Help me pick a new AM3+ motherboard please!

[amythompson172]

So I have a 350 buget for building a new pc all i need is a cpu/motherboard and video card. I'm down to these 4 to pick from, but other ideas for builds are more than welcome. thank you.

Links to the boards:
Biostar AM3+ 990FX SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard TA990FXE

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards

ASUS LGA 1155 - Z68 - PCIe 3.0 and UEFI BIOS Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2200 LGA 1155 Motherboards P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3

 

[raybay]

They are all good boards. We use Gigabyte boarfds in our compuer for resale, becasue we have found we have fewer failures and problems that come waling back into the shop.

But otherwise, I would probably go with the ASUS LGA 1155 for my own computer build

It would be helpful to know how you use a computer... how you connect... how much of your work has to do with images... games... high speed work, and whether it would be used by children or old folks.

 

[slh28]

First you have to decide if you want an AMD or Intel processor, you have to look at the performance/price ratio for the CPU and motherboard together.

 

[Buckshot420]

Are you in the U.S.? Do you live near a Micro Center? What purpose is this build for, gaming?

 

[lp670sv]

I have the Gigabyte board in my current build and it's been running great so far. I'm not 100% certain it's reporting my CPU temps correctly though (I have a thread on here about that exact topic actually) so if you plan to do any overclocking I'd wait until I have a consensus on that first. Wouldn't want you frying your new FX processor because of a faulty censor.

 

[Vollezar]

LGA 1155 for AM3?

Personally I use GA 990XA-UD3 and are pretty happy with it. But you should make sure you get memory from their compatible list.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Save some money, and get this motherboard instead. You don't need the extra bells and whistles on the 990FX motherboards.

 

[OLBY]

@amythompson172 , which was your choice?