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 Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 17:27 Post subject: New rig, POST QUICK PLEASE! |
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Guys, I'm upgrading my computer after 4 years.
I've already gotten an ATI 4870
I want to go AM3 at this point.....
Can you guys post a good MOBO, CPU, RAM combo?
I LOVE Asus, will only buy Asus boards.....
PLEASE HELP!
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 22:18 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 23:13 Post subject: |
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Not anymore, I'm concerned about compatability, and the fact that I have a few dollars to throw at these 3 parts if needed.
Please give advice as I will be ordering from Newegg tonight.
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 23:19 Post subject: |
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its compatible.... but unless you do video encoding for a living , i would urge you to get the 720 cause of the unlocked multiplier , means 3.6ghz on air easy, it would be a lot faster than the quadcore at 2.6ghz
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 00:33 Post subject: |
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I hardly encode video, but am a HUGE gamer.....but I don't overclock. I prefer stability at the cost of performance.
I really appreciate your help Stefan, think I should up the ram quality? I only need 4 gigs, but am curious about latency timings, etc, etc.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 10:46 Post subject: |
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sorry i went to bed, especially if you are a gamer you should get the 720 BE cause of the way higher clocks, and its even cheaper as the quad you are selecting.
As i said about the overclock, the black editions dont have a multiplier lock, that means you dont have to screw with FSB(yeahyeah i know) HT link freq, or anything else.
You simply set the multiplier in the BIOS from 15 to 17, you dont need to do ANYTHING else, you can use the most crap mobo and crap ram, multiplier is only related to the CPU, you dont even have to touch the Voltage of the cpu if you up it to 3.4ghz.
Heat is no issue either, my brothers 940 at 3.4ghz doesnt go over 40C temp on load with a zalman cpu cooler on silent mode.
Welcome to the AMD boat, wont go back to intel.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 22:29 Post subject: |
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that cpu is am3, the mobo you listed supports am2/am2+ and the whole thing about socket am3 is that it uses ddr3 ram.
that setup is not compatible.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 22:34 Post subject: |
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that setup looks good i was thinking of getting a am3 setup but im not sure about the am3 cpus that are out right now, there isnt any that are 3.0 stock and the 4mb L3 cache turned me off.
but im not sure if the speed difference with the ddr3 ram would make up for the difference in the cache or if the caching is different all together on the am3 and am2+ setups.... so idk. im really taking my time and doing as much research as i can before making the decision.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 22:43 Post subject: |
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| HunterHare wrote: |
that cpu is am3, the mobo you listed supports am2/am2+ and the whole thing about socket am3 is that it uses ddr3 ram.
that setup is not compatible. |
AM3 CPUs fit on AM2+ AND AM3 mobos
AM2 mobo = ddr 2
am3 mobo = ddr 3
AM2 CPU = ddr2
AM3 cpu = ddr2 + ddr3
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 22:59 Post subject: |
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| Stefan F wrote: | | HunterHare wrote: |
that cpu is am3, the mobo you listed supports am2/am2+ and the whole thing about socket am3 is that it uses ddr3 ram.
that setup is not compatible. |
AM3 CPUs fit on AM2+ AND AM3 mobos
AM2 mobo = ddr 2
am3 mobo = ddr 3
AM2 CPU = ddr2
AM3 cpu = ddr2 + ddr3 |
so they are backward compatible but wouldnt it be best to get an am3 motherboard and ddr3 ram if your getting a am3 cpu?
i dont see the logic in buying a system and not having it all run at its full potential.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 23:39 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 1st Mar 2009 03:03 Post subject: |
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dont worry about ACC, its build into the new phenoms ( turning it on in the bios will give you serious booting issues )
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Mar 2009 07:46 Post subject: |
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just to chime in....
boots in 11 seconds, runs cooler with stock cooler than my fx60 with zalman heatsink/fan....
AMAZING options for overclocking, but........no need to.
Runs GTA4 at 67 FPS.........(also google ultimate visuals mod) I SWEAR TO GOD IT IS PRACTICALLY PHOTO REALISM
Old rig ran it at 22
NFS runs at least 60
NBA 2k9 looks real, and runs better than life, kinda creepy
Worth every dime
Oh, and stable as can be.
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and its not expensive either.
