Seek42
https://seek42.net:443/phpBB3/

upgrade to AM3... which board?
https://seek42.net:443/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22032
Page 1 of 1

Author:  zeroluck [ Thu 07-01-2010 7:10PM ]
Post subject:  upgrade to AM3... which board?

I have an AM3 PhenomII 945 3.0ghz currently in an xfx AM2+ 780a. It currently runs a stable 3.6 ghz.

I want to upgrade to an AM3 board so I can free up my AM2 board to use with an extra dual core 3000+ I have as a file server.

Of these options I'm looking at, what do you think is the best option? I probbly won't get an open box one, but that's what these link to.

MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI HDMI ATX

Author:  dar9q7 [ Thu 07-01-2010 7:51PM ]
Post subject:  Re: upgrade to AM3... which board?

I've always had great luck with Gigabyte and Asus board. Never gone wrong with any from either company.

Author:  Cylord [ Thu 07-01-2010 8:10PM ]
Post subject:  Re: upgrade to AM3... which board?

ive got a lot of apps that come as .MSI, so that must be another good brand too

Author:  zeroluck [ Fri 07-02-2010 10:48AM ]
Post subject:  Re: upgrade to AM3... which board?

I think gigabyte might be the winnar, with it's 8 SATA ports and 2 oz copper.

I like the MSI nForce board because the onboard video lets me have all 4 monitors, but maybe it's time to upgrade to an eyefinity card anyway once I move to an ATI chipset, plus the MSI nVidia board has no USB3 and no SATA 6gb (the latter of which I don't give a crap about)

Author:  dar9q7 [ Fri 07-02-2010 12:48PM ]
Post subject:  Re: upgrade to AM3... which board?

Cylord wrote:
ive got a lot of apps that come as .MSI, so that must be another good brand too


i see what you did there

Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC - 6 hours
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/