Phenom 9550 Combo 210$

[Cookie Monster]

Watch out for the 125W AMD cpus.

And its a problem across the 790FX boards paired with SB600 where as the 780G motherboards all use SB700.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Watch out for the 125W AMD cpus.

And its a problem across the 790FX boards paired with SB600 where as the 780G motherboards all use SB700.

Stupid AMD, at least they should have had better compatibility if performance is lacking. But they can't even get this right. :|

 

[jgigz]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: jgigz

Isn't that a problem across all the 780 boards though? Thought it had to do something with the southbridge, which is going to be fixed either with a board revision or new chipset or somethething, though I could be wrong.

well, im not going to be one of the first to grab the new south bridge revision until i see hardcore evidence.

I love AMD, i just dont love Hector. I think i have a better chance of getting a straight answer from pinochio then Hector.

At least i can tell when pinochio lies.

LOL. Yeah, I doubt I'll upgrade to it, I'll just take what I can get with that and leave it. I was able to get rid of my e6300 and decided to see what phenom was like (I don't do that much with my comp in the summer, spend too much time working ) since I don't need that much HP. So it was mainly a curiosity purchase, plus from my experiences AMD uATX boards tend to have more OC options.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: jgigz

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Rhoxed

Originally posted by: jgigz
I just recently bought a 9550 and GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H which when I dug through the BIOS, has some decent overclocking options. Only thing is I'm running my system in a thermaltake lanbox, so I am limited in height because the PSU is right over the CPU, I bought a zalman CNPS 8000 but I didn't care to look at the specs as it isn't supported by AM2, nor can I find a renention bracket for it. When I get an appropriate cooler other than stock I'm going to see if I can get to around the 2.75 area, if not more if thermals don't hold me back (assuming it probably will though).

That Gigabyte should be a ton better then my ECS for OC'ing, so if i can do it im sure you can with proper cooling ect.


As i said in previous post here is SS of prime running 12Hrs temps not above 45 for CPU and 50 for MOBO

http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ocprimekd3.jpg

problem with that board is that it wont support the higher TDP phenoms. So watch out. Your pretty much limited to the 9550 on that board.

Step up to the 135W phenoms and you'll soon see why everyone was boycotting gigabyte.

Isn't that a problem across all the 780 boards though? Thought it had to do something with the southbridge, which is going to be fixed either with a board revision or new chipset or somethething, though I could be wrong.

Has nothing to do with 780g chipset - mobo manufacturers "cheaped out" when building the mobos, or AMD did not provide sufficient info for creating 780g-based boards that could handle the 125w CPUs, depending upon who you asked. The Biostar 780g board handled 125w Phenoms no problem, straight out of the box.

 

[jgigz]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: jgigz

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Rhoxed

Originally posted by: jgigz
I just recently bought a 9550 and GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H which when I dug through the BIOS, has some decent overclocking options. Only thing is I'm running my system in a thermaltake lanbox, so I am limited in height because the PSU is right over the CPU, I bought a zalman CNPS 8000 but I didn't care to look at the specs as it isn't supported by AM2, nor can I find a renention bracket for it. When I get an appropriate cooler other than stock I'm going to see if I can get to around the 2.75 area, if not more if thermals don't hold me back (assuming it probably will though).

That Gigabyte should be a ton better then my ECS for OC'ing, so if i can do it im sure you can with proper cooling ect.


As i said in previous post here is SS of prime running 12Hrs temps not above 45 for CPU and 50 for MOBO

http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ocprimekd3.jpg

problem with that board is that it wont support the higher TDP phenoms. So watch out. Your pretty much limited to the 9550 on that board.

Step up to the 135W phenoms and you'll soon see why everyone was boycotting gigabyte.

Isn't that a problem across all the 780 boards though? Thought it had to do something with the southbridge, which is going to be fixed either with a board revision or new chipset or somethething, though I could be wrong.

Has nothing to do with 780g chipset - mobo manufacturers "cheaped out" when building the mobos, or AMD did not provide sufficient info for creating 780g-based boards that could handle the 125w CPUs, depending upon who you asked. The Biostar 780g board handled 125w Phenoms no problem, straight out of the box.

Did not know that, I thought I remembered reading somewhere that it had something to do with the southbridge, but apparently that was a different issue. I was looking at the Biostar board, but decided to go with the gigabyte based on past experiences. Don't think it maters much for me at this point in time, but thanks for clearing that up.

 

[taltamir]

the problem was that 780G boards were build with 4 phase power (can do a max of 90watt cpu), or sometimes even 3 phase (65watt cpu max)... gigabyte is one of the FEW who built a 5 phase board that could handle the 125... but wouldn't OC... OC boards typically have 6 to 8 power phases...

Selling off 939 parts actually is very good right now... 939 x2 3800+ processors are going for 90$ a piece on ebay... while AM2 variant goes for 30$.
There are a lot of people trying to fix an old machine without upgrading the ram, mobo, and PSU, so they are willing to pay extra.

I gotta say that 210$ for such a combo is a great deal... i keep on telling people not to buy phenoms.. but that is because 200$ for a phenom BY ITSELF when you can buy a Q6600 or an E8400 for the same price, or an X2 5000 BE / X2 6400 for much less...

But at 210$ for the whole package it actually provides better bang/buck. I would have bought it too, if I actually had a use for a quad core.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
Phenom at 3.7GHz... water though. 1.48 volts. I would think really good air cooling may be able to handle that voltage, no? I'm at 1.4 volts with a not-too-special Arctic Cooler 64 Pro.

no stress test, not valid.

Sorry. :T

In my eyes, windows boot safe doesnt mean squat.

Especially since both Phenoms and 45nm Intels seem to boot into windows with sky high clocks but crash the second you put any serious load on them.