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Scxe   09-10-2008 at 03:20:51 AM

I'm looking to upgrade to another AMD motherboard, that will support the phenom 9950 be processor. I also might want to crossfire 2 4870's together alilbit down the road. What sort of chipset do I need to look at, and what brands are better? Is the 790gx better than the fx? If you could gimme some pointers, they'd be much appreciated!

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aevm   09-10-2008 at 03:45:54 AM
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790gx is not great for Crossfire (it runs at 8x+8x). 790fx is perfect for it (16x+16x). Here are two 790fx motherboards that support the 9950BE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131291
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130136

Get a Corsair 750TX or an Antec 850W for that Crossfire setup, btw.

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Scxe   09-10-2008 at 03:59:00 AM
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Woot! thx for the reply. Yeah let me post my (current) system specs:

Antec 900 case
corsair 750w PSU
EVGA 8800 gs GPU
amd 5200+ dual core (2.67 ghz) cpu
4 x 1gb 800mhz ddr2 OCZ platinum revision 2 ram
'n other junk ^_^

From what looking I had done into the MSI board, it seems to have alot of layout problems with cards as long as the 4870. I looked abit into the K9A2 Platinum V2, but the only difference I could see was they got rid of the promise chip, and therefore, the eSATA support. Doesn't seem to fix the card length issue, though.


Message edited by Scxe on 09-10-2008 at 04:02:34 AM
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aevm   09-10-2008 at 04:25:41 AM
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Right, with the MSI you may need to bend some pipes. The Asus doesn't have the problem, apparently.

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Scxe   09-10-2008 at 07:45:39 AM
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So then it comes down to: save a few $ up front, and void my warranty by bending pipes, or shell out a few extra $'s and buy the ASUS. hrm, I hope asus has decent tech support and what not

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Scxe   09-11-2008 at 06:23:59 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128352

What does everyone think about that board? yeah, the pcie 2.0 slots would only be 8x and 8x in crossfire, but It seems like a pretty good board. Anythoughts?

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B-Unit   09-11-2008 at 08:13:36 PM
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Be certain that the board you get comes with the SB750 southbridge, as this allows for higher clockspeeds on Phenom processors.

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prince10t   09-13-2008 at 09:47:34 PM
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I've heard and check some sites, saying AMD790 FX/X mobo will be integrated with SB750 in some point in the future, and that my friend will be your Phenom's bestfriend. I just dont know when.

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Scxe   09-13-2008 at 11:28:23 PM
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Yeah, it does. Can anyone tell me what the average safe oc speed would be with a phenom 9950?

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