Suggestions for AM3 build

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11-12-2009, 09:16 PM
Cyber

Suggestions for AM3 build

Based on sig,what board and ram combo would go well with the 955 x4?
11-12-2009, 10:54 PM
Learux

I just bought GA-MA790GPT-UD3H with 955 BE, runs great the HD3300 onboard is not too bad, waiting for the 5850 to become available.

Ram is this, works great. bought 4Gig and set 1600 Mhz in bios runs just fine,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231193

What is wrong with the MSI board?

Hope that helps
11-13-2009, 06:12 AM
Cyber

There is nothing wrong with the MSI board.In fact I wish it would take ddr3 also.I just feel is time to move on,to a higher level and this board has given all is got.

Has anyone heard any rumors,of a AM3+ socket setup?
11-13-2009, 07:07 AM
gkline

Cyber, I'm using the MSI 790FX-GD70 with 8 gigs of Gskill DDR3 in rig 1 below. GREAT combo.
11-13-2009, 07:15 AM
Cyber

Is that the model? GD-70?
11-13-2009, 12:55 PM
Learux

Do you feel that DDR3 wil give you enough performance to warrant an upgrade?
11-13-2009, 01:07 PM
Cyber

Well I would venture to say yes,on paper it looks good as far as bandwidth.

I mean if pci graphics were still good enough,why go to agp,pci-e etc.
11-13-2009, 03:17 PM
Learux

Not really up to date on my numbers, if I remember correct it gives only about 5% performance increase, not worth it imo.
11-13-2009, 04:00 PM
Cyber

I'll do more research on it.
11-13-2009, 07:41 PM
Learux

Let me know what you find out please?
11-14-2009, 02:33 AM
Cyber

I will
11-14-2009, 07:33 AM
gkline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber

Is that the model? GD-70?

It is the MSI790FX-GD70. Here's the newegg link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130223
Great board. Many features.
11-14-2009, 12:39 PM
Cyber

Yes quite an impressive board,I read up on it on MSI page'

Only glitch I find is,that it uses pc-2133 std,and I looked at the prices and whoa! Is almost $300 for the memory.
11-16-2009, 03:21 PM
taggart6

The X2 550BE

i dunno if they still do, but I was able to unlock all 4 cores and oc to 3.5. Not bad for a $100 chip.
11-16-2009, 04:54 PM
gkline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber

Yes quite an impressive board,I read up on it on MSI page'

Only glitch I find is,that it uses pc-2133 std,and I looked at the prices and whoa! Is almost $300 for the memory.

The MSI 790FX-GD70 uses a variety of ddr3 speeds. I have Gskill 1600 that needs to be set in the BIOS to run at that speed. It runs GREAT at 1333.
11-22-2009, 04:23 AM
Nater

Suggestion? LGA1156...

As far as I know, AMD is sticking with AM3 for desktop processors until at least Zambezi (desktop Bulldozer). I wouldn't be surprised if the socket gets a + suffix then. I'm not sure, but I would suspect Bulldozer CPUs will use a different memory controller setup.