Biostar Hi-Fi A85W vs. Asrock FM2A85X Extreme6

[benitto]

Hey guys, i am building a new system for a friend of mine. Based on my own experience i wanna use the biostar motherboard for him to, but i also found the Asrock one with comparable specifications.

I am thinking to get 8 GB of RAM and a AMD Radeon HD7950. The processor is an AMD A10-5700.

The only thing thats left is a good motherboard. The price for both of them is in the same range just below 100 dollars. So what are your thoughts about that? Which one is the wiser choice?

 

[johnnyme]

hmmm, thats a tough one. Asrock belongs to Asus and does really great stuff with many features for low prices.

Both of them are having the Hudson Chipset and support DDR3-2400 for up to 64 GB.

I would say, just go with Biostar, its a decent choice.

 

[howies]

why are you getting an APU then putting a dedicated GPU in the system.

if your plan is to add a GPU into the system you would be better of getting an FX system, it will outperform the apu.

you can pick up a fx6300 6core for the same price as the A10-5700
and motherboards should be areound the same price aswell

 

[benitto]

hmm, thats a good point. I didnt really think about that. I didnt expect the graphics unit of the processor to be really a good alternative. For me i understand it is more a usual IGP, that i can only use for basic browsing stuff. In most cases this would be fine for me.

I did not order the complete system yet. If you think the APU is just fine, than i could even save the cash and get a faster processor though giving a lower price over all.

what do you think?