Graphics Card Motherboard Compatibility

[hosley276]

What Is A Good Motherboard That Will Support A 'EVGA GeForce GTX 660 3GB SC Signature 2' Graphics Card That Would Be Around £100 GBP
Please Supply Me With A Link If Possible

Thanks

 

[gregbattis]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128671 for an intel cpu socket 1150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157358 for an amd cpu socket am3+

 

[James Mason]

Motherboard's don't have much effect on the graphics card compatibility, They really only come into account when you want more than one graphics card. They have much more influence on your CPU and RAM though.

Are you planing to overclock?
What CPU model Number are you getting/have?
How much RAM and at what speed (mhz)?

 

[hosley276]

Im planning
And 8GB ram
I havent planned the cpu yet because i need to know which to get

 

[James Mason]

Giving us your entire budget will help alot, but this is what I would recommend for general gaming:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 3GB Video Card (£169.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £638.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-19 19:29 GMT+0000)

 

[sora]

Im planning
And 8GB ram
I havent planned the cpu yet because i need to know which to get

Giving us your entire budget will help alot, but this is what I would recommend for general gaming:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 3GB Video Card (£169.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £638.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-19 19:29 GMT+0000)

This is a great build but why the i3-4130? Since this is a budget build I'd rather go for an AMD processor and a mobo that supports AMD processors.

 

[James Mason]

Im planning
And 8GB ram
I havent planned the cpu yet because i need to know which to get

Giving us your entire budget will help alot, but this is what I would recommend for general gaming:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 3GB Video Card (£169.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £638.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-19 19:29 GMT+0000)

This is a great build but why the i3-4130? Since this is a budget build I'd rather go for an AMD processor and a mobo that supports AMD processors.

The 4130 is the same price as an AMD FX 6300, but it performs better, and it has lower power requirements, which means a lower powered PSU, which means a cheaper PSU, which means more performance for the same money as an AMD FX 6300 (which is the current popular "budget" processor). Games don't make great use of six cores yet, and won't for a long while anyways. Games "generally" aren't CPU heavy, so two very good efficient cores will perform better the 6 not as efficient cores.

You could even shave off a few more dollars for a 750ti that performs only slightly less than 660, and it uses about half the power as well, which means the PSU can be made even cheaper.

 

[sora]

Im planning
And 8GB ram
I havent planned the cpu yet because i need to know which to get

Giving us your entire budget will help alot, but this is what I would recommend for general gaming:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 3GB Video Card (£169.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £638.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-19 19:29 GMT+0000)

This is a great build but why the i3-4130? Since this is a budget build I'd rather go for an AMD processor and a mobo that supports AMD processors.

The 4130 is the same price as an AMD FX 6300, but it performs better, and it has lower power requirements, which means a lower powered PSU, which means a cheaper PSU, which means more performance for the same money as an AMD FX 6300 (which is the current popular "budget" processor). Games don't make great use of six cores yet, and won't for a long while anyways. Games "generally" aren't CPU heavy, so two very good efficient cores will perform better the 6 not as efficient cores.

You could even shave off a few more dollars for a 750ti that performs only slightly less than 660, and it uses about half the power as well, which means the PSU can be made even cheaper.

Thanks for the clearup!