Matx VS ATX

[Prismo_]

I want to get a matx case like the prodigy M but I don't know if I should get an atx case.

Specs

R9 390

Amd 8320

8 GB of Kingston Hyperx Fury Black Ram

 

Edit: I am not planning to upgrade cpu or gpu.

[harrynowl]

Well you're on AM3+ so you're basically locked into ATX unless you are fine with a really bad motherboard that could catch fire.

[Paralectic]

Well you're on AM3+ so you're basically locked into ATX unless you are fine with a really bad motherboard that could catch fire.

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 Is a decent AM3+ board 

[Prismo_]

Well you're on AM3+ so you're basically locked into ATX unless you are fine with a really bad motherboard that could catch fire.

Is the ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 a good motherboard

[You_are_a_cunt]

Is the ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 a good motherboard

nope

[harrynowl]

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 Is a decent AM3+ board 

It really isn't.

 

@Prismo_ that board is passable but doesn't really give me a feeling of reliability due to the weak VRM.. I'd still just go ATX where you can get much better boards and have a better experience.

[Paralectic]

It really isn't.

 

@Prismo_ that board is passable but doesn't really give me a feeling of reliability due to the weak VRM.. I'd still just go ATX where you can get much better boards and have a better experience.

You've had it and had problems with it??????

[harrynowl]

You've had it and had problems with it??????

I know of problems people have had with it. I have its older (literally) brother the M4A78LT-M which minus USB3.0 is a very similar board hardware wise and it is really not a board for 8 cores or high end machines at all. It's a cheap office/home PC board for people who wanted integrated graphics in 2008 before APUs were a thing.

 

Tell me what's decent about 760G (2008), no SATA6GB/s, no USB3.0 front panel, non-UEFI bios (so rip fast boot and large capacity hdds). Not to mention the unheatsinked 4+1 VRM which is documented to throttle and cannot maintain any turbo function under a consistent level of load.

 

None of that constitutes to decent in 2015.

[Paralectic]

I know of problems people have had with it. I have its older (literally) brother the M4A78LT-M which minus USB3.0 is a very similar board hardware wise and it is really not a board for 8 cores or high end machines at all. It's a cheap office/home PC board for people who wanted integrated graphics in 2008 before APUs were a thing.

 

Tell me what's decent about 760G (2008), no SATA6GB/s, no USB3.0 front panel, non-UEFI bios (so rip fast boot and large capacity hdds). Not to mention the unheatsinked 4+1 VRM which is documented to throttle and cannot maintain any turbo function under a consistent level of load.

 

None of that constitutes to decent in 2015.

You can't compare things being decent " in 2015 " when the AM3+ platform is from 2011.

[harrynowl]

You can't compare things being decent " in 2015 " when the AM3+ platform is from 2011.

And the 760G platform is from 2008 so its not decent whichever way you look at it.

 

There are boards on the AM3+ platform that still qualify as decent; they don't fit in the mATX bracket however.

[GodSpoon]

And the 760G platform is from 2008 so its not decent whichever way you look at it.

 

There are boards on the AM3+ platform that still qualify as decent; they don't fit in the mATX bracket however.

 

Yep^^ Ive dealt with 4-5 burned up AM3+ boards, and all of them were budget mATX offerings.

Stick to the good stuff and go full atx or upgrade to a different platform, if you love AMD wait for the upcoming AM4 socket @Prismo_