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Hello So I narrowed my choices to these 2 motherboards. I looked at Gigabyte solutions but some of the reviews indicated some reliability problems so I came back to Asus (I had a good time with Asus and their P875 chipset motherboards) So These are the 2 choices that I have and the Deluxe...

I was But then other folks mentioned Phenom II coming out so I read a bit about the upcoming processor I figured out waiting for the Phenom II which gives me SSE4, extra cache, higher clock speed, less water consumption and higher performance is well worth it and the price will be close (if a...

I dont have any AM2/AM2+ CPU so I'm afraid that installing an AM3 CPU on the mainboard might kill them both. Is it something I should be afraid of?

I do have a question Some of these AM2+ boards need Bios update in order to run AM3 CPUs. I was wondering, if I get the board and the AM3 CPU how can I update the BIOS if the board doesn't recognize the processor? I mean, how can I boot and and run the update with the upcoming AM3 processor?

Hello everyone I really thank you all for your help and insight. I'm glad that I chose a right website to ask my question :D As for my choosing AMD over Intel, it has more to do with experiencing different platforms and maybe supporting the competition (as absurd as it sounds) I'm well...

Thank you guys So to put it all together I'll wait till Fabruary for AM3 Phenom X4 925 to be released (since 920 is only AM2+) and I'll use it for a year and then I might upgrade it to AM3 chipsets + DDR3 From where I see it, DDR3 is expensive and it doesnt benefit me in any of the...

Thank you all I also had in mind that to buy a mainboard that is AM3 ready and buy one of those upcoming AM3 CPUs in January Right now the DDR3 memory is pretty expensive so I'm thinking to stick with a AM+2 mainboard (spending about $100) and instead buy an AM+ CPU and maybe upgrade the...

Hello everyone Is Phenom X4 9950 BE a good processor? I'll use it mainly for: )Internet )Mail )Office )Media playback )Blu-ray playback )Some Occasional Gaming )Maybe overclock a bit Does this processor do it? Thank you

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone can suggest me a good mainboard based on AM+ platform. The most important thing is to support the upcoming AM3 processors and also to deliver good performance and maybe little bit of overclock. It doesn't have to have Crossfire or SLI So far I have...