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December 10th, 2008, 11:43 AM
#16
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I may build another system using this processor and motherboard
Gigabyte MA-790GP-DS4H AMD Phenom II 940 Akasa AK-922 HSF Western Digital Sata II 500 GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 4X2GB ASUS ATI 4870 1GB Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtrame Gamer Compro VideoMate T300 Jeantech Storm 700W Vista Ultimate 64
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December 10th, 2008, 12:03 PM
#17
Driver Terrier
OK, but if you wanted it to go to a good home
Before you jump off and buy another board, if you wait a couple of months, you can get a board which supports AM3 and DDR3. Right now, there are only AM2 boards which will take an AM3, but don't have DDR3 (except as part of the onboard video)... but Jan/Feb will see a new crop of boards.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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December 10th, 2008, 12:23 PM
#18
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Hmmmm let me think about it going to a good home i'll get back to you on that
I was thinking the same about waiting a while and getting DDR 3 memory I am in no rush so I think I should wait i think.
It's not like i am having any problems right now anyway I just wanted something a bit faster.
Gigabyte MA-790GP-DS4H AMD Phenom II 940 Akasa AK-922 HSF Western Digital Sata II 500 GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 4X2GB ASUS ATI 4870 1GB Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtrame Gamer Compro VideoMate T300 Jeantech Storm 700W Vista Ultimate 64
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December 10th, 2008, 01:42 PM
#19
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Glad you got the exact information you needed.
My choice would be the
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H AMD 790GX
A few reviews here
http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1717.htm
http://www.systemshock.co.za/index.p...gp-ds4h-review
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December 10th, 2008, 02:03 PM
#20
Driver Terrier
Originally Posted by Vakas
Hmmmm let me think about it going to a good home i'll get back to you on that
I was thinking the same about waiting a while and getting DDR 3 memory I am in no rush so I think I should wait i think.
It's not like i am having any problems right now anyway I just wanted something a bit faster.
I have used Gigabyte Intel boards which provide both DDR2 and DDR3 - just waiting for the AMD version to come out....
I have 5 or 6 customers waiting for DDR3 to come down in price.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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December 10th, 2008, 03:34 PM
#21
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Are there currently any AMD motherboards available that support DDR 3
Gigabyte MA-790GP-DS4H AMD Phenom II 940 Akasa AK-922 HSF Western Digital Sata II 500 GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 4X2GB ASUS ATI 4870 1GB Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtrame Gamer Compro VideoMate T300 Jeantech Storm 700W Vista Ultimate 64
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December 10th, 2008, 04:26 PM
#22
Driver Terrier
Not that I can see... the whole point of AM3 is to be able to use DDR3, so I guess until the AM3 is ready, you won't see any ddr3 boards for it.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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December 11th, 2008, 12:20 AM
#23
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Vakas I wouldn't bother with the above suggestions. You have a decent rig atm so unless you specifically want to do a platform change AM3 DDR3 boards will be out in early 2009.
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December 11th, 2008, 09:18 AM
#24
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AT Least i let him decide and didnt try to badger him into first buying a board that you later told him to ignore then suggesting another, then jumping to intel.
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December 11th, 2008, 11:27 AM
#25
Registered User
Don't worry about it guys the whole point of the forum is to ask questions and share your knowledge as some people know more than others.
I am not prepared to go for Intel I have been using AMD for years I have never used an intel for my personal use it's AMD all the way for me.
As for minimal performance between DDR 2 anf DDR 3 I read somewhere that It will make a huge difference. So what do you say to this?
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December 11th, 2008, 12:09 PM
#26
Driver Terrier
Jury is still out... You can check out differences for the intel setup, but the AMD memory controller is on the cpu, not on the motherboard as is with intel...up until the i7 that is... Intel now incorporate the memory controller on die... so until someone can benchmark an AM3 on a board that can accept DDR2 or DDR3 I don't think you are going to get an answer.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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December 11th, 2008, 12:39 PM
#27
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I would never say that there isn't a significant difference because like you Vakas I use nothing but AMD for myself and my customers. There isn't any information yet. Because the memory controller for AMD is built into the cpu and they use Hyper Transport it's not easily compared to Intel. Also likely the same as DDR2 we may have to wait for chipsets to catch up to timmings.
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December 11th, 2008, 06:50 PM
#28
Registered User
I might not wait for the DDR3 support as I might be selling thw bits I have now as a friend of mine wants them.
So if I do I will be getting the GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H with the phenom 9950 and 8 gig of RAM
How does that sound
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December 12th, 2008, 11:23 AM
#29
Registered User
If I get this memory I don't think I will be able to install chips in all the slots as they look thick and may take up space of 2 slots.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=34468
Has anyone used these?
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December 12th, 2008, 11:33 AM
#30
Registered User
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