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Garcian Smith on 08 April 2010
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Adjudicator said:

In the OP the hobo box has a motherboard that is only limited to 4GB of RAM. I was thinking of getting one with a bit more expandability such as
MSI 770-C45

MSI AM3 NF750-G55

Biostar A770E3

These can all go up to 16GB and the Biostar is only about $6 more. Should I stay away from these brands or what ? Thanks

 

Edit: Also your opinion on the Antec 300 case.

Sorry if any of this was answered already, please note that I am unable to shop at newegg because of where I live ( I recognize it as the standard here for pricing) amazon or ebay is where I am limited to.

MSI is an excellent mobo manufacturer, right up there with ASUS. Biostar a bit less so, but you should be fine with that one too.

As for the Antec 300, I've heard it called the, "Centurion 5 for people who don't know better." It's basically the same price as the Centurion, except with no reset button or toolless mounts or room for 3.5" floppy drives or card readers and less room and manual-control fans that can't attach to your mobo's fan controller. So basically if all you have to spend is $50ish then either get a Centurion 5 or pay a bit extra for a Mini P180.



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