What motherboard and processor would be good?

[cpl_dan]

im thinking of rebuilding my computer and was looking at frys and other websites for good boards and processors.

heres my mission spending 400.00 or less what is the best deal i can get for a good motherboard and processor together

applications mostly for use in searching the web and on occasion play some games not much of a gamer just like to have a fast computer.



any ideas would be appreciated.....

[nmerced]

Newegg.com has deals going on everyday.

As far as MB/Processor goes, I prefer ASUS MB with an Intel i7 processor.

[cpl_dan]

are there any specific brands some better than others or they all generally similar?

[JDay]

Newegg.com has deals going on everyday.

As far as MB/Processor goes, I prefer ASUS MB with an Intel i7 processor.

Not going to happen with his budget.

cpl_dan: What kind of ram and video card do you have currently? Knowing that will help since if your ram is not compatible you will have to replace that and if your video card is not PCI-E you will need to replace that also.

ETA: If you don't mind spending around $500 on the motherboard + CPU bundle and shelling out the extra money for triple channel DDR3, AND you already have a PCI-E video card I would go with this i7 bundle.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.466117

are there any specific brands some better than others or they all generally similar?

ASUS motherboards are some of the best on the market. The one in the bundle I linked to is very nice, it has USB 3.0 and SATA III, these are the latest offerings of those technologies on the market.

[cpl_dan]

well i thinking to replace the ram and video card anyway but i would like to find the best motherboard and processor at the best price thanks for the input.. how about windows program do any come with a bundle as well?

[JDay]

well i thinking to replace the ram and video card anyway but i would like to find the best motherboard and processor at the best price thanks for the input.. how about windows program do any come with a bundle as well?

If you buy at least the motherboard and CPU from Newegg you can get an OEM copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for $175. The is the same as the retail but discounted for system builders. That's about a $100 discount.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116762

[Mr10]

i7-930 for 199.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0331303

pickup only tho.

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this MB SLI LE Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049&cm_re=sli_x58-_-13-188-049-_-Product

179.99 AR.

Hope this helps!

[avidone]

This pair ain't to shabby for your budget:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.457463

and hey, it comes with a bunny!

[thevic]

my cpu is a neuro-net processor, a learning computer...

[cpl_dan]

looks good to me

[CSDGuy]

For about $200 I got an Athalon II and a Gigabyte motherboard. I was able to use my existing RAM and other components. For another $60-ish, I got a new video card and my machine has a windows experience rating of 5.0, where the old card/cpu/mobo had a rating of 3.3...

[JDay]

This pair ain't to shabby for your budget:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.457463

and hey, it comes with a bunny!

The socket 1156 i7 CPUs aren't true i7's. Socket 1366 is much faster.

[Spearo]

AMD > Intel
ATI > nVidia

AMD CPUs are cheaper, run cooler, and faster for the given rating. Also handle overclocking very well, with minimal modifications done to cooling.
Been hearing people have been frying their nVidia graphics cards on Star Craft 2. Apparently Star Craft has no FPS limit, thus the cards have been working too hard and frying. So far no ATI users have complained about any problems.

If you want overpriced technology, go Intel.

Don't forget http://www.tigerdirect.com/

[cpl_dan]

so AMD is a good contender , which chip and board are the best and at a great price ? i was thinking of building with an Amd chip and asus motherboard.

[Lancear15]

go to frys pick up this months PC gamer magazine, go to the very back of the mag, and see what they recommend for a budget rig that month...