New Motherboard Requirements

[nz_kiwis]

I have a ASUS M4A77TD Pro motherboard and it's starting to fail.

I have a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor and a GTS250 & GTX 750 Ti Video Card.

When I shop for my new Motherboard how do I know my Video Card & CPU will fit?

 

[Robert Cook]

First off is that a Phenom II X4 965 Black edition? if so great CPU!
you will want an AM3 or AM3+ board, that will always work with your CPU, and thus its PCIE slots are guaranteed to work with your GPU. if you have a Black edition Phenom, and you want to OC, spend some money on a decent mid range board with a 970 or 990FX chipset and OC that phenom! if not, just get a basic AM3+ board as AM3 boards are getting old and often offer minimal price savings. Are you using both GPUs? and if so in what setup? SLI is a no go for you as those two cards do not match. I would aim for a board with two PCIE 16X slots ( make sure they can actually run at at least 16X, 8X).

 

[nz_kiwis]

Would this match?
http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=MBDASU3005&name=Asus-M5A97-R2.0-AMD-970-ATX-SB950-Socket-AM3+-DDR3

 

[Robert Cook]

yes, but the second PCIE lane is limited to x4, so it would make some GPU bottle necks unless you put your 250 in it.

 

[Kevovaz]

I think you should go for an AM3+ board, since you can upgrade to one of the newer chips in the future, OCing a little wouldn't hurt either. I'll assume that you only use the 750 Ti, this board should be enough for most people's needs.
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-6Gbps-Socket-Motherboards-GA-970A-DS3P/dp/B00CX4MUCC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451687967&sr=8-2&keywords=am3%2B+970+motherboard

 

[Robert Cook]

^ same PCIE restraints though...
We still need to know if that is a black edition phenom. I really hope it is.

 

[nz_kiwis]

How do I tell this?

 

[Kevovaz]

^ same PCIE restraints though...
We still need to know if that is a black edition phenom. I really hope it is.

I don't think that it would affect him though, in a normal use scenario he would only use the first slot, and it's not like he can SLI the 750 Ti to begin with. So I don't think he needs a board that's too expensive.

 

[nz_kiwis]

No I'm on a budget, I use RAID0 though.

I have a GTS 250 now but have the option of a GTX 750 TI which I may use shortly. I wont use them together.

 

[Robert Cook]

Ah that makes more sense. yeah in that case wither board mentioned works just fine.

 

[nz_kiwis]

I think you should go for an AM3+ board, since you can upgrade to one of the newer chips in the future, OCing a little wouldn't hurt either. I'll assume that you only use the 750 Ti, this board should be enough for most people's needs.
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-6Gbps-Socket-Motherboards-GA-970A-DS3P/dp/B00CX4MUCC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451687967&sr=8-2&keywords=am3%2B+970+motherboard

Can you order boards from the USA and work in another country with different power supplies?

110v vs 220v power?

 

[Robert Cook]

Power supplies must be input specific, as in a 220V power supply must be fed 220 ( good luck swapping it though as the plugs are different) however the output voltages are the same, so my 120v power supply still does the 12 3 and 5 volt out puts as a 220 v one would. the motherboard then uses this 3 5 and 12 v rails to run.

 

[CountMike]

Most PSUs in last few years can use 100 - 250vAC without manual switch.

 

[Robert Cook]

Oh nein es ist graf orlock jest stirben wir alle...
Nice nos veratchu profile picture.
And good point I have a lot of old power supplies lying around so it makes sense I never really noticed. just make sure it can run on both and at 50Hz and 60Hz.