need help with motherboard

someguy827

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hello, i am building a gaming PC, and i am looking for a motherboard, but i am confused by all the chooses. here are my specs:

amd fx 6300
sapphire radeon 7870 xt
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
WD Black 500GB 7200RPM
Samsung 840 series 120GB
case will depend on mobo

could anyone recommend a good mobo for these specs?
thanks
 
Here's what I came up with for you

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($146.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.13 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($92.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($249.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $815.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-11 19:59 EDT-0400)

I left the optical drive, case and OS out of the build there - note that I selected a very feature rich motherboard which also support legacy IDE devices - you could go less expensive since it is on the 'pricy' side for an AMD board
 
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