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My friends computer just died and he donated the cpu to me (motherboard was completely dead)
Should I order a Chinese motherboard and overclock it, or should I not be cheap and get an i3 4170/6100 or fx6300 instead? It's an i5 750.
How much difference will there be in performance between the i5 at let's say 3.8ghz, vs a newer i3?
Australian prices would be $170 for the i3 and +60 for a basic motherboard.
Or if I get the Chinese one it'll be around 80 dollars after conversion for cpu+ mobo.
This will be my first desktop, I'm usually on my vaio laptop for computer related things.
I may or may not also pick up on video games since I have a few friends who want me to join them.
How much of a difference would there be between h55 and p55?
I'll obviously add heatsinks to the motherboard.
Bump?
>>52258942
That mobo is colored like it was made of legos
>>52263187
Color or aesthetics doesn't bother me, I just picked that because it was amongst the cheapest and offered 2 pcie x16 slots.
The p55 one is 5 dollars cheaper, but doesn't have the heatsink so I'm not sure about power phases or overclocking. Not really expecting anything fancy though, just a stable overclock.
>>52263187
>caring about the color of your parts
fuck off
>>52258942
Never cheap out on your motherboard, friend.
Let's have rate eachother's motherboards. I'll start.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128717
My only gripe with mine is the PCI slots.
> motherboard so cheap the listing has to say that it's "100% original"
Are you a gambling man, OP?
>>52263671
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1887208
Found this, same motherboard as in my OP, but then again it is from China so it'll be a gamble.
>>52263547
I'd rather cheap out on the motherboard than the power supply though.
>>52263619
Nice. 2 full x16 slots.
And don't hate pci.
>>52263789
Noo, you're able to get yourself a good powersupply for dirt cheap. Motherboards are much more important than the powersupply.
I'm Australian mate.
And I'd rather not settle on a power supply less than 700w with an 80+ bronze rating.
