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LF advice on AM2 board

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I built my computer a little over 3 years ago and it has been my main rig since then. Recently my motherboard went out on me so I decided it was a decent time to upgrade to multi-core. After shopping around some I purchased the following:

AMD X2 5800+ and 4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill DDR2 1066

So I am wondering what board I should get to go along with this stuff. I'm working with a budget of about $120. I use this computer for school, photoshop, movie editing and gaming (mostly wow, css and BF2). The few boards I have been looking at so far are:

BIOSTAR TA 790GXB $110

ASUS M3A78 Pro $94

GIGABYTE MA780G-UD3H $90

Any advice you can offer about these boards or a good alternative would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.



Also just a side question: I have a thermalright XP-90 HS would that be compatible with the AM2 sockets or would I need something like this?
 
I'd probably get the Gigabyte 780G board out of those three. The 790 board is too expensive. The Asus board might be one that has issues overvolting the CPU's. Not sure if it was the M3A78 Pro or just the vanilla that was doing that. Seems like the safest bet is the Gigabyte.

Yes, you'd need that adapter AFAIK.
 
out of those 3 id go with the gigabyte as well.. besides the biostar 780g version its one of the best overclocking boards and will support am3 processors and any phenom II processor that will be coming out for the near future..

as long as you have the original mounting bracket then it should fit.. 754 939 am2 am2+ am3 all use the same mounting bracket..
 
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