Ketchup
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Hello. This is my first post on this forum, and as such I'd like to say I'm happy to be here. I was a long time (5+ years) member of a forum similar to this one, but I screwed up and apparently there are no second chances. So I found this forum trying to fill that void, and I can say that so far things look good over here. Anyway let me get to the point..
This is what I currently have:
Phenom II x6 1055t
ASRock n68-s UCC
4gb (2x2GB) Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 @ DDR2 1066 4-5-5-15
Palit Dual Sonic Radeon 4870
Thermaltake 500w TR2
As you can see this motherboard is weak. The ram is fine for games, and I only expect a few FPS from an upgrade to DDR3, but it kind of comes with the territory of a decent AM3 motherboard.
The reason I'm upgrading is because this ASRock board offers 3 chokes for the CPU/NB. If you know what chokes or phases are then you'll know 3 is not nearly enough to overclock, and barely enough for stable operation at stock frequencies / voltages. So I have decided to get a new motherboard.
This is what I am almost surely going to buy in 2 weeks:
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb...
This motherboard has outstanding reviews. It seems to have a decently feature rich BIOS, and best of all it has 8+2 phase power. Which means I can overclock this nice hexa core I just bought. Which is the reason I bought it to begin with...
G.SKILL Flare 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR...
I LOVE this memory. It looks nice, the timings are great, the frequency is great.
The only thing I'm not loving is that in games at higher resolutions, the difference between DDR3 1333 cl9 and DDR3 1800 cl7 is negligible. As in less than 1 fps. This means I could technically buy some cheaper memory instead of this G.Skill Flare. But ... it wouldn't be as sexy.
So what are your thoughts? What should I do?
Can you think of any other motherboards with good 8+2 phase power at around the same price point? How about the memory?
Thanks in advance,
Ketchup
This is what I currently have:
Phenom II x6 1055t
ASRock n68-s UCC
4gb (2x2GB) Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 @ DDR2 1066 4-5-5-15
Palit Dual Sonic Radeon 4870
Thermaltake 500w TR2
As you can see this motherboard is weak. The ram is fine for games, and I only expect a few FPS from an upgrade to DDR3, but it kind of comes with the territory of a decent AM3 motherboard.
The reason I'm upgrading is because this ASRock board offers 3 chokes for the CPU/NB. If you know what chokes or phases are then you'll know 3 is not nearly enough to overclock, and barely enough for stable operation at stock frequencies / voltages. So I have decided to get a new motherboard.
This is what I am almost surely going to buy in 2 weeks:
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb...
This motherboard has outstanding reviews. It seems to have a decently feature rich BIOS, and best of all it has 8+2 phase power. Which means I can overclock this nice hexa core I just bought. Which is the reason I bought it to begin with...
G.SKILL Flare 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR...
I LOVE this memory. It looks nice, the timings are great, the frequency is great.
The only thing I'm not loving is that in games at higher resolutions, the difference between DDR3 1333 cl9 and DDR3 1800 cl7 is negligible. As in less than 1 fps. This means I could technically buy some cheaper memory instead of this G.Skill Flare. But ... it wouldn't be as sexy.
So what are your thoughts? What should I do?
Can you think of any other motherboards with good 8+2 phase power at around the same price point? How about the memory?
Thanks in advance,
Ketchup