What mobo should I buy?
>am3
>will be running unlocked phenom 960t so 140W tdp? Fuck if I know
>need only 1 pcie, but at least 2 pci so none of that microscopic form factor crap
>had asus m4a87td previously, but bought it faulty for dirt cheap with 2 ram slots dead and I wanna download more ram
>usb3 is not a priority, but nice
>don't really care about nics or integrated soundcards, got my own
Should I just go and buy the same but functioning and scam someone with mine on ebay?
Take the cheapest 970 chipset mobo you can get
>>55319923
Forgot to add
>no gaymes, it's my daw pc
>ddr3, because I've already got 8 gigs of that
>>55319998
Why shouldn't I just stick with 870? Seems cheaper.
Bumpu
>>55319923
dragon dildo
>>55320162
>it's my daw pc
what?
>ddr3, because I've already got 8 gigs of that
you need to buy exactly the same stick if you want to expand otherwise you might run into issues
>usb3 is not a priority, but nice
all mobos in the last 3years have usb3
>>55320930
>daw
Digital audio workstation. I make music on it. That's why I don't need some pro gayming meme motherboard that costs twice the amount because it's got radiators on everything.
>you need to buy exactly the same stick if you want to expand otherwise you might run into issues
Oh? Well, I've got mismatched 4+4 and it runs fine. Maybe I got lucky.
>all mobos in the last 3years have usb3
Don't need the latest and greatest. My current one is from 2011 and has usb3, but it wasn't that common then.
>>55319923
bleach
If you gonna buy a new board, then its 990fx sb and either Asus Sabertooth R2.0, Crosshair Formula, Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 rev4 (or UD7, if you can find it) or Asrock Extreme9. They are the only boards with decent VRM configurations.
>>55320162
>Why shouldn't I just stick with 870? Seems cheaper.
Of top of my head, i cant remember a single good (VRM is really the single biggest factor in a mobo, been since the pc clone erupted) 870 chipset board, but again, there is many good 890 boards. They are hard to find though.
>>55321216
>>55321278
What makes a vrm config decent?
>>55321548
Enough phases, decent doubling. Proper heatsinks to the mosfets should not be dismissed either.
The Stilt gave a pretty good explanation on overclock.net recently: http://www.overclock.net/t/1601970/which-of-these-mobos-are-the-best/50#post_25230296
