Cheap motherboards and high end PC components...?

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My brother thinks it's a bad idea to use high end AMD Athlon X4 processors and Radeon R7 260X GPU's etc on low end motherboards. I don't know whether this is true or not. He has built a damn expensive PC for 3D imaging and playing BF4 and Watchdogs, so he's the first port of call for all PC-related dilemmas, but unfortunately not this one. From what I know, the motherboard is just a connection for all the hardware and the GPU and the RAM chips and the HDD and the CPU and everything else. I could be wrong because he's built a PC and I haven't. I'm interested in building a gaming PC to play GTA IV and, when available on PC, GTA V, and I don't want the unit to blow up and take my eyeballs out before I get to type the password, but there again, I don't have as much of a budget as he has.

So anyway, is he right?

Anonymous · Answer

Well you're both right. A cheap motherboard will do the trick, yes, but not only will it have significantly less features it almost always has a lower life-span. I've never come across the motherboard being responsible for ruining other components so I wouldn't be too worried. but if its a case of spending a bit more money now for a longer lasting motherboard with more features I'd definitely recommend that, but as I say you can't go far wrong with a cheaper mobo.

Syndron · Answer

Correct. If you put a expensive graphics card on a cheap motherboard, not only the compatibility will be off, but there will be some connections that will be fried, and waste another $500 on another computer.

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Cheap motherboards and high end PC components...?

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