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AMD 790GX+SB750 Gigabyte GA-MA79GP-DS4H now available

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MikeODanyurs

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This board is now available at Newegg.com for $140 (2 days before official release).

I believe that the new ATI All-In-Wonder HD Deluxe video card should be out on Wednesday also and hope they work well together for my HTPC.

I'm hoping that this board plays nice with the Corsair TWIN2XP2048-6400C4 2x 1GB DDR2 800MHz RAM I ordered from Amazon today. Always wanted a pair of this and it's down to $125 (expensive for 2GB of DDR2), but it's the cheapest I've seen. (has the displays)
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-DIMM-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217883726&sr=8-1

Can't look up the compatibility page since there isn't one, but I believe it's the same RAM as the Corsair XMS2 Pro (TWIN2X2048-6400C4Pro).
http://www.corsair.com/products/xms_pro.aspx

Maybe I'll add a couple sticks of the Corsair Dominator 2x 2GB since the price is so low with rebate, when I upgrade to Vista Ultimate.
http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF.pdf
But I'll probably have to remove one of the displays since there is no space between the pair of DDR2 slots as there is on many boards (why did't they do that for this full size ATX board?).
 
I think I might have a problem before I already have this board. What is the power connector at the end of the heatpipes on the memory? Why is there 8 pins and not the usual 4 that my power supply has? Does this mean I need a whole new power supply as I'm not doing that (I'm happy with my 550watt CoolerMaster)? Or is there some kind of other connector or adapter to use?

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Nevermind, read online that it should work with just the 4-pin plugged in, but found that my power supply does have the 8-pin.
 
Nice board...I've been waiting for this one to come out a while. I may take the plunge as well, but I'd like to see a low power Phenom come out to complete the package.

I've often wondered if the lower latency system memory helps out in onboard video setups...might be something to consider if all else is equal.

Chuck
 
I was initially considering the 9350e, but after reading I found it a waste of money. You can get a 9850 Black Edition and Underclock it to 10x multiplier for about the same wattage as a low watt CPU for about the same money, and later you can use it at full speed later if you so decide that can't be done with the low watt CPU. Don't waste your money.
I'm waiting for the 45nm processors out Q4 with 6 mb cache myself.
 
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