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Apr 30, 2010, 12:11 AM
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Emergency Taxback motherboard/psu help
As you can see tpu i need you help with a long overdue upgrade.
first off psu , my old 7500 watt cheapo off ebay did good with 33 amp for 2 years but its caps are whining bad when i boot. + i cant give my gtx 260 the volts it needs @0.95 stock clocks still stable but cant take stock volts or oc .  i am planing on a phenom x4 925 or any x4 for around £100 so i need advice on a mobo for it and a psu . it will need to be am2+ as ddr3 is droping to slow for me. seen some 500-650watt psu's around £50-60 but not sure about mobo though? |
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Apr 30, 2010, 12:56 PM
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Apr 30, 2010, 01:02 PM
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someone in BST has an Asus M3A79T- Deluxe for sale. a board I still own and use daily. It currently runs a PII 940 and an old X800 for videos , but it ran XFire 4870s and 8GB ram no problem at all. A highly recommended AM2+(AM3 compat) board. from what I read it is compatible with the new 6 cores with a bios update.
great board, find one!
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Apr 30, 2010, 01:10 PM
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I will stand behind this board in & out. Has been great for me. Also supports the 95W 6 core models.
 Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-S2 760G Socket AM2+ DVI VGA Ou... Not too too bad of a power supply Antec Basiq Power 500W PSU - 20+4pin 2x SATA 1x PC... Although would attempt to scroung up a little more for this Antec EarthWatts 650W PSU - 80Plus Certified 12cm ...
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Apr 30, 2010, 01:30 PM
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thanks they both look great , Jr the board is perfect and psu although more than i need would do for future upgrades. that asus board is moe than id like to spend on a mobo but looks great.
and hopefully i'll be getting a x4 925 off ebolamonkey3 if its still fs on sat the 8th
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Apr 30, 2010, 01:40 PM
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GPU CPU Motherboard PSU etc... that is in no way reflective of their importance, but rather average price. importance goes: motherboard psu cpu gpu ram etc... my point is you want to get the best motherboard you can afford. a crap motherboard can turn a great system, into .... well crap. A good motherboard can make a powerful system run stable, and a low power system more powerful, and more stable. just find a good one is all.
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Apr 30, 2010, 01:57 PM
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Why not try Be Quiet instead of Basiq? I heard Be Quiet is a relatively unknown but still rather good brand. Or maybe StealthxStream
Be Quiet 530W Pure Power PSU - 120mm Fan Dual 12V ... http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...600SXS-UN.html As for processor, I would pony up a bit more and try to snag that 955BE at £118: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=39930 Enjoy hunting: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=111805 Last edited by W1zzard; Apr 30, 2010 at 04:20 PM. |
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yeah that be quiet one looks quiet good mite get the ocz 4 12v rails. thanks @digibucc i here what your saying my m2a-vm is getting old and cant oc to good but that gigabyte for £50 would still be a decent board for me as im only looking for maybe 3.8ghz . most boards at that price should be good n stable £100 or more doesnt make sence for me as i'm CHEAP.  thanks for all the help.
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Apr 30, 2010, 03:25 PM
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Great price on the Stealthxstream! My vote is for that power supply. Would fit the bill quite nicely.
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Apr 30, 2010, 10:10 PM
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yeah looks nice . will get some nice oc on that with a 955 x4
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