Motherboard help...

[H2O Krevan]

I am looking for a new motherboard to replace the one I currently have in my tower. I have looked at NewEgg and found one that from what I can see looks like it would be a good replacement. I just would like to see what the community could suggest if there is anything better out there. I am not an experienced builder so I honestly don't know what to look for as far as compatibility and specs wise.

This is the tower I bought from NewEgg...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229181

This is the motherboard I found for replacement...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130290

Thanks if anyone can help me.

~Krevan

[H2O sobe]

I've honestly somewhat stayed out of the way of MSI due to a lot of the boards not being much for overclocking/tweaking, but I found these on the Egg that I would certainly recommend:

ASUS M4A87TD EVO (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647) - $105

GIGABYTE GA-870A-USB3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128485) - $95

I would definitely recommend these 2 as they are probably the "big 2" as far as motherboard companies go, they offer USB 3.0, as well as SATA III (SATA 6.0Gb/s). You may be thinking, but they cost more, I'll say now, if you get any future upgrades like a new hard drive that is SATA III, you wont want to use on a motherboard that only supports SATA II (3Gb/s), as the performance would be even worse than just getting a SATA II capable drive.

Beyond that, if you get a USB 3.0 device that may come out in the future be it phone, mp3, etc., you will be able to attain the faster transfer rates using these ports vs standard USB 2.0.


Those would be my 2 suggestions.