Reaperchris Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I need to know what would be the best for me as my new cpu will be: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103934 for sure. I am looking at this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+M5A88-V+EVO+Desktop+Motherboard+-+AMD+-+Socket+AM3+PGA-941/4580631.p?id=1218492351579&skuId=4580631&st=ASRock%20970%20EXTREME4%20AM3+%20AMD%20970%20SATA%206Gb/s%20USB%203.0%20ATX%20AMD%20Motherboard%20with%20UEFI%20BIOS&cp=1&lp=5 My Motherboard NEEDS to come from Best Buy though and i was wondering if that would be a good one if not could someone help me find one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enedi Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 First question, why does it NEED to come from Best-Buy? I like the board, have always had good luck with Asus technology but I have had better luck with MSI but that's opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzzler Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) I need to know what would be the best for me as my new cpu will be: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103934 for sure. I am looking at this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+M5A88-V+EVO+Desktop+Motherboard+-+AMD+-+Socket+AM3+PGA-941/4580631.p?id=1218492351579&skuId=4580631&st=ASRock%20970%20EXTREME4%20AM3+%20AMD%20970%20SATA%206Gb/s%20USB%203.0%20ATX%20AMD%20Motherboard%20with%20UEFI%20BIOS&cp=1&lp=5 My Motherboard NEEDS to come from Best Buy though and i was wondering if that would be a good one if not could someone help me find one? i would recommend this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849 you get 2 extra cores for just under 20$ extra then you have this mobo for that CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130565 you would have a to put in a little extra money but it would be for the best Edited December 26, 2011 by Rizzzler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 First question, why does it NEED to come from Best-Buy? I like the board, have always had good luck with Asus technology but I have had better luck with MSI but that's opinion. I've got about $180 in cash alone, but I have $150 at BB since the CPU at BB I can have one or the other so the Mobo needs to be from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 i would recommend this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849 you get 2 extra cores for just under 20$ extra then you have this mobo for that CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130565 you would have a to put in a little extra money but it would be for the best Is the lose of GHz worth it? idk much about mobos/cpus so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enedi Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I've got about $180 in cash alone, but I have $150 at BB since the CPU at BB I can have one or the other so the Mobo needs to be from there. Okay gotcha then lol. See if you can get the board that was posted up in the post before your last one from there. Geek squad guys can do ordering so check with them, it's an MSI board and just believe that those boards are better quality and they have a great return policy for anything that may be bad. Make sure that you change out your Power Supply also since a new board may take a differnt amount of power. If you have a PSU less than 600w I would say get one at 750-1000w to make sure you can push anything and everything you may put on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enedi Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Is the lose of GHz worth it? idk much about mobos/cpus so LOL you won't even notice it due to the fact that the processor runs more cores which gives you faster processing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Okay gotcha then lol. See if you can get the board that was posted up in the post before your last one from there. Geek squad guys can do ordering so check with them, it's an MSI board and just believe that those boards are better quality and they have a great return policy for anything that may be bad. Make sure that you change out your Power Supply also since a new board may take a differnt amount of power. If you have a PSU less than 600w I would say get one at 750-1000w to make sure you can push anything and everything you may put on it. My PSU is at 600W I was going to risk it since my GPU hardly uses my psu so if it didn't work I was going to be like : "Eh now I have to wait." Also that mobo is at BB but is the lose in GHz really worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enedi Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 My PSU is at 600W I was going to risk it since my GPU hardly uses my psu so if it didn't work I was going to be like : "Eh now I have to wait." Also that mobo is at BB but is the lose in GHz really worth it? Yes it's worth it, and trust me when I tell you that if you don't get the higher wattage PSU then you may regret it. I would HIGHLY recommend that you get a 750+ W PSU to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Yes it's worth it, and trust me when I tell you that if you don't get the higher wattage PSU then you may regret it. I would HIGHLY recommend that you get a 750+ W PSU to be safe. I want one badly, but I don't have the money yet and I'm trying to build a new PC. I might be able to afford it idk actually. Uh my questions is if the PSU won't run all it will do is crash and won't run until I switch them out right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enedi Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I want one badly, but I don't have the money yet and I'm trying to build a new PC. I might be able to afford it idk actually. Uh my questions is if the PSU won't run all it will do is crash and won't run until I switch them out right? I am sure that a 600w PSU will run it, it's just that when you run high end games and the like your system pushes harder and you will start to see noticable differences since your not able to give the power that you need. When you get the PSU just make sure to go to Newegg.com to get it cause the ones on there are very reasonabe on price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Do y'all have another website with that CPU? Because Newegg is currently sold out =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Appok Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Core I5 2500k - thats all you need oh and G.Skill Ram and a P68 or Z68 mobo depending on what you like. P68 is more overclocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appok Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Anyone? try ncix.com i usually order stuff online from there canadian site and i never had troubles and get my stuff in 2-3 days usually and they got some good deals too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain_b Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) Yes it's worth it, and trust me when I tell you that if you don't get the higher wattage PSU then you may regret it. I would HIGHLY recommend that you get a 750+ W PSU to be safe. Considering you have no clue what videocard the OP has you have no basis for telling him/her they they "need" a 750w or higher PSU... OP, what videocard do you have? Edited December 26, 2011 by iain_b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've got a Radeon 5750 HD, I ordered the Mobo yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've got that mobo, but this one sounds really good for its price any thoughts? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL122711&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL122711-_-EMC-122711-Index-_-ProcessorsDesktops-_-19103996-L01B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperchris Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Well good news is that my Motherboard came today said it would arrive anywhere between December 30th - January 6th. So that was a nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralassa Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hi there! There are existing discussion threads regarding computer hardware which you may find very helpful: Desktop Hardware Q&A*Ultimate* Desktop PC Performance GuideUltimate Guide to speeding up Win 7 on low/mid range systems You can also check out our General FAQs for information about minimum system specifications. In the interest of consolidating discussion, we have closed this thread. Please use one of the topics linked above for further questions and discussion of hardware specifications. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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