AM2+ motherboards

jong1821 · Jan 20, 2009

i have been searching for the best am2+ motherboards with no recent results. everything is from over a year ago. i am looking for the absolute best am2+ motherboard and processor. im not going to be overclocking at all. the processor that i am leaning toward is the AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition (3GHz). any suggestions welcome.

Skywalker12345 · Jan 20, 2009

Gigabyte ds4h 790GX am2+

PaulieG · Jan 20, 2009

Here you go. These are 2 of the best available:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131339
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136058

kenkickr · Jan 20, 2009

I would have to go with the Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=789&l4=0&model=2503&modelmenu=1. Also maybe check out the Biostar 790GX3, http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/t-series/introduction.php?S_ID=376.

PaulieG · Jan 20, 2009

kenkickr said:
I would have to go with the Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=789&l4=0&model=2503&modelmenu=1. Also maybe check out the Biostar 790GX3, http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/t-series/introduction.php?S_ID=376.

I don't recommend the Biostar. I had it. No mosfet cooling, and vcore options are lacking.

kenkickr · Jan 20, 2009

I thought you liked it!? I almost got the board cause of you!! J/K Anyways, I just threw that one out cause he mentioned no OC'ing.

PaulieG · Jan 20, 2009

kenkickr said:
I thought you liked it!? I almost got the board cause of you!! J/K Anyways, I just threw that one out cause he mentioned no OC'ing.

It was decent. I'm using a Asus 78-T right now. It's basically the 79-T with a 4+1 phase. It's certainly better than the Biostar. I'm going to give the DFI board a try in a couple of weeks.

LittleLizard · Jan 20, 2009

get the dfi 790fx with the sb750 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136057

Mike0409 · Jan 23, 2009

get the dfi 790fx with the sb750 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136057

Isn't that the same as http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136058 Just with an extra PCIe slot?

Id go with the cheaper of the two.

r9 · Jan 23, 2009

You want the best AM2+ mobo and PII and you don`t plan to overclock funny. Is there any other way of valuing mobos besides overclocking ability ?

You know that AMD dedicated whole Phenom I series to you

My89SHO · Jan 26, 2009

Card Recommendations

I bought the Asus M3A79 and it seems like a very good board. I noticed faster load up. And an increased windows and gaming experience. :nutkick:

jong1821 · Feb 22, 2009

thanks to all that replied. i got my taxes and didnt feel like waiting for shipping. i went to my local pc parts store (us itek) and got the gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H(rev. 2.x). the onboard audio didnt work so i took it back and they upgraded my board at no extra cost. they gave me the gigabyte ma780g-ud3h. board details at http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=3004

i got an amd phenom 64 x4 9650, 2 X 2GB kingston hyperX pc-2 8500 and 2 1TB seagate barracuda 7200.11 hard drives. i decided to stick with the onboard video for now (ati hd 512Mb) i love the upgraded mobo as there is tons of ways that i can upgrade in the future. thanks again to all that replied.

Pete1burn · Feb 23, 2009

Any reason the M3A79-T over the M4A79? I'm trying to decide between the two now.

ShadowFold · Feb 23, 2009

They are essentially the same board. The M4A has a few extra cooling options and has built in AM3 support while the M3A you have to update the bios to get 100% AM3 support.

Pete1burn · Feb 23, 2009

One of the reviews on the M4A says: "You MUST update the bios to run a phenom II, so make sure if you get this you have an old cpu you can use to update with."

Any truth to this? I don't have any AM2 procs besides the PII I would be getting.

ShadowFold · Feb 23, 2009

Newegg reviews, read enough and you'll realize 90% are written by 9 year old's. The thing with AM2+ and AM3, it will boot and play games with an un-updated bios but you will need to flash it to get the full 39.5x multiplier and 100% stability. It's stable enough to do a USB bios flash tho.

Pete1burn · Feb 23, 2009

Thanks for your replies.

Flyordie · Feb 23, 2009

Paulieg said:
It was decent. I'm using a Asus 78-T right now. It's basically the 79-T with a 4+1 phase. It's certainly better than the Biostar. I'm going to give the DFI board a try in a couple of weeks.

