Question about 790GX mobos

[LW07]

Alright, thinking of upgrading my system to a Phenom II 940 system from S939, and I want to know what 790GX mobo would be the best for some OCing, as well as in having the least likelihood of arriving DOA. It seems like 30-50% of all newegg mobo reviews talk about the motherboard arriving DOA.

 

[chucky2]

Gigabyte and Asus seem to be doing a pretty good job with their stuff. I like Gigabyte personally, but Asus is very good as well.

You mine as well wait for the 790G AM3 boards with DDR3 at this point, unless you're looking to pick up a cheap AM2+ DDR2 rig.

Chuck

P.S. When you upgrade, I'll buy that 4800+ S939 off you if you're selling it, if the price is right...

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

The Biostar T-Force series have been, historically, very good boards. Solid caps, lots of overclocking options, reasonable price. I have a post here about my experience so far with the Biostar TA790GX.

I wonder how many of those Newegg "DOA" reviews are really a result of user error. There are many statements from self-proclaimed "highly technical" users that are laughable.

 

[SunnyD]

The Biostars are proven overclocking champs when it comes to the AMD platform. Price/Performance, you can't really go wrong. Asus generally are fairly solid boards too, and I personally have a Gigabyte board.

Honestly though - since you have a GTX260, you should be looking at a 790FX+SB750 board instead of a 790GX. The 790GX has video built in, which will be useless to you. Also, you may want to wait about a month for the AM3 boards and chips to come out since you're making a platform change anyway. You'll likely get a bit more performance out of it for just about the same money (once RAM prices come down).

 

[LW07]

And would a phenom II build be better than a Q6600 build?

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
The Biostars are proven overclocking champs when it comes to the AMD platform. Price/Performance, you can't really go wrong. Asus generally are fairly solid boards too, and I personally have a Gigabyte board.

Honestly though - since you have a GTX260, you should be looking at a 790FX+SB750 board instead of a 790GX. The 790GX has video built in, which will be useless to you. Also, you may want to wait about a month for the AM3 boards and chips to come out since you're making a platform change anyway. You'll likely get a bit more performance out of it for just about the same money (once RAM prices come down).

Normally I would agree, except that the 790fx + sb750 boards are generally more expensive than the 790gx boards. Integrated video doesn't hurt, and might be useful if your card dies.

Originally posted by: LW07
And would a phenom II build be better than a Q6600 build?

Yup. The closest Intel competitor to the PhII 940 is the Q9400.

 

[chucky2]

Rumor is on Feb. 8th there's going to be new Phenom II CPU's announced. I'm hoping the AM3 DDR3 boards get revealed along with them.

Definitely wait until at least these new batch of Phenom II's are announced before making a decision...

Chuck

 

[dennilfloss]

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/886/1/

The Asus M4A79T Deluxe is available for preorder.

http://www.ncix.com/products/i...UXE&manufacture=Others

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: SunnyD
The Biostars are proven overclocking champs when it comes to the AMD platform. Price/Performance, you can't really go wrong. Asus generally are fairly solid boards too, and I personally have a Gigabyte board.

Honestly though - since you have a GTX260, you should be looking at a 790FX+SB750 board instead of a 790GX. The 790GX has video built in, which will be useless to you. Also, you may want to wait about a month for the AM3 boards and chips to come out since you're making a platform change anyway. You'll likely get a bit more performance out of it for just about the same money (once RAM prices come down).

Normally I would agree, except that the 790fx + sb750 boards are generally more expensive than the 790gx boards. Integrated video doesn't hurt, and might be useful if your card dies.

Except that if you decide to do Crossfire down the line, you're stuck with two 8x slots, whereas the 790FX boards generally give you two 16x slots (not that it makes too much difference... yet).