Help pushing my mobo to its limits

digitaldefector

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Thanks to the communities support I learned that I made a poor choice in components for my build. I want to use my pc for video editing, so far my choice of components have left me wanting. At the moment I'm using the onboard video card, but I want to upgrade for a card that supports dual monitors with hdmi and dvi connections. I want to top out the ram in dual channel mode, and need a faster cpu that's supported by my motherboard. I don't plan on overclocking, but if someone thinks its safe, my bios supports it. Oh, and I'm not using it for gaming.

This is the motherboard I'm using.

ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 AMD 760G (780L)/SB710 Motherboard - MicroATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 760G (780L)/SB710), DDR3 1866 MHz, USB 2.0, SATA II (3Gb/s), 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, PCIe 2.0, DirectX 10, CrossfireX

Two things to note;

1.I live in Canada, so if someone wants to link to specific part, if you don't mind, can you link to a Canadian site please. :)

2.I will be using Linux as the OS because this is what I'm comfortable with.

Thanks folks, your help has been invaluable.


 
you can upgrade to fx 8300 but i suggest you the fx 6300 because of the 95 watts...but you need to upgrade the bios
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A78LM_LX3/HelpDesk_Download/
about the gpu i do not know your budget..so?
 

digitaldefector

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Why because the fx 8300 uses more than 95 watts?
My budget is under $100 for a gpu.

Thanks for the help and I hope to hear back from you. :)

 
''Why because the fx 8300 uses more than 95 watts?''
sorry youre right , it use 95W ..my mistake

FX-6100 6 / 6 3.3 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB 95W $112 >
FX-6120 6 / 6 3.5 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 95W >
FX-6300 6 / 6 3.5 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 95W $112 >
FX-6200 6 / 6 3.8 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 125W $132 >
FX-6350 6 / 6 3.9 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 125W $132 >
FX-8100 8 / 8 2.8 GHz 3.7 GHz 8 MB 95W >
FX-8120 8 / 8 3.1 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 125W $153 >
FX-8120 (95W) 8 / 8 3.1 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 95W >
FX-8140 8 / 8 3.2 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 95W >
FX-8300 8 / 8 3.3 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 95W
FX-8320 8 / 8 3.5 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 125W $153 >
FX-8150 8 / 8 3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 125W $183 >
FX-8350 8 / 8 4 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 125W $195 >
FX-9370 8 / 8 4.4 GHz 4.7 GHz 8 MB 220W $224 >
FX-9590 8 / 8 4.7 GHz 5 GHz 8 MB 220W $306