Best motherboard for an AMD Phenom X3 720BE

I am little confuse in choosing a motherboard for phenom x3 720. Someone please help me in choosing a best motherboard. my budget is around Rs. 7000. please suggest between asus, gigabyte and biostar. Does anyone know the price of Asus M4A78 Pro or Asus M4A78-E. Is this motherboard available in india? Its urgent

Gigabyte or Biostar depending on your budget...

no those boards are not launched in india even i wanted a cheap M4 board
any ways i was looking for :::::::::::-------------
1} the cheapest mobo
2} that supports PHENOM II X3 720
3} has only 1 pci e x16 slot and
4} 2 or 4 ram sticks(i prefere just 2 slots)
5} really bad IGP
6} and can over clock the cpu to a decent amount

...........................pls guys suggest somthing

i prefere 770 chipset as i use only 1 grfx crd ,,,,which is a cheap and reiable mobo????????????????????????????????????
MSI K9A2 Neo-F
Gigabyte MA770-DS3
Asus M3A
-MA790GP-DS4H
GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
G-B MA78GM-S2H


770-C35=======am3 socket
guys come on give some views i dont want to scrach my head alone

Ok lets think for a minute here, u are ready to get a 720be, ok so go for a biostar which dont cost much, get the 790 chipset with sb750, and if you get a 0904____ cpu, u got yourself a 940BE at around 65-70% the price. I have done this, carefully choosing the mobo, thinking abt a future upgrade to a 720be. Now it has everything else you wanted a single pcieX16 slot and 4 solts for ram and a decent onboard IGP which you can use between GPU's or if something happens to your current GPU. My bet would be on the TA790GXB A2+, which costs abt 4,500 bucks.

thanks a lot for that buddy !!!!1
do u think that mobos with no igp cost less than the ones with IGP??
do u have any idea of what some of the combo deals are???
and which is the cheapest avalible am3 socket mobo???

Actually Mb with no IGP costs more.. They are enthusiast mb and are generally available in premium segment consider 790FX..

So you better be off with good 780G or low end 790GX

Cheapest AM3 socket based be Jetway Ha08

i really thank u for that!!
just wanted to ask is Jetway Ha08 a good and reliable brand will that mobo last for 3 years if i over clock is once in 3 days
and the price range of 770 and 780g chipsets are almost the same i will not use crossfire as i will be getting a palit4850 ,,,which chipset could performe better with regards to frames per second only!!!

The chipset will have no relevence to fps, as far as the 4850 goes. Please look at either a Biostar as mentioned earlier or look for a good gigabyte one. The Asus ones are a bit overpriced and have the same features. Overclocking has very little to do with life of a mobo, unless you really overdo it. As long as your temps and voltages are under control you will not have a problem with Gigabyte, Biostar or Jetway. Jetway are a bit tough to get though.

get Asus M3A 780G mobo for 4.5-5k...has all the features of high end mobos.

Asus M3A78-VM or M3A78-EM is the best choice for this budget range:

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even thou they r not in indian site, they r available in india

i think go for a gigabyte mobo its cheap if ur in chennai......

guys can i overclock a dual core cpu..?@1.6ghz

Open a separate thread in the overclocking section, you'll get answers there. and before opening a thread do some googling around to know about the basics of overclocking like voltages, fsb,multipliers etc etc...
and by the way welcome to TE

@govinda123: Get Biostar, they are cheap and as reliable as other brands. Don't get Asus, their ASS is too bad and really bad at Bios Updates. Getting DDR3 or DDR2 (AM3/AM2+) is at your hands. You need to decide whether to get good DDR2s along with an AM2+ board now and be happy with that or get the cheapest DDR3 ram along with an AM3 board and when good DDR3 rams become cheaper buy 4gb with tight timings.

770's not worth it..better get the 785G mobos'''' they are the best(i mean the ASUS 785G EVO is)