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  1. Under Dizzle

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    I need some suggestions for a build

    I have everything for my PC, minus the motherboard.

    The CPU is a an AMD FX-8350. - http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD8350FRH...F8&qid=1393200504&sr=8-2&keywords=amd+fx+8350

    Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146075
    I know its cheap, but I didn't see any reason to spend 100+ on a case just for its looks.

    Anyways, I'd like to spend less than 100 on a motherboard, but if its absolutely needed, ill go around 200.

    This says that it supports an 8 core processor: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M5A97-R2...F8&qid=1392012669&sr=1-6&keywords=motherboard

    is there any reason I couldn't/don't want to use it? Will it even fit in the case?
    Thanks :)

    GPU: GTX 770
    PSU: Corsair 750 watt
    Ram 8GB (dual channel)
    1tb 7200 RPM hard drive.

    If you need any additional info, let me know.
     
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    Under can you elaborate more on what exactly your building this for?

    We need a little more than just what you've listed... Like your price range, etc. What exactly you have, etc. It's all important to us actually helping you out. :)
     
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    I'm going to be using it for gaming, I actually have the whole PC set up, I'm just swapping out the motherboard and cpu.

    I'll list all of the individual parts in the original post :)
     
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    It's not the most feature rich motherboard but it'll fit.
     
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    This is what I'm curious about. What sort of features am I missing out on by buying a cheaper board? I won't be overclocking.
     
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    Well, when I initially looked over the specs of the motherboard, it looked like a really nice board.... And then I looked more closely at the specs. PCI-E 2.0 (x16/4)

    http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASUS-M5A97-R20-Motherboard/1772

    The problems with that will be that if you put in a graphics card (such as your GTX 770) that uses PCI-E 3.0, it will be severely bottlenecked on your board.

    It's also limited on USB 3.0 external ports, but that's no big deal so long as you don't have a million external devices that use that. I'm not sure if TBT has any other limiting factors on this device aside from those two initials, but yeah. :)
     
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    Older audio chipset, PCI slots, PCI-E 2.0, lack of USB 3.0 ports.
     
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    I've been told PCI-E 3.0 is just more of a future proofing thing, and that even a titan or 780ti will work at full with 2.0
    http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1720725/gtx-770-pci-x16-bottleneck.html
    if you scroll down, you can see some benchmarks. :)
     
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