Motherboard for a FX-6300

[kevindj360]

Hi guys, i'm making a budget PC for my brother for Christmas. I have most of my parts chosen, but i need help on the motherboard. Another PC builder told me that the motherboard that I chose has crappy VRM that overheats. Are there any good am3+ motherboards that I can get for up to 60 US Dollars?

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29bdV

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29bdV/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29bdV/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Microcenter) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.98 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $545.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-26 18:52 EST-0500)

[target39]

 

Hi guys, i'm making a budget PC for my brother for Christmas. I have most of my parts chosen, but i need help on the motherboard. Another PC builder told me that the motherboard that I chose has crappy VRM that overheats. Are there any good am3+ motherboards that I can get for up to 60 US Dollars?

Do you live near a microcenter you could go to?

[kevindj360]

Do you live near a microcenter you could go to?

 

Yes I do.

[atomicmonkey101]

I would personally ditch the ssd for now and improve your GPU or get a mobo that can OC well and a hyer 212 evo or something. I just think your system would benefit more from those upgrades rather than the ssd which you can buy later whereas the mobo you are kinda stuck with for a while.

[kevindj360]

I would personally ditch the ssd for now and improve your GPU or get a mobo that can OC well and a hyer 212 evo or something. I just think your system would benefit more from those upgrades rather than the ssd which you can buy later whereas the mobo you are kinda stuck with for a while.

I added a 212 evo, but there is really no GPU that is better than that for under 160

[target39]

Yes I do.

Did you already buy the processor?

[kevindj360]

Here is the updated list.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29eBs

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29eBs/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29eBs/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($76.97 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.98 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $542.84

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-26 19:08 EST-0500)

[kevindj360]

Did you already buy the processor?

Nope.

[target39]

Nope.

Buy an 8320 and 990FX motherboard at MC for $188-190 then.

http://www.microcenter.com/site/products/amd_bundles.aspx

[kevindj360]

Thanks guys for the fast replies i know what im doing now.

[atomicmonkey101]

I added a 212 evo, but there is really no GPU that is better than that for under 160

 

Nice. then upgrade your mobo a bit and overclock like hell!

[Npc_Hydra3]

That 430W PSU seems a little low, I would at least get a CX500.

[asusfan]

I see you dropped the SSD and it was a little to small storage anyway, for windows its recommended to get a 120gb SSD as it does updates and time you add some other basic things you will be supprised how much will go on there even if you try to install games on D drive windows and other programs will use some extra space on C drive.

 

If you are just going for one drive please check out the SSHD from Seagate, they are a hybrid and a good deal for a 1TB drive much much better than a normal HDD.

 

That m/board is pretty good but check out the features as its old now and is SATA2 USB2 etc (i think unless they changed it) i used to have that board then now got the M5A99FX pro R2.0, i would recommend a sabertooth, remember the m/board is the backbone to your system and last thing you want to cheap out on.