connor776 Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I need to find an adequate mother bord to be used with an AMD Phenom II 940? I also only have about 117$?! If you know of any board please let me know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I need to find an adequate mother bord to be used with an AMD Phenom II 940? I also only have about 117$?! If you know of any board please let me know! well that depends do you already have DDR2 memory, or were you ok with purchasing DDR3 memory? do you need onboard graphics? this is my board I am using a phenomII X3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128384 it has onboard graphics and HD sound chip and uses DDR2 you can buy the same board for 80$+ without the onboard graphics if you want to get even cheaper you can get a foxcon but I dont know about them much Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
connor776 Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 well that dependsdo you already have DDR2 memory, or were you ok with purchasing DDR3 memory? do you need onboard graphics? this is my board I am using a phenomII X3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128384 it has onboard graphics and HD sound chip and uses DDR2 you can buy the same board for 80$+ without the onboard graphics if you want to get even cheaper you can get a foxcon but I dont know about them much Well I have 2GB DDR2 ram and I need the graphics and the board in under 117$ so if this is crazy let me know?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocre Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Well I have 2GB DDR2 ram and I need the graphics and the board in under 117$ so if this is crazy let me know?! No its not crazy. do you want onboard or discrete GPU? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
connor776 Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 No its not crazy. do you want onboard or discrete GPU? Can You explain the difference and also what ram would you use that is under 27$? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ajmatson Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I have a couple of DDR2 boards (Sapphire 790GX, ASUS M3A78-T, and maybe a couple more) if you are interested. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
connor776 Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I have a couple of DDR2 boards (Sapphire 790GX, ASUS M3A78-T, and maybe a couple more) if you are interested. 1 How much $$ 2 Will I be able to use a phenom II x4 940 3 will I need to also buy a Graphics card? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maj0rgamer Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) Can You explain the difference and also what ram would you use that is under 27$? onboard video is video implemented into the motherboard... a motherboard that has a vga/dvi or etc. connection for video already on it (built in). this is usually not going to give much performance in gaming, but should do just fine in anything else. a discrete graphics (video) card, on the other hand, is something like this or this... one being something very decent and one being top of the line at the moment (unless something else has already come out). a discrete graphics (or video) card is going to yield much better results in gaming than most if not all onboard video. slightly over $27 at the moment and only 2GB, but this should serve as quality ram. Edited June 10, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
connor776 Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 onboard video is video implemented into the motherboard... a motherboard that has a vga/dvi or etc. connection for video already on it (built in). this is usually not going to give much performance in gaming, but should do just fine in anything else. a discrete video (video card) on the other hand, is something like this or this... one being something very decent and one being top of the line at the moment (unless something else has already come out). a discrete graphics (or video) card is going to yield much better results in gaming than most if not all onboard video. well I only have 577$ total and that includes shipping costs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxHellxRaizerxX Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) look at the board in my sig. The TA790GX 128M is a really good board and it's only $110. Supports CF and has really good OC features. The onboard Video is about as good as you will see for onboard and it has it's own memory so it won't have to share with your System RAM. Edited June 10, 2009 by XxHellxRaizerxX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maj0rgamer Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) well I only have 577$ total and that includes shipping costs that's okay... they were meant as examples, but you should be able to get the first discrete video card (the ati 4650) easily within that budget. this is assuming you plan to game... if you're not a gamer, then you really don't have to have a discrete graphics card. have you done specs on a build, because for $577 you should be able to do better than what it seem like here... if you have bought anything please list it. if not, why not have some folks around here spec you out a few builds to choose from... you should end up with a quality video card and a nice build for $577 Edited June 10, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Please give us a list of all pieces you need to buy with that $577 and we will come up with something great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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