Motherboard kaput! Need a specific replacement.

[Losty]

My Asus M4N82 has stopped working and needs replacing. The problem I have is in a few months I am going to do a full upgrade of ram, cpu and mobo. Right now I want something that will support my current cpu and ram. Budget is around £60.

Phenom II X4 965
4x2GB HyperX DDR2 1066
Zotac 560ti 448 Cores 1280MB

One of the problems I had with the M4N82 is it couldn't support my 4 DDR2 dimms at 1066, only 800. So if I can get a little boost here with the replacement that would be great.

Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get this Gigabyte , it has an 8+2 power phase design and will be good for an upgrade in the future.

Also supports your current CPU.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £64.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-16 21:17 GMT+0000)

 

[M0j0jojo]

will this do not expensive at all and reliable brand. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-970ag46

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The MSI G45 and G46 are known for thermal problems don't buy one of those , get the one i linked above.

 

[M0j0jojo]

Get this Gigabyte , it has an 8+2 power phase design and will be good for an upgrade in the future.

Also supports your current CPU.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £64.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-16 21:17 GMT+0000)

The MSI G45 and G46 are known for thermal problems don't buy one of those , get the one i linked above.

yours does not support SLI only crossfire.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

He will need too upgrade the ram to DDR3 for my board link also , doesn't support DDR2.

 

[M0j0jojo]

Found a new on EBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-M4A78-PRO-AMD-780G-HDMI-Phenom-II-support-Socket-AM3-AM2-ATX-Motherboard-/271196382870?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3f24906696

 

[Losty]

I should probably add that SLI support could be a good option to have.

 

[Losty]

M0j0jojo,

That board you listed says it's DDR3.

 

[M0j0jojo]

M0j0jojo,

That board you listed says it's DDR3.

the one i found on ebay or the first one. The first is DDR3 and the ebay one is DDR2 and it will support ur dims.

 

[Losty]

Ah yeah. The ebay one isn't SLI.

 

[M0j0jojo]

I found another this one supports SLI and DDR2 however you only have 5 hours to purchase this. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/m4n98td-evo-asus-motherboard-/251471622424?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3a8ce07118

 

[M0j0jojo]

wait never mind it doesnt support DDR2

 

[Losty]

DDR3?

 

[M0j0jojo]

I cant find a mother that both has SLI and DDR2 Support. its either sli with DDR3 or just DDR2 with no SLI. you might wanna buy DDR3 rams.

 

[Losty]

I'm looking myself and realise this is a difficult find.

 

[Losty]

Thanks for your help anyway.

 

[Losty]

I think I may have found a compatible board with everything I want.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/K9N2_SLI_Platinum__K9N2_Zilent.html#/?div=Overview

It doesn't list my cpu as compaitible but it appears with a BIOS update this should be possible. Although information on this is scarce!

 

[M0j0jojo]

according to overclock.net it can be done with an update but idk if u need AM2 cpu to first get the update. http://www.overclock.net/t/872179/msi-k9n2-sli-platinum-am3

 

[Losty]

I have got an AM2 CPU and the 965 is definitely supported. Seems like this should work. As you mentioned SLI I had a look and found a twin for 560 ti for £100 which should see me get a nice boost in games and the memory will now be operating at it's correct speed. Seems like a good boost until I do a full upgrade.

 

[M0j0jojo]

Sounds good...and the 560 Ti will do great in SLI.

 

[sora]

I'd be careful buying off eBay but as long as the buyer has decent feedback you should be fine.