Best Budget Motherboard?

[BenEzz]

hey, im looking to upgrade to an amd fx 8350, but i have a gigabyte m68mt-s2 3.1 mobo which will not support it, so can anyone recommend me the best motherboard for under £80

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £59.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 18:32 GMT+0000)


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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£75.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £75.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 18:33 GMT+0000)

 

[geofelt]

Once you are considering a motherboard change, along with a cpu change, look at Intel if your usage is gaming.
The faster intel cores are better for gaming than the 8 cores of the fx in most games.