looking for some pointers

LFV · Nov 9, 2009, 11:34 PM

im looking into buying a new MOBO and ram cause i just bought a Phenom II X4 955 BE
was wondering if anyone had any insight?

my setup now is as follows :

MSI K9A2-CF-F
Phenom II X4 955 BE
Mushkin 4GB DDR2-800 Dual Silver
WD 250GB HDD
NZXT PP-800 800 watr 2.0 PSU
2 Sapphire HD3870 512mb GDDR4

these are the boards i am currently looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-363-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...28377&Tpk=ud5p

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-392-_-Product

any info would be greatly appreciated

TheLaughingMan · Nov 10, 2009, 02:12 AM

Those are all great boards. I would also include the MSI 790FX-G70 as an option too. MSI 790GX and 790FX are leaps and bounds better than previous series of high end products. It is also a solid board with a number of great options. All those boards are DDR3 which means you will need to buy new RAM. Out of the three, I would get the Gigabyte for most bang for you buck.

My insight would be you should be prepared for a OS reinstall when you change the mobo. Too many things about the system will change for the OS to adapt to it.

Nov 9, 2009, 11:34 PM	#1
LFV Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	looking for some pointers im looking into buying a new MOBO and ram cause i just bought a Phenom II X4 955 BE was wondering if anyone had any insight? my setup now is as follows : MSI K9A2-CF-F Phenom II X4 955 BE Mushkin 4GB DDR2-800 Dual Silver WD 250GB HDD NZXT PP-800 800 watr 2.0 PSU 2 Sapphire HD3870 512mb GDDR4 these are the boards i am currently looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-363-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...28377&Tpk=ud5p http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-392-_-Product any info would be greatly appreciated

Nov 10, 2009, 02:12 AM	#2
TheLaughingMan Join Date: May 2009 Location: Douglasville, GA USA Posts: 3,698 (2.51/day) Thanks: 1,365 Thanked 1,264 Times in 930 Posts System Specs	Those are all great boards. I would also include the MSI 790FX-G70 as an option too. MSI 790GX and 790FX are leaps and bounds better than previous series of high end products. It is also a solid board with a number of great options. All those boards are DDR3 which means you will need to buy new RAM. Out of the three, I would get the Gigabyte for most bang for you buck. My insight would be you should be prepared for a OS reinstall when you change the mobo. Too many things about the system will change for the OS to adapt to it. Last edited by TheLaughingMan; Nov 10, 2009 at 02:18 AM.

System Name:	ZEUS
Processor:	AMD FX-8350 @ 4.2 GHz
Motherboard:	GIGABYTE 990FX-UD7
Cooling:	Gelid GX-7 w / 2 Cougar 120mm PWN fans
Memory:	Patriot 8GB (2x4GB) @ 1866 MHz 9-10-9-27
Video Card:	2x AMD HD 7770 GHz Edition (1125 MHz, 5800 MHz effective)
Hard Disk:	OCZ Agility 4 512 GB :: WD Caviar Black 2TB
Optical Drive:	LG Blu-ray Drive
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer X233H 23.6" Widescreen 5ms LCD Monitor
Case:	Rosewill Thor V2
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek 889c + Logitech X-540 5.1
PSU:	Antec HCP 850 80+ Gold
Software:	Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Benchmarks:	I don't benchmark.

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