Budget motherboard

[0ilslick]

Hi guys,

I'm looking at buying myself a new motherboard, but I'm on a really tight budget. I'm looking at spending about R1000.

What is the best value-for-money motherboard that I can get? It can either be AMD or Intel because I still have to buy a CPU. What specific features should I look for? I have accounts with most suppliers in Cape Town.

Thanks

 

[Nameite]

G31 boards are the best budget board

 

[PostmanPot]

+1 G31.

 

[Tejen]

+1 G31 ,currently using the intel g31 as my other board got fried.Its not bad at all but dont expect any overclocking from this mobo.Supports dual channel memory as well.

 

[PostmanPot]

AFAIK people have OCed to ±3.2GHz on the G31.

 

[The_Techie]

Another vote for the G31

 

[LFX]

AFAIK people have OCed to ±3.2GHz on the G31.

with pencil mods

 

[PostmanPot]

with pencil mods

Perhaps for better stability above 3.2GHz or something? Or better stability... period.

http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/403187-found-maximum-e2220-g31.html
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=527444

Seems Gigabyte G31 is best.

 

[ponder]

Seems Gigabyte G31 is best.

Yip, got one myself but then again it's always been my favourite boards, never had one fail on me.

 

[PostmanPot]

Yip, got one myself but then again it's always been my favourite boards, never had one fail on me.

I quite like the Foxconn variant - practically identical to the Gigabyte.

 

[Juggy]

You can get a decent Biostar board for that price and they clock like a mofo.

But, if you want Sli, RAID or any of the extras go for an AMD board as it seems all the extras work our cheaper.

 

[Nameite]

Got my friend the MSI G31, OCed his E5200 stable at 3.33ghz...could go higher but he didnt want to...on a HyperTX2

 

[0ilslick]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'll look into to the G31 boards.

 

[ponder]

I quite like the Foxconn variant - practically identical to the Gigabyte.

Yes foxconn are good (they do a lot of oem stuff as well) but it's easier for me to get hold of gigabyte.

 

[0ilslick]

Hi guys,

I finally decided on a motherboard - Foxconn G31 (thanks Postman). But now while I was browsing some other forums I found a few 2nd hand Asus Striker Extremes going for about R700, unfortunately they don't come with a warranty. So I've just got 2 questions:
How reliable are they ? and
Should I buy the Foxconn just to be on the safe side?

Thanks

 

[DJNgoma]

You could also look at P43 chipset motherboards, something higher class but for people with a budget.

 

[Decotey]

Im a huge fan of biostars TA790GX boards. You can pick them up for just over 1k for an Xfire mobo, but then again Im a bit of an AMD fanboy.
720 BE + TA790GX = pure happiness

 

[PostmanPot]

Hi guys,

I finally decided on a motherboard - Foxconn G31 (thanks Postman). But now while I was browsing some other forums I found a few 2nd hand Asus Striker Extremes going for about R700, unfortunately they don't come with a warranty. So I've just got 2 questions:
How reliable are they ? and
Should I buy the Foxconn just to be on the safe side?

Thanks

Don't those Strikers use DDR3 (expensive) RAM?

 

[Nameite]

If any of the suppliers can get the Jetway BLUE-P43, that sone hell of a great budget board.

Supports Crossfire..though over a 16x PCI-E 2.0 port and a 4x...but the price for it in China is like R530

Esquire imports Jetway...maybe you can make a special order.