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ninjaquick
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06-30-2008 at 03:26:09 AM

I just bought a Phenom 9600 BE and a 4850 and i need a motherboard to go with it. I want to do some light overclocking and need a good, durable, cheap motherboard. My budget is at around 70 to 80 bucks (S&H included). What should i get?

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06-30-2008 at 03:40:10 AM

Here is a nice one for 90.00 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128090

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n°1775906
06-30-2008 at 01:40:16 PM

Well.. add a little more bucks for this mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] bit%2bax78
http://www.uabit.com/index.php?opt [...] &model=408

Great overclocking cheap mobo. Oc'ed my x2 4400+ from 2.3ghz to 2.88ghz (25% overclocking!). Idle@24c, full load@46c. Crossfire slot (1x16 ; 1x4) pci-e 2.0. Has latest technologies. Works my hd 4850 like a charm.

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n°1775914
06-30-2008 at 02:07:54 PM

HoustonSerenity wrote :

Here is a nice one for 90.00 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128090



It is a good board. I have it too. It has a problem though. The Northbridge stays at 80º.
If you put a cooler like Thermaltake CL-0034, it will block the only PCI-E 1x port.



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n°1775918
06-30-2008 at 02:17:50 PM

i also picked out that gigabyte in the first reply for a build for a friend. seems solid and inexpensive. I currently run an s4 motherboard as well. solid.


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n°1775920
06-30-2008 at 02:43:53 PM

Just keep the OC's to Mild.

I don't know if it's still a problem, but most boards on that Chipset where having issues with 125w Quad Cores and the board burning up.

If you do a large OC then be sure to get some chipset fans.

So long as you dont OC too much, you can have yourself a really nice system for likely not too much money. I saw some the the Quad Core Phenoms going for crazy low prices.


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n°1775921
06-30-2008 at 02:53:38 PM

I believe that the 9600BE is a 95w CPU. So OP should be OK.

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n°1775924
06-30-2008 at 03:43:01 PM

Do these boards have a multiplier option in the bios? or is is fsb/memclck (HTT) overclocking?

Yeah, i was looking at 780Gs and saw a Biostar that was rated well. My most recent build had a GigaByte 690G µATX motherboard that i really liked (it was an S2 so no OC, but that was OK since my CPU was no black edition).
Newegg is also selling a DFI LanParty 790FX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813136044R... i really don't need all the cables and junk, just a board, though i doný know if the board would come with the rear panel plate

Talk bout crazy low prices, the 9600 had a 55 dollar discount when bought with some crucial ram, and the ram on its own had a 40 dollar MIB so all in all: free ram and over 30 bucks off on the CPU :)


Message edited by ninjaquick on 06-30-2008 at 03:51:20 PM
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n°1775927
06-30-2008 at 04:01:33 PM

Looks like a good deal.

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n°1775929
06-30-2008 at 04:37:13 PM

modtech wrote :

Looks like a good deal.



The DFI?

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n°1775935
06-30-2008 at 05:17:20 PM

i'd still recommend the gigabyte, but don't go with the s2h. the ds3 version is all solid capacitors, and has a much improved northbridge heatsink...for the same price. pretty fantastic oc options as well...

just my two pennies....

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n°1775980
06-30-2008 at 11:04:40 PM

dario77 wrote :

i'd still recommend the gigabyte, but don't go with the s2h. the ds3 version is all solid capacitors, and has a much improved northbridge heatsink...for the same price. pretty fantastic oc options as well...

just my two pennies....



Yeah it sounds good, Its probably the one other board that caught my eye. how does it handle 4G of ram + Phenom?

Oh, I also bought a 4850 (prolly going to get it an after market fan) so on board video is not really a necessity. I mean, I don't mind it, but i don't need it.


Message edited by ninjaquick on 06-30-2008 at 11:06:43 PM

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