Which budget board?

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toronado455
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Which budget board?

Post by toronado455 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:11 pm

I'm possibly building a low-budget system with a cheap Sandy Bridge Pentium and need to choose a board to put it on.
Each of these is around $70 on NewEgg:

ASUS P8H61-M LE/CSM (REV 3.0)
ASRock H61M/U3S3
MSI H61M-E23 (B3)
BIOSTAR B75MU3+

Is any a standout, or are they all about the same?

HFat
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Re: Which budget board?

Post by HFat » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:09 am

My guess would be that the MSI board is the most efficient and that the Asus board has the best features.
The B75 board has a different chipset than the others of course.

If you don't want anything in particular, you could simply buy the cheapest board.

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