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Im building my first PC.
reading on the internet i found out there is incompatibility with my mobo and proc which has 780G chipset

I have a ECS BLACK SERIES A780GM-A mobo at my house which i guess i cant use
supposedly can only support proc's up to 95W TPD

i ordered a 9850 phenom x4 black edition
wattage is at 125W

i ordered 4gb ocz memory ddr2 1066
http://www.compusa.com/application [...] ET328ORDER

i ordered the following case with a 450W power supply (is this enough)
http://www.compusa.com/application [...] ET328ORDER

i want to setup raid, and have 3 PCI slots

just wondering what i should get for a motherboard thats cheap, and will work for my application
also do i neeed a better power supply
any recomendations guys?

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your PSU should be fine, try an am3 motherboard so future upgrades are available, the phenom x4 are quite slow now.

Asus m4a78 Pro or Deluxe will do nicely =)

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your PSU should be fine, try an am3 motherboard so future upgrades are available, the phenom x4 are quite slow now.

Asus m4a78 Pro or Deluxe will do nicely =)

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You should return that 9850 and get something else. They are very poor performers and use a lot of power. Get yourself something AM3.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813135085

does anybody have any experience with this motherboard.

im just building a budget pc to use for school and music/movies, but it would be nice to upgrade to am3.

Reply to xc_champ_mike

I actually emailed ECS with a question about the 95watt TDP support for this very same motherboard. The tech told me 125watt cpu's will work, but (may) reduce the motherboard's lifespan.

Reply to CooLWoLF

i want to build this this week. like the idea of being able to upgrade to AM3. are there many choices for 125W mobo's. everything i look at only supports 95W.

Reply to xc_champ_mike

do am3 procs support ddr2?

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stevensl2 wrote :

your PSU should be fine, try an am3 motherboard so future upgrades are available, the phenom x4 are quite slow now.

Asus m4a78 Pro or Deluxe will do nicely =)

i thinks i might try this board
it looks promising for my application
didnt notice your post and have been scouring the internet for a motherboard when i wish i saw this
thanks

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xc_champ_mike wrote :

i thinks i might try this board
it looks promising for my application
didnt notice your post and have been scouring the internet for a motherboard when i wish i saw this
thanks

Haha No problem!, It's only because I myself had the Phenom x4 and Phenom II, with those 2 motherboards and i noticed how the am3 motherboards worked also with the older phenoms

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