Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions? - Page 2

ZrByte · 10-09-2011, 22:43

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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

an Intel board for a Phenom?

Not seen nowadays but used to be very common. I used to always use intel chipsets with my AMD CPUs as they always seemed to perform faster on the memory benchmarks.

Matth · 10-09-2011, 23:50

The reviews I've seen mark the Phenom II 550 as being AM3 - and a possible x2 to X4 unlock with a suitable motherboard and some luck in getting one that unlocks well.

cookie_365 · 11-09-2011, 10:19

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Originally Posted by Jayster

Makes plenty of sense.
What ever board you pick make sure you get one with vrms capable enough http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherb...ion-list.html?
I personally have a 990xa-ud3 that is running my 965 happily at 4.1GHz and 2.8 GHz NB, supports Bulldozer and supports Sli.

Sorry, what does that mean?

Jayster · 11-09-2011, 10:42

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Originally Posted by cookie_365

Sorry, what does that mean?

My reply or what I wrote about my system?
In the reply, the post by tizmeinnit is saying about how the second board is based off an nvidia nforce chipset while he prefers to use a amd based chipset with amd set-ups unless you want to use two nvidia gpu's in sli.
The vrms are what deliver power to components and the ones in question deliver power to the cpu cores, cpu-northbridge etc. If these are low quality and you have a cpu which draws a lot of power your board will die.
And the last line I have a gigabyte 990xa-ud3 motherboard which allowed my phenom ii x4 965 to be overclocked to 4.1GHz on the core and 2.8GHz on the cpu-northbridge. My motherboard also has full support for upcomming Bulldozer based "FX" cpu's that amd are briging out shortly and in the 9x0 series amd added support for nvidias sli.

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Originally Posted by Matth

The reviews I've seen mark the Phenom II 550 as being AM3 - and a possible x2 to X4 unlock with a suitable motherboard and some luck in getting one that unlocks well.

If you want to unlock don't get a 9x0 chipset board .

cookie_365 · 11-09-2011, 14:40

OK, thanks, no interest in overclocking so I think I should be OK.

What I'm thinking of getting is:

Phenom X2 550 (already got)
Asus M4A87TD EVO 870 Socket AM3
Crucial 128GB 2.5" M4 SSD
WD 2 TB drive (already got)
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Be Quiet EP 600W or Be Quiet Straight Power E8 600W

and turning it from my spare PC into my main PC.

Jayster · 11-09-2011, 14:57

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Originally Posted by cookie_365

OK, thanks, no interest in overclocking so I think I should be OK.

What I'm thinking of getting is:

Phenom X2 550 (already got)
Asus M4A87TD EVO 870 Socket AM3
Crucial 128GB 2.5" M4 SSD
WD 2 TB drive (already got)
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Be Quiet EP 600W or Be Quiet Straight Power E8 600W

and turning it from my spare PC into my main PC.

You got a Gpu?

cookie_365 · 11-09-2011, 15:44

Yes, ATI 4670

qasdfdsaq · 11-09-2011, 15:45

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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

an Intel board for a Phenom?

I was hinting at ditching AMD altogether

cookie_365 · 11-09-2011, 16:04

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

I was hinting at ditching AMD altogether

In a thread called

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Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?

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qasdfdsaq · 11-09-2011, 16:08

Yes.

You should also see how many times I've suggested people get rid of the superhub in "How do I get a Superhub" threads.

cookie_365 · 11-09-2011, 16:09

11-09-2011, 17:32

I would not buy the crucial SSD I have the Agilty 120 myself

cookie_365 · 11-09-2011, 18:21

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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

I would not buy the crucial SSD I have the Agilty 120 myself

Any particular reason for not getting the Crucial? I heard the OCZ had some reliability problems. I don't mind paying Â£12 more if it gets me better reliability, and a free 8Gb

If it's just speed, I'm pretty sure even the slowest SSD is going to seem astonishingly fast to me

11-09-2011, 18:58

My Agility shipped with the newest firmware. Updating is very easy and I myself have had no issue with the drive

Jayster · 11-09-2011, 20:51

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Originally Posted by cookie_365

Any particular reason for not getting the Crucial? I heard the OCZ had some reliability problems. I don't mind paying Â£12 more if it gets me better reliability, and a free 8Gb

If it's just speed, I'm pretty sure even the slowest SSD is going to seem astonishingly fast to me

Yea thing with ssd's is the fast feeling of them is the same no matter the speed because they all have tiny access times and that's what makes programs start instantly etc. So unless you are transferring files from one ssd to another speed makes little difference.