Thoughts on Mobo

inovo

Hey y'all,

Being offered a ASRock H61M/U3S3 iCafe mobo for nothing for a build i'm considering. Any experience/thoughts on this?

Serephucus

What's your budget for the build? It's a fairly low-end board. I wouldn't use it unless your build is around €500 (at most).

inovo

1. What is your budget? €700 - €800

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming & CAD

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? Yes

6. Do you need any peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

8. How can you pay? Visa

9. When are you purchasing? next couple of weeks

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Cork

Serephucus

I don't know why people keep deleting the monitor questions... What size and resolution of monitor are you looking for?

inovo

23" adequate for gaming. nothing ott

Serephucus

How's this look?

Item|Price
FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse Core 1000 black|€29.54
ASRock H61M-DG3/USB3, Sockel 1155, mATX|€44.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's|€48.05
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (SB-Version)|€80.84
8GB G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€45.14
LG Flatron IPS234V|€149.00
Intel Core i3-3210 Box, LGA1155|€105.00
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€45.38
PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 Boost State, 3GB GDDR5|€262.38
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€829.09

I went mostly for graphics performance. You could scale back a couple of things and fit an SSD in if you wanted.