AtenRa
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- Feb 2, 2009
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I would get this one. Price seems to be right as well.
I have that board with a Core i7 920, but that price is laughable.
He can get a new FX8320 + 990FX AM3+ motherboard for less than $300.
AMD FX8320 = $150
The CPU has a 125W TDP Cooler and it will be able to OC to 4.2GHz. At that clock and price it is faster than any Socket 1366 6-core CPU on default cooler OC or not in x264.
ASROCK Fatal1ty 990FX Killer = $125
The board even has M2 Socket, 6x SATA-III and USB3. All of that are missing from the majority of socket 1366 boards.
Total = $275
If you want cheaper, ASUS M5A97 R2.0 at $90 will get you down to $240 for both the CPU and the Motherboard. Again the CPU can be OCed to 4.2GHz with its default cooler.
Those 1366 boards are way too expensive.