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Gavin78 · 21-01-2011, 01:06

I've been looking around the net but there are mixed opinions.

I've ordered my CPU 800W peaks at 900w
AM3 CPU x4 3.4ghz
going to get 8 gig of DDR 3

But the motherboard is the problem I like Gigabyte boards and thats what I am going for.

I've been reading about sata 3 however reviews of people are saying that its not worth getting boards at the moment with them as its just a fancy marketing ploy and they dont really work as good as they should.

However I have a Gigabyte board already that is AM2+ (AM3 ready) and will take the CPU I have. it uses DDR 2 (8gig) and has sata2 controllers.

This new board has - usb 3.0 and SATA3 and Esata.

Is it actually worth getting this board costing around £75 or am I best waiting at the moment until the above is more supported?

I'm upgrading my tower as well to a Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case.

The future wife is letting me spend the last of my money before we get married in August so its kind of like a future upgrade to last a while so I dont want to cut myself short with my DDR 2 board but dont want to waste £75 on a board that I wont get any use or major improvment over what I have now.

21-01-2011, 01:06	#1
Gavin78 Ice Cold Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Yorkshire Age: 47 Services: XL TV M Phone 1000MB BB Posts: 1,566	PC upgrade advice I've been looking around the net but there are mixed opinions. I've ordered my CPU 800W peaks at 900w AM3 CPU x4 3.4ghz going to get 8 gig of DDR 3 But the motherboard is the problem I like Gigabyte boards and thats what I am going for. I've been reading about sata 3 however reviews of people are saying that its not worth getting boards at the moment with them as its just a fancy marketing ploy and they dont really work as good as they should. However I have a Gigabyte board already that is AM2+ (AM3 ready) and will take the CPU I have. it uses DDR 2 (8gig) and has sata2 controllers. This new board has - usb 3.0 and SATA3 and Esata. Is it actually worth getting this board costing around £75 or am I best waiting at the moment until the above is more supported? I'm upgrading my tower as well to a Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case. The future wife is letting me spend the last of my money before we get married in August so its kind of like a future upgrade to last a while so I dont want to cut myself short with my DDR 2 board but dont want to waste £75 on a board that I wont get any use or major improvment over what I have now.