Recommend a motherboard please

Johnboy1951

I have a Core i3-3225 CPU unused and am considering a build from spare parts that I can find around the place.

My preferences would include

One SATA 600 for SSD and a min of 4 altogether the others could be SATA 300

Gigabit LAN (be nice if there were two)

USB 3 x 2 (min) the balance being USB 2

HDMI & VGA

3 x PCI-e one of them PCI-e 2.0 (min) x 16

DDR3 RAM 8 GB min


I don't want to splurge on this motherboard.
I would intend to use it for everyday use (no gaming at all), so on line use including video at full HD would probably the heaviest use this machine will get, except for intermittent video transcoding or such.

I expect I have RAM, case, PSU, keyboard, mouse and display.
The on board graphics will be sufficient for the present, but the option to insert a card if required is needed.

I am not a bit worried about the board size, provided it has all the connections required.

I really am not in any way current with motherboards or what might be best or available.
The main thing is CHEAP

I know ... a strange request ... but maybe someone will have some ideas for me ...

Johnboy1951

The closest I have found so far is this one

http://www.dabs.ie/products/asrock-b75m-r2-0-intel-lga1155-b75-matx-ddr3-gigabit-lan-usb-3-0-B5WH.html?refs=469740000-4294945020&src=3

It has only 2 PCI-e slots with PCI also, but has USB 3, SATA 600 and HDMI.

I could probably live with the absence of one PCI-e from my ideal.

Unfortunately it is out of stock .....

..... so still looking .....

Johnboy1951

Went to order that Asrock motherboard ..... discontinued

Anybody got a recommendation?

wotzgoingon

Why do you need so many PCI-e if your not gaming, what are you planning on using them for?

I found these two on dabs.ie but I don't know if they have them in stock.

http://www.dabs.ie/category/components-and-storage,motherboards-and-processors,motherboards/11143-469740000-42180000

Johnboy1951

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Why do you need so many PCI-e if your not gaming, what are you planning on using them for?

I found these two on dabs.ie but I don't know if they have them in stock.

http://www.dabs.ie/category/components-and-storage,motherboards-and-processors,motherboards/11143-469740000-42180000

Thanks for the links.
One has no graphics output connector (HDMI needed).
The other is missing USB3 and SATA 600.

Neither are in stock.

This seems to be what I am meeting .... either missing features or discontinued/out of stock.

I want three PCI-2 slots but two would suffice.

At this time I might accept SATA 300 only, as it seems impossible to find what I am looking for ..... something I did not foresee

So I guess now I would say I want

USB 3 x 2 (minimum)
PCI-e x 2 (minimum)
G/bit LAN
8 GB DDR3 RAM (minimum)
HDMI & VGA on board
SATA 300 (but prefer SATA 600 x 1 at least)

Board size is not a concern.

Still looking ... would even be interested in a used board if in good condition/guaranteed working.

Else I guess I might sell the CPU and move to an 1150 set up.