[Jesherie]

Open to any AM2+ or AM3 suggestions.

 

[ketsjupelvis]

I can recomend Crosshair ll. its cheap and it packs a punch although its old

 

[TheOcelot]

I have my old AM2+ motherboard for sale here. It overclocks nicely and you can use it as a board to keep you busy before you get an enthusiast board. But other then that, a 785g board would work great.

 

[Jesherie]

I've thought about going to AM3 for the extra $100 or so, so can anyone recommend any cheap RAM?

 

[raisethe3]

I am confuse here. You want a DDR2 or DDR3 motherboard? The 955BE will support either way.

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Originally Posted by Jesherie I've thought about going to AM3 for the extra $100 or so, so can anyone recommend any cheap RAM?

 

[Jesherie]

I decided I might as well go to the AM3/DDR3 motherboard and spend an extra $100 on RAM.

 

[Drdeath]

How much $ would help a recommendation.

 

[Jesherie]

Eh, I'd like to keep it as close to $100 as possible for any motherboard recommendations.

 

[fssbzz]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...416R-_-Product

for future crossfire

 

[_CH_Skyline_]

Msi nf980-g65

edit- saw your ATI card, may not be for you

 

[jammy4041]

See a motherboard as a future investment - AMD are very good to their customers - there are rumors that Bobcat will be AM3+ - so any 870/880/890/X/GX/FX/ motherboard should support bobcat with a BIOS update.

I would recommend this:

http://tinyurl.com/y8ul2sh (Gigabyte 890GX)
Newegg has MSi and ASuS models.

If you decide to go AM2+ - I hear the six core Thuban (for AM3 socket) should be backwards compatible - its based on socket AM3 and has throttling capabilities for single threaded apps.