&Tpk=GIGABYTE AM3+ GA-78LMT-USB3

As a bonus, it has USB3 too. Has good reviews also. The BAD side: Low RAM frequences supported, Ideally, you 'd want 1600 supported.

I could also say mine is very good budget mobo, if you want full factor and are disposed to pay 75$ from Newegg.

But that Gigabyte should be good.
 
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phOkaz said:
I'm not recommending buying the MSI, he just asked for the cheapest, just giving him an example. Now if he wants a recommendation for best value that's different .
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True, i understand. I just think he should delay the purchase, gather up 20$ more and get a motherboard that a) won't catch fire no matter how load he puts on it, b) gives him something of the most recent standards (either USB3 or SATA3). Cause you don't buy motherboard everyday, you may as well buy one that it's a bit future-proof.
 
Faethon said:
I don't know what to propose as cheapest, but i 'd stay away from MSI with a 8320. Given their past history of cheap boards going to flames, i 'd leave MSI alone and go any other brand. I 'd prefer a board with heatsinks on the mofsets.
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That was really only true of 8xx and 7xx boards with the 4+1 phase design. They have since fixed that problem on their 9xx boards.
 
Tsumi said:
That was really only true of 8xx and 7xx boards with the 4+1 phase design. They have since fixed that problem on their 9xx boards.
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The proposed motherboard above is an MSI 760g. And honestly, i wouldn't bet my life on any of their boards.

990 in flames:

http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=155344.0

3x760 blown up:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=69178


This just by ultraquick googling. I don't know what MSI claims are, i 'd never buy one of their boards with a Piledriver 125W. Certainly not their cheaper models, but if it was for me, i wouldn't buy their expensive either.
 
More 990

Fire
MSI 990FXA-GD80 AMD 990FX Socket AM3+ Motherboard

It seems to be pretty amazing everything looks to be good but it caught on fire when installed one of the capacitors was bad and it started to smoke almost caught fire.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...dsPerPage=5&body=REVIEWS#CustomerReviewsBlock

Pros: Coupled this mobo with brand new 8350 as well, and for the half that works, it really is good.

Oc'ing features are great.
Debug visuals.
spacing and layout of mobo and its componets.

Cons: Hooked it all up and posted fine did updates using their CD and then website - then restarted. On restart the board literly caught on fire...I unplugged it and put the fire out, but to my surprise everything still worked except the onboard sound was jacked up but did work through my graphics card hdmi slot. after that i would have to turn it off and on twice in order to get it to post - it would not restart on its own. Im fairly knowledgable on computers but not enough to know just exactly what other issues their is on this board after the flames of doom.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157267


It sounds to me, that they may have improved their VRM designs or quality or cooling, but , still, they 've no safety mechanism implemented that will avoid overheating to the point of combustion.
 
When i first bought the 1090T, i came to this forum to ask for help, because the fps during video encoding was going all the time up and down. Like 10,7,5,3,2,4,7,8,11,6,5,2.

At the time i couldn't understand why and neither could anyone in the forum. NOW i can understand. It was most probably VRM overheating, it was still September and very hot here, so the VRM of this little mATX board, which isn't really officially certified for 125W, must have gone too hot and Asrock heat protection was kicking in, trying to throttle down the CPU.

Still, this little board:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/A790GMH128M/

Which i had bought dirt cheap for something like 55 euro, had the protection to avoid making a BBQ inside my case, that even today expensive MSI boards don't have. I mean, better throttle down the CPU than catching fire...
 
schmuckley said:
I'm thinking m5a97..you need some vrm power for those CPUs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131767R
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Thanks went with a M5A97 variant scored it for 20 bucks off ebay. That price tag goes nicely with the 50 i paid for the chip from a friend who said it made his room too hot. Now I just need to score some good but ultra cheap ram for the best price to peformance build ever. It has been mainly luck but someone has to get lucky.
 
May your luck continue and may you enjoy your new computer hassle-free for a long time.
 
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