I need a good AM2 motherboard.

Tatty_Two · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
If you should choose between the 4300 or 6300 which would you take?
The 4300 is 100 euro and the 6300 is 145.

4300 personally, I like the 800FSB and the 9 x multiplier, reviews show that with the right motherboard near to 3.6Gig can be acheived and it is less ram dependant as with a FSB of 800, even at 1:1 with a overclock to 3.6Gig if acheived the ram is going to be in the 800's.

it's just personal preference, I am sure some would say the 6300 but there is little if any performance difference, the 4300 is now becoming cheaper and you are less dependant on a really high end motherboard than you were in the early C2D days as with a 9 x multi you need so much less FSB.

Ketxxx · Apr 20, 2007

You got a damn nice setup as it stands now. As AM2 means DDR2 anyway, thought about a Abit AW9D and a E4300? Much better perf for the same kinda money

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

That Abit board is a bit overpriced i think, 175 euro. But do you really think it's worth it? Or can you recommend a other board?

pt · Apr 20, 2007

why is everyone changin to the dark-side

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

I'm stll in a debate with myself.

Tatty_Two · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
That Abit board is a bit overpriced i think, 175 euro. But do you really think it's worth it? Or can you recommend a other board?

Yes mine! Its a good overclocker also, you could go for the Gigabyte 965P DS3 which is about the same price (I paid £60 for the Anus), these are now what are 2 very cost effective but strong S775 motherboards.

Tatty_Two · Apr 20, 2007

pt said:
why is everyone changin to the dark-side

I will be back, in the light before too long don't worry!

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

Tatty what's up with the energy efficient AMD cpu's. Are they not so good as the normal ones or doesn't it make a difference?

Ketxxx · Apr 20, 2007

lol I need a duo2 so I dont have to worry about performance or cpu upgrades for a while. Uni sucks like that. Guess you could say I make tactical moves when I buy stuff. and yea I think the abit board is worth it, 975 chipset, supports crossfire, and although nvidia dont yet "allow" it, the board also supports SLi and is bundled with the bridge. Not only that, but the board in general has a lot of features and looks to be a good reliable board thats also very overclockable. I swear though, if this abit board bites me like my past 4 abit boards, I'm blowtorching the damn thing and sending it back to abit with a nice lil note attached just telling them to give up now, go into liquidation and stop taking up valuable air.

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

Ketxxx said:
lol I need a duo2 so I dont have to worry about performance or cpu upgrades for a while. Uni sucks like that. Guess you could say I make tactical moves when I buy stuff. and yea I think the abit board is worth it, 975 chipset, supports crossfire, and although nvidia dont yet "allow" it, the board also supports SLi and is bundled with the bridge. Not only that, but the board in general has a lot of features and looks to be a good reliable board thats also very overclockable. I swear though, if this abit board bites me like my past 4 abit boards, I'm blowtorching the damn thing and sending it back to abit with a nice lil note attached just telling them to give up now, go into liquidation and stop taking up valuable air.

Tatty_Two · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
Tatty what's up with the energy efficient AMD cpu's. Are they not so good as the normal ones or doesn't it make a difference?

From the reviews I have read, the energy efficient chips do not overclock as well as the Brisbanes, not sure how they compare to standard 90nm Windsors as the reviews were Brisbane v EE.

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

I have come up with a very cheap 4000. 89 euro.
But i can't see if this is a energy efficient one or a Brisbane. I think it's a Brisbane because it's 65w.

Tatty_Two · Apr 20, 2007

It's a Brisbane, not only because it's listed as 65nm but it stock's at 2.1Gig, all Brisbanes are odd number stock clocks (hence half mulipliers) except for the 5000 starangely which stocks at 2.6Gig in both Brisbane and Windsor chips.

Google some reviews first and get a feel for what is being acheived.

pt · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
I have come up with a very cheap 4000. 89 euro.
But i can't see if this is a energy efficient one or a Brisbane. I think it's a Brisbane because it's 65w.

it's a brisbanne for being 65w, and also a ee for being 65w

great price

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

I'm think i'm going for that one + a MSI 570 Platinum and 2gb Kingston HyperX 900.
Together for 330 euro. Pretty cheap i think. And i have some cash left for a nice watercooling kit.

I'm staying on your side PT. :laugh:

pt · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
I'm think i'm going for that one + a MSI 570 Platinum and 2gb Kingston HyperX 900.
Together for 330 euro. Pretty cheap i think. And i have some cash left for a nice watercooling kit.

I'm staying on your side PT.

how much more would be the foxconn?

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

pt said:
how much more would be the foxconn?

