Which one to pick and other questions.

[Brent Palisoc]

Good day!

I need help choosing a motherboard for my AMD A10-6800k. My best candidate so far is the MSI A78M-E35 which I read from this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/msi-a78m-e35-gigabyte-ga-f2a78m-d3h,4160.html review is not that bad at all. And luckily, local retailer sells them. My only problem is that my CPU is FM2, and this board is FM2+, I know its compatible but there is a note in it's specification page that says "Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0". I checked all other FM2+ motherboards, and they all have this note.

If I will buy a graphics card in the future, possibly R7-260x or along those line, do I need to upgrade first to a FM2+ CPU to use the PCIe 3.0 slot? I have never used a graphics card before.

If yes, then I'll choose another motherboard the has a PCIe 3.0 slot AND PCIe 2.0 slot that is readily compatible for my CPU. My options are:
Asus A68HM-K https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A68HMK
GA-F2A78M-HD2 http://www.gigabyte.ph/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4909#ov

Btw, this is for replacing my broken Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H motherboard.

Thank you in advance!

 

[clutchc]

Don't worry about a thing. No, you won't be able to take advantage of PCIe 3.0, but there's not card I know of that can saturate PCIe 2.0 with an APU Anyway. And PCI Express is a backward compatible interface. So, you are fine with whichever card you choose. If the card is 3.0, you wouldn't notice any benefit even if APU was a Kevari.

 

[Brent Palisoc]

I sold the APU. I bought a G3258, MSI H81M-P33 and a R7-260x instead. Thanks anyway!