Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

With the grief I'm having in this thread I reckon I might need a new mobo for a Phenom II 550.

Which I think means AM2+ or AM3 or AM3+ , am I right?

Can anyone recommend a good one?

I'm looking for full ATX size, lots of USB sockets, able to take a fair amount of memory, don't need integrated video, want good build quality, don't want to spend more than £90 if I can avoid it.

Thanks :)

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

maybe look on ebay?

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

this one too - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-...5516784&sr=8-1

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

An Asus M4A board would be the way to imo

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

Jeez I'd have thought they'd be down to £15 by now

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

Thanks. Bit pricey for an AM2+ though, and pretty measly memory limit

I've already got one mobo that doesn't work - don't want another ;)

That looks pretty good. Don't need the onboard graphics but I suppose given the issues I've been having a backup option would be nice :) Bit measly about the mouse/keyboard socket though. I'll stick that one on the shortlist.

Those do look nice. :)

This one looks like the front runner at the mo or this one if go for the backup of onboard graphics. I'm guessing it's easy to turn them off if I don't need them? oops, no graphics, misread the description.

Thanks for the suggestions all :luv:

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It's only money ;) I'd feel suspicious if they were that cheap :)

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

The onboard gfx will not create any issues :)

The second ones an Nforce chipset I would stick with Amd with and Amd cpu myself :) unless of course your want to run 2 nvidia gfx

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This is the Asus I am using LINK it's the best board I have ever owned for stability.

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That makes no sense at all.

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

Yes, the first one looks like favourite.

Ah, more choice, just when I thought I'd worked out what I wanted :) That one looks quite good too.

I follow it - I've got an AMD processor, I'm going to stick an AMD (ATI) card in it, might as well have AMD do the other gubbins too. That other mobo has a special nvidia graphics unit that isn't actually a graphics unit, somehow, so you still need a graphics card. Mixing ATI & NV together doesn't sound like a great idea.

Appreciate everyone's suggestions :) keep them coming, will probably wait until next week before I buy stuff

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I prefer AMD chips with an AMD chipset board my preference, The AMD chipset supports crossfire the NFORCE chipset supports SLI so if the OP wishes to run 2 Nvidia cards in SLI then he needs a Chipset that supports SLI. Simple enough I thought

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

Or get an Intel board that supports both :P

Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
 

an Intel board for a Phenom? ;)

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Makes plenty of sense.
What ever board you pick make sure you get one with vrms capable enough http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherb...ion-list.html?
I personally have a 990xa-ud3 that is running my 965 happily at 4.1GHz and 2.8 GHz NB, supports Bulldozer and supports Sli.