Will this board support the Phenom x4?

**Ferrit** · December 12th, 2008, 01:17 PM

Well I can only say email Gigabyte with the exact model and see what they say about the ram.
My system will accept 1066 ram with the 9850 in there but I bought a pair of Kingston HyperX 1066 modules and the board refuses to detect them as 1066.
Now I know your only using 800 mhz but since you haven't made the purchase I would make sure
Gigabyte has said it will work if i go into the bios and change the settings manually
which i cant say I am keen to do for the sake of the difference between 800 and 1066.
Personally I think it should detect it automatically but the HyperX is aggressive timmings they say

**Ferrit** · December 12th, 2008, 06:45 PM

I rarely pay attention to such lists when I want up to date information.
And whats the all fired big hurry?

**Vakas** · December 12th, 2008, 07:41 PM

I have E-mailed gigabyte and asked them if the memory is compatable.

I have found this and also asked if it will work

Kingston 4GB PC2-8500 HyperX (2x2GB)

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=33636

**Ferrit** · December 12th, 2008, 08:52 PM

Vakas I must apologize for all of the crap being spewed in here.
We really are here to give advice as best as we can and as demonstrated by the email you sent for the cpu support it took just a day or 2. It also provided completely accurate information.
Stick to the email system with gigabyte and you wont go wrong as you might with some other methods spewed in here.

**NooNoo** · December 13th, 2008, 05:41 AM

Vakas, I use Crucial memory - give them a call and they will get you the right memory and if for any reason it doesn't work, send it back and they replace/refund no questions asked... that guarantee is good for the lifetime of the RAM. www.crucial.com/uk

**NooNoo** · December 13th, 2008, 12:43 PM

OMG you are quite right, he doesn't have to call, but since the call is toll free and since the customer service people are incredibly good, if Vakas wants the reassurance of talking to someone about the RAM he can do so. I am sure Vakas is mature enough to pick and choose which courses of action he wants to take from the options that people offer here.

**NooNoo** · December 13th, 2008, 01:56 PM

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**Vakas** · December 13th, 2008, 04:45 PM

I had a look at the link you posted and it does support my board and I have found a local retailer where I can aquire the crucial memort from Thanks.

I went to the place hwere I am going to get all my new stuff and the reason the Kingston HyperX 1066 memory does not work witt the board I chose it because the board does not support the high voltage of the memory, The board supports a lower voltage.

**Vakas** · December 15th, 2008, 06:07 PM

I have received a reply from Gigabye regarding the memory and this is what they said:

Hi,

Due to the massive memory on the market we are unable verify all of them.

If user wants to use memory at 1066MHz he will only be able to use 1GB + 1GB. If he lowers his memory speed to 800MHZ then he can use all slots. its AM2+ CPU limitation.

Channel 0: DDRII_1, DDRII_3
Channel 1: DDRII_2, DDRII_4

To support DDR2-1066, please insert to DIMM 1 & 2 or DIMM 3 & 4.

So I guess I'm better off sticking to 800Mhz

**Vakas** · December 15th, 2008, 07:09 PM

can you tell me what the difference between this board and the one that I chose is?

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4

**Vakas** · December 16th, 2008, 10:34 AM

I have chosen this memory and contacted the retailer and they say it should work fine.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...page=2&rqcType=

**Vakas** · December 16th, 2008, 05:28 PM

I have used Crucial memory in the past and have had no problems but I feel thier performance is not as good as Kigston and OCZ.

I have noe chose the following Kingston RAM and have confirmed it works with the board

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=33634

**NooNoo** · December 17th, 2008, 03:41 AM

Vakas, I am intrigued... what aspects of performance do you feel that Crucial fails on?

**Vakas** · December 17th, 2008, 06:06 PM

Well compared to others it didnt boost my system as much and crucial really don't get top reviews compared to others..

I could be wrong but thats what reviews are there for right?

**Vakas** · January 9th, 2009, 06:33 PM

Hey guyd have not got my new system yet as had too much on but hopefully getting it wtthin 2 weeks,

The question I wanted to ask I just checked the CPU support list for my current motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA69GM -S2H and The list seems to have changed since the last time I checked.

The motherboard now supports an AMD 9850 and althe the new Phenom II processors which I have not seen yet.

I wanted to use the 9950 so what do you guys think should I still go for the new motherboard and get the 9950 money is not an issue here.

Also what will be the price for the new Phenom II processors and have you found any retailer for them?