EggXpert

i just ordered parts for a new build... being the noob i am... i skimped on the motherboard, after going through the forum, ive found out the mobo is quite an important part.... originally i purchased the ECS GeForce7050M  could someone point me out a little bit better of a mobo?... i'm only going to be running a athlon x2 4600+ on it for now, but plan to upgrade to a quad core soon.... suggestions? ....

Try GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

 

mrbiggums:

Try GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

 

looks great!, i guess my next question now is it says standard ram is DDR2 1066.... will my DDR2 800 work with this? i've already gotten 4 gigs of DDR2 800 on the way

nevermind! answered my own question by looking at the PDF manual... thanks mrbiggums

mrbiggums:

Try GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128335

is that board the same thing as the one you showed me?... loks like they both have the exact same features cept one is micro and the other is full atx

Yeah thoose are basically the same board.

I used the GA-MA78G-S2H on my last build and I love it hands down the best board I've ever personnaly used.  Tons of features good overclockability rock solid stable and gigabyte support.

If you are serious about going to quad core in the near future you might want to look into one of the 790 chipset boards as they generally have more power phases.  the 780 was really designed to be as energy efficient as possible so it could run hard in a cramped case with little or no fan noise for HTPC's.  This will limit what phenoms are compatable with the board check the list before you buy and see if the cpu's your looking at are supported, although I'm quite sure in the future we will be seeing more energy efficient offerings in the phenom series from AMD.

Mark