Xernicus Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Heya guys!I have been in the process of acquiring parts to build a nice, cute little new PC, and I've got everything bought except for the motherboard....I'm specifically looking at two, both sold on NewEgg.MOBO #1: GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4602#ov) MOBO #2: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/) Both support easy BIOS recovery, overclocking support, core unlockers, though I like that the GIGABYTE has the UEFI support, as well as a unique MOSFET design to reduce temperatures and the supposedly high-quality integrated sound. I have a DAC right now, though I'm not all that fond of it because of it's crappy amplification (powered by USB).The ASUS has the 4 expansions slots going for it though, however I do not plan to be using the legacy PCI slots. (Seriously though, I saw a AM3+ uATX mobo with a SERIAL port. What. )Any feedback is appreciated, I am leaning towards the Gigabyte right now, however I am open to all suggestions. In addition, if someone has a link for a uATX motherboard that has 4 PCIe slots, that would seriously be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare2BeFair / Captain. Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I'm actually trying to get like a small PC, but haven't had time or money to actually do it. Sry can't help :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernicus Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 I'm actually trying to get like a small PC, but haven't had time or money to actually do it. Sry can't help :/ Well when you get the chance to, I'm happy to help. I'm just indecisive when it comes down to things like GPUs and motherboards. I do have another Micro ATX mobo, but it has one of those godawful all-in-one northbridge/southbridge/graphics chips and it's beyond fried because the heat sink supplied was nowhere near adequate, it was really a joke of a mobo to begin with though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernicus Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Quick update: I guess I haven't really looked at all of my options here. o.O I just found at least 3 more uATX mobo's on Gigabyte's website that have better chipsets than the budget 760G that would be on the one in my original posting. Nope. Not being sold any more. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulsaGeoff Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I like the Gigabyte at first glance. More users chose it as well. I speak without doing any research on it though. What case are you cramming it all into? I like these small builds as well, but usually end up going full tower . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_Kings_Fan Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I did my mATX build a couple years ago now ... http://fearless-assassins.com/topic/19961-new-matx-gaming-rig-im-working-on/ you really can't go wrong with the high end ROG ASUS stuff IMO, current day Asus mATX MoBo options I'd go with ... - ASUS MAXIMUS VI GENE LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard @ http://www.asus.com/us/ROG_ROG/MAXIMUS_VI_GENE/ .... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131975 = $199.00 - ASUS GRYPHON Z87 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard @ http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/GRYPHON_Z87/ ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131977 = $165.00 - ASUS Z87M-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard @ https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z87MPLUS/ ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131984 = $129.00 ================= on the AMD option side is a lot more limited, and I'm not as familiar with the option open to you ... personally I'd go Intel ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernicus Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 on the AMD option side is a lot more limited, and I'm not as familiar with the option open to you ... personally I'd go Intel ! I already have the AMD AM3 CPU, that's why I'm going with the AMD mobo. I went ahead and posted an order for the Gigabyte mobo that I linked to, as well as some new gaming RAM- Crucial Ballistix. Should arrive in 2-3 days. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernicus Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 I like the Gigabyte at first glance. More users chose it as well. I speak without doing any research on it though. What case are you cramming it all into? I like these small builds as well, but usually end up going full tower . This would be the case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352034 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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