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AM2+ Board? Asus M3A

crisium

crisium

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My brother and I are building someone a new system. One of the possibilities is an AM2 system. We would not get a Phenom CPU or any AM2+ CPU, just a regular AM2 4000 X2 Brisbane. For future proofing, would an AM2+ board be wise? The negatives are it's a new chipset and brand new boards... it may be wise just to get a regular battle tested AM2 board.

This:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131234

is what I'm looking at. Besides the "new" risk, does anyone see anything standing out that could pose a problem? Anyone have any experience with first gen AMD and/or Asus motherboards? Any input is appreciated!
 
I think the 790fx chipset has already been reviewed at a few places to be pretty good for starters but it's a lot more expensive than that one. That must be an extremely budget mobo especially considering it's coming from Asus at that price so I don't know.
 
Originally posted by: j0j081
I think the 790fx chipset has already been reviewed at a few places to be pretty good for starters but it's a lot more expensive than that one. That must be an extremely budget mobo especially considering it's coming from Asus at that price so I don't know.
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The 770X is just a feature cut 790X

I would hedge my bets on the 770 being a good budget enthusiast/overclock chipset.

edit: even this jetway board does decently with the 5000 black ed.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/200...tway/PA77GTA-VT/g1.htm
 
The only reason you would need the 790FX model over the 790X is if you planned on CrossFiring down the road, as the FX boards have 2-PCIex16 slots and 2-PCIex8 (I think) slots.

I like the 790FX and 5000+ Black Edition combination, and then upgrading to a fixed Phenom or other Quad that AMD releases down the road... just depends on how far down the road you're willing to wait though, could be more than a year (2009) even if AMD gets first silicon on the new chips in January '08 like they're "Fairly confident" will happen (I hope they're right!).
 
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