I have the same DFI board, bought it from Shadowfold.
Great board, other than the fact you have to shut down and wait 30s before a restart (fails to POST if not).
Anyway... Great BIOS options.. I could provide screens of the BIOS if needed.

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

System Name	Addison Clark
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x3D delid
Motherboard	Asus X670E Hero
Cooling	Custom Bykski loop CPU, GPU, 2x 360 rads, and 1x 280 rad with Arctic P12 and P14 ARGB fans
Memory	G.Skill DDR5-6000 64GB CL30
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 4090 Aorus Master
Storage	Kingston Fury 2TB and 4TB NVME
Display(s)	Samsung 57"
Case	Lian Li O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000w SFX-L
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB SE
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platnium
Software	Win 11 Pro

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

System Name	Addison Clark
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x3D delid
Motherboard	Asus X670E Hero
Cooling	Custom Bykski loop CPU, GPU, 2x 360 rads, and 1x 280 rad with Arctic P12 and P14 ARGB fans
Memory	G.Skill DDR5-6000 64GB CL30
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 4090 Aorus Master
Storage	Kingston Fury 2TB and 4TB NVME
Display(s)	Samsung 57"
Case	Lian Li O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000w SFX-L
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB SE
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platnium
Software	Win 11 Pro

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

AM2+ motherboards

jong1821

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Skywalker12345

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kenkickr

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kenkickr

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LittleLizard

Mike0409

r9

My89SHO

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jong1821

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Pete1burn

ShadowFold

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Pete1burn

ShadowFold

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Pete1burn

Flyordie

System Name	The Lizard v2.4
Processor	Intel Celeron G1840 (for the time being
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81-S2PH
Cooling	Intel Stock Fan
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming GTX 750Ti (For the time being)
Storage	500GB Samsung F1, 160GB Maxtor "Older than god"
Display(s)	AOC 28' LCD
Case	Coolermaster N200
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Antec VP500P
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	No crashes in the last 24 minutes.

System Name	Corsair 900D
Processor	FX8350
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair V
Cooling	Corsair H110I
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX1080
Storage	2x 500GB 1x 1TB WD Green
Display(s)	Acer 24" 1080p / HP 27" 1080p LED
Case	Corsair 900D
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster X-Fi (Built in/Mobo) - Xonar Sound Card
Power Supply	Enermax 1020Watt
Mouse	Logitech Something Whatever
Keyboard	Logtich G910
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Primary\|Secondary\|Poweredge r410\|Dell XPS\|SteamDeck
Processor	i7 11700k\|i7 9700k\|2 x E5620 \|i5 5500U\|Zen 2 4c/8t
Memory	32GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|32GB ECC DDR3\|8GB DDR4\|16GB LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	RX 7800xt\|RX 6700xt \|On-Board\|On-Board\|8 RDNA 2 CUs
Storage	2TB m.2\|512GB SSD+1TB SSD\|2x256GBSSD 2x2TBGB\|256GB sata\|512GB nvme
Display(s)	50" 4k TV \| Dell 27" \|22" \|3.3"\|7"
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+ \| Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro\|Windows 10 Pro\|Windows 10 Home\| Server 2012 r2\|Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Serenity
Processor	Intel i7-4770K
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VI Hero
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight II SD1283
Memory	16GB Kingston DDR3
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 770 4GB
Storage	2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSDs, RAID0
Display(s)	2x 27" Samsung curved
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	HT Omega Striker 7.1
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1200w
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	Budget AMD System
Processor	Threadripper 1900X @ 4.1Ghz (100x41 @ 1.3250V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7
Cooling	EKWB X399 Monoblock
Memory	4x8GB GSkill TridentZ RGB 14-14-14-32 CR1 @ 3266
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX Vega₆⁴ Liquid @ 1,800Mhz Core, 1025Mhz HBM2
Storage	1x ADATA SX8200 NVMe, 1x Segate 2.5" FireCuda 2TB SATA, 1x 500GB HGST SATA
Display(s)	Vizio 22" 1080p 60hz TV (Samsung Panel)
Case	Corsair 570X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X Series 850W KM3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64