looking for the hottest chipset for AMD X2

[jacito]

I new to the forum, so let me thank everyone in advance. I'm looking to build a new machine, and I'm thinking about the AMD dual core processors. Can anyone help me find a good MB, and what is the latest/hottest chipset?

thanks,
Jim

 

[jacito]

anyone?

 

[Wogdog]

Hottest chipset going is the 780g, if you don't mind not doing the 9850 quad, for a dual and integrated video I see it's very good. Now if you do plan on getting a quad 9850 eventually go with the 790fx boards, not sure what brand you will want. My GA-MA770 is a decent dual board too. Thats if you already have 1 decent video card and don't want crossfire.

 

[Heidfirst]

nVidia has a new range of chipsets for AMD CPUs due out this week iirc.

 

[jacito]

I read that nVidia chipsets are option troublesome. I'm not looking for extreme overclocking, just a little.

 

[Sylvanas]

You need to give us a little more info, whats your budget, what are you going to use the comp for, what other components are you selecting?

 

[8cube]

Hi, running the ecs black edition 780g board here.
I just fired it up today.
so far so good you will need xp or vista, w2k wont work.

am2 x2 5000,2x512 pc6400 kingston value ram,80 gig raptor
zalman 9700 led,coolermaster 500 watt psu

tried a little overclock ran the bus at 220 booted fine
backed it off to 215 ran fine @2.8 gig

I like it it was inexpensive 65.00 after rebate at tiger

 

[jacito]

Sylvanas: I haven't picked out any component yet. I thought I should start with the MB and processor first. As for what I want to do with it, SolidWorks and a few first person shooter games.

8cube: That looks alot like with I'm after, thanks.

 

[v8envy]

devil's advocate mode: is there a reason you've limited your choices to AMD? core2 doesn't suck (especially since you're willing to overclock) and has some very nice, stable budget boards with the Gigabyte DS3L and Abit P35-E.

 

[jacito]

I'm not limiting anything. That is just where I thought I'd start. I don't know much about other CPU's. What would a comparable choice in the Intel line be?

 

[v8envy]

E21XX paired with a P35 chipset. My pick was Gigabyte DS3L and an E2180. Abit P35-E is popular, so is the MSI Neo2. If you're willing to overclock (and you should be) you'll get a bit more performance out of this bad boy than a x2 6400+. With some luck you should hit anywhere between 3 and 3.3 ghz with the core2 with the stock cooler and cheap ram. Plenty of CPUs here to choose from including quad cores, if you want performance Intel is where it's at. Come on over to the CPUs and overclocking forum for a read. There's a thread including OCs anandtech forum members got with these chips ranging from mild (2.6 ghz) to wild (3.6 ghz).

If by hottest you mean temperature rather than overclockability/reliability, we got plenty of nvidia chipsets here on the dark side.

To sum it up:
680i, 780i, 790i, 750i + intel: the only way to get SLI on intel, but may be problematic or poor overclockers. Hit and miss support for 45nm CPUs.
P35 + intel: Limited to Crossfire (AMD) for multi-slot GPUs but work great with nvidia single slot cards. Support 45nm duals and quads.
770, 780G for x2, phenom: budget, most not for use with 125 watt cpus. Comparatively great on-board video with the 780G.
790X and 790FX chipsets for x2, phenom: your choice for Phenom and other 125 watt CPUs like the 6400x2. You can stuff a lot of video cards into the right 790FX board.
nvidia chipsets for AMD: not familiar enough to opine

 

[jacito]

BTW I didn't mean temperature, when I stated hottest. Can I get a link to the thread you mentioned?

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: v8envy
E21XX paired with a P35 chipset. My pick was Gigabyte DS3L and an E2180. Abit P35-E is popular, so is the MSI Neo2. If you're willing to overclock (and you should be) you'll get a bit more performance out of this bad boy than a x2 6400+. With some luck you should hit anywhere between 3 and 3.3 ghz with the core2 with the stock cooler and cheap ram. Plenty of CPUs here to choose from including quad cores, if you want performance Intel is where it's at. Come on over to the CPUs and overclocking forum for a read. There's a thread including OCs anandtech forum members got with these chips ranging from mild (2.6 ghz) to wild (3.6 ghz).

If by hottest you mean temperature rather than overclockability/reliability, we got plenty of nvidia chipsets here on the dark side.

To sum it up:
680i, 780i, 790i, 750i + intel: the only way to get SLI on intel, but may be problematic or poor overclockers. Hit and miss support for 45nm CPUs.
P35 + intel: Limited to Crossfire (AMD) for multi-slot GPUs but work great with nvidia single slot cards. Support 45nm duals and quads.
770, 780G for x2, phenom: budget, most not for use with 125 watt cpus. Comparatively great on-board video with the 780G.
790X and 790FX chipsets for x2, phenom: your choice for Phenom and other 125 watt CPUs like the 6400x2. You can stuff a lot of video cards into the right 790FX board.
nvidia chipsets for AMD: not familiar enough to opine

am2 nvidia mobos used to be the best for overclocking. I'm interested to see what they come out with for am2+.

 

[Sylvanas]

am2 nvidia mobos used to be the best for overclocking. I'm interested to see what they come out with for am2+.

Well according to this XS thread on a low end watercooling setup a 9850 reached 3570mhz....things looking good for the 780a.