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I'm in the midst of buying some components and the only thing i have left to buy is the motherboard, the four i found listed below are all under £50 and all fit my needs, fan headers, usb etc.

 

MSI A88XM-E45 

 

ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ 

 

Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H 

 

Asus A88XM-PLUS

 

My other components are:

 

Coolermaster Silencio case

AMD Athlon 860k CPU

Coolermaster Hyper T4 Cooler

Kingston Hyperx Fury Blue (2x4gb) Ram

 

kingston 60GB ssd

hitachi 2tb hdd

corsair cs450m psu

 

 i'm leaning towards the msi because I've used the 970-g43 and the auto overclock wasn't too bad. If there is anyone who has used these boards or know of them to help me decide which one.

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I'm in the midst of buying some components and the only thing i have left to buy is the motherboard, the four i found listed below are all under £50 and all fit my needs, fan headers, usb etc.

 

MSI A88XM-E45 

 

ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ 

 

Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H 

 

Asus A88XM-PLUS

 

My other components are:

 

Coolermaster Silencio case

AMD Athlon 860k CPU

Coolermaster Hyper T4 Cooler

Kingston Hyperx Fury Blue (2x4gb) Ram

 

kingston 60GB ssd

hitachi 2tb hdd

corsair cs450m psu

 

 i'm leaning towards the msi because I've used the 970-g43 and the auto overclock wasn't too bad. If there is anyone who has used these boards or know of them to help me decide which one.

i would go for the asus board. i have one in my htpc and its great.  

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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I'm in the midst of buying some components and the only thing i have left to buy is the motherboard, the four i found listed below are all under £50 and all fit my needs, fan headers, usb etc.

 

MSI A88XM-E45 

 

ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ 

 

Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H 

 

Asus A88XM-PLUS

 

My other components are:

 

Coolermaster Silencio case

AMD Athlon 860k CPU

Coolermaster Hyper T4 Cooler

Kingston Hyperx Fury Blue (2x4gb) Ram

 

kingston 60GB ssd

hitachi 2tb hdd

corsair cs450m psu

 

 i'm leaning towards the msi because I've used the 970-g43 and the auto overclock wasn't too bad. If there is anyone who has used these boards or know of them to help me decide which one.

The Asrock will be the value for money board among the boards you have listed out

 

why?

 

the VRMs on that mobo is decent and you can push the 860K quite high

 

also the Hyper T4 cooler isnt exactly value for money cooler but it get the job done

 

for a bit more you can go for the CM 212 Evo/Plus

Budget? Uses? Currency? Location? Operating System? Peripherals? Monitor? Use PCPartPicker wherever possible. 

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Asus A88XM-PLUS is the best choice.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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