The Foxconn is 40 euro more.
But i have read many reviews on newegg that many people have problems with the board.
Non the less they say that is a very good board. But i don't want to be one of the people who gets a crappy one. There are a few that allready have there third board.

pt · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
The Foxconn is 40 euro more.
But i have read many reviews on newegg that many people have problems with the board.
Non the less they say that is a very good board. But i don't want to be one of the people who gets a crappy one. There are a few that allready have there third board.

well..., i do have a enginering sample of a review, so i guess i'm lucky than those folks, go for the msi then

MrW · Apr 20, 2007

Take a look at this board from dfi:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136015
I hear it is one of the best am2 boards for overclocking.

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

Whow that is a great board, excelent layout. And cheap to.
Thank you for pointing out this board. :toast:

I'm gonna read some reviews. :laugh:

techbuzz · Apr 20, 2007

pt said:
it's a great mobo (i have it) lot's of options on bios, stable, never had a problem with it, ignore the 8 pin, i doesn't have it aswell and runs fine

I have this motherboard and I have to hook the 8 pin up in order for the board to fire up.

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

Guys i'm gonna place an order any minute. Final setup.
Anyone has some final info, Or suggestion on ram?
Thanks.
http://img.techpowerup.org/070420/Capture023.jpg

Tatty_Two · Apr 20, 2007

technicks said:
Whow that is a great board, excelent layout. And cheap to.
Thank you for pointing out this board.
I'm gonna read some reviews.

Thats one of the boards I was considering.....£42 in UK but it's an NForce 4 and in the end I decided I wanted to go SLi but the reviews I read said it was a decent overclocker and pretty stable too.

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

What do you think of the board that i picked?

technicks · Apr 20, 2007

Damn. I can't make up my mind.

AMD, Intel, AMD, Intel, AMD, Intel. :eek:

I want a MSI Platinum or Diamond board, but i can't decide between E4300 or one of the AMD dual core's. :banghead:

Processor	Rocket Lake Core i5 11600K @ 5 Ghz with PL tweaks
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS)
Display(s)	AOC Q2781PQ 27 inch Ultra Slim 2560 x 1440 IPS
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC1200/SPDIF to Sony AVR @ 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular
Mouse	Coolermaster Storm Octane wired
Keyboard	Element Gaming Carbon Mk2 Tournament Mech
Software	Win 10 Home x64

System Name	Ravens Talon
Processor	AMD R7 3700X @ 4.4GHz 1.3v
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Modded 240mm Coolermaster Liquidmaster
Memory	2x16GB Klevv BoltX 3600MHz & custom timings
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 6800XT Red Devil
Storage	250GB Asgard SSD, 1TB Integral SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	27" BenQ Mobiuz
Case	NZXT Phantom 530
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E
Power Supply	1000w Supernova
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Fast. I don't need epeen.

System Name	Lian Li Carbon fiber ed.
Processor	Intel i5 2500k 4.6Ghz 24/7 Max OC 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling	Swiftech blocks, 360 Xflow rad, Swiftech 120 rad, Liang with XSPC res/pump top.
Memory	8Gb Mushkin 1600Mhz 8-9-8-24
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 2Gb
Storage	OCZ Vertex 4 128 / Western Digital 160
Display(s)	ASUS 25,5" wide VW266h
Power Supply	Corsair HX620 modular
Software	Windows 7 64

Processor	AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60 (Trinidad)
Motherboard	ASUS F3Ka (ATI RS690M)
Cooling	stock
Memory	Nanya 2x1GB ddr2 667@5-5-5-15-2T
Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz
Storage	160GB on laptop+250GB external
Display(s)	ASUS 15.4
Case	Asus Laptop F3Ka chassis
Audio Device(s)	on-board
Power Supply	1:30minutes battery
Software	"genui xp", 'cause i hated vista

System Name	Lian Li Carbon fiber ed.
Processor	Intel i5 2500k 4.6Ghz 24/7 Max OC 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling	Swiftech blocks, 360 Xflow rad, Swiftech 120 rad, Liang with XSPC res/pump top.
Memory	8Gb Mushkin 1600Mhz 8-9-8-24
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 2Gb
Storage	OCZ Vertex 4 128 / Western Digital 160
Display(s)	ASUS 25,5" wide VW266h
Power Supply	Corsair HX620 modular
Software	Windows 7 64

I need a good AM2 motherboard.

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

Ketxxx

Heedless Psychic

technicks

pt

not a suicide-bomber

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Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

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Ketxxx

Heedless Psychic

technicks

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

technicks

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

pt

not a suicide-bomber

technicks

pt

not a suicide-bomber

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pt

not a suicide-bomber

MrW

New Member

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techbuzz

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Gone Fishing

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Processor	Opteron 1212 @ 3.2Ghz
Motherboard	DFI Infinity N-Force Ultra M2
Cooling	Custom
Memory	4GB Ballistix DDR2-1000
Video Card(s)	Ati Radeon X1900-AIW
Storage	WD Caviar 640GB
Display(s)	21" Trinitron
Case	Lian-Li PC-65
Power Supply	Seasonic S12-500W
Software	Vista & openSUSE