Best motherboard for overclocking on a budget?

[KingZam]

I am looking for a overclockable motherboard.My budget is 80-90 dollars.I am planning to overclock the r7 370 and the amd athlon.I also need a budget cooler for my cpu under 30 bucks.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

This is plenty good enough.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $164.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 18:12 EST-0500

Is that the Athlon you were talking about?

 

[KingZam]

This is plenty good enough.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $164.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 18:12 EST-0500

Is that the Athlon you were talking about?

Yes and thank you, but I kind of dont want to buy a cpu cooler, would I need it?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I also need a budget cooler for my cpu under 30 bucks. ???????????????????????????

You said you plan to overclock the Athlon. I would not do any meaningful overclocking of an AMD chip without adding an aftermarket CPU cooler. My board AND cooler just about fit your whole board budget.

 

[KingZam]

I also need a budget cooler for my cpu under 30 bucks. ???????????????????????????

You said you plan to overclock the Athlon. I would not do any meaningful overclocking of an AMD chip without adding an aftermarket CPU cooler. My board AND cooler just about fit your whole board budget.

I just got a r9 380, will I be able to record and stream with the amd athlon, at 40fps and higher playing games like, H1Z1, Arma 3, Fallout 4, and GTA 5 at ultra settings?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I doubt it, for most of them. GTAV Ultra drops below 40 fps is some places (flying) on MUCH more powerful systems than yours.

I don't play all those games myself. Ultra is pretty demanding on those CPU intensive titles and the Athlon is the bet chip available for that socket, but it's still an 'entry' level budget product.

 

[KingZam]

I doubt it, for most of them. GTAV Ultra drops below 40 fps is some places (flying) on MUCH more powerful systems than yours.

I don't play all those games myself. Ultra is pretty demanding on those CPU intensive titles and the Athlon is the bet chip available for that socket, but it's still an 'entry' level budget product.

I am thinking about getting a fx-6300 will I be able to play on ultra now?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

No, not then either. For a start, I doubt that any CPU will get 1080p, 40fps, Ultra, at 60Hz on that GPU. Have you looked at the reviews?

You can barely get 40fps on Very High with a better R7 370 for GTA V, for example.. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_r7_370_strix_review,8.html

 

[KingZam]

No, not then either. For a start, I doubt that any CPU will get 1080p, 40fps, Ultra, at 60Hz on that GPU. Have you looked at the reviews?

You can barely get 40fps on Very High with a better R7 370 for GTA V, for example.. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_r7_370_strix_review,8.html

Lol I just got a xfx r9 380 4gb

 

[DonkeyOatie]

If you want good advice, you need to give us the complete facts.

Max. MXAA and Ultra textures will hurt your FPS. Look at this http://www.getlinkyoutube.com/watch?v=LfYV8EGJh3k The recording process is costing about 20FPS.

Make sure you get a very good motherboard so you can overclock your FX6300 and a decent aftermarket CPU cooler so you can keep it cool. or consider an Intel i5.