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stuckinmichigan   11-16-2009 at 02:08:51 AM

I've got a 3 year old AMD 939 system and I'm thinking of upgrading the MOBO to

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128387

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor Model HDZ720WFGIBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103649

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231166

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150447

I've got an Antec 550w SLI PS and a may get a new monitor.

This seems to be about half of building a new I5 system.

This seems like I would be able to get another couple of years out of it. I like to play games when I have time and my daughter builds graphics.

Does this seem like a good path to follow.

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I would suggest this combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.293440
And because its now an AM3 socket you need some DDR3,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
And you end up coming out $5 less, or $15 less after MIR.
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ohiou_grad_06   11-16-2009 at 02:29:08 AM

If you are building new right now, I think I'd spend the little extra to go ahead and go full AM3 with ddr3, that way you are more likely to have full support for different processors later, so that way you may be able to drop a faster chip in instead of doing a full upgrade. Like on mine, even though I've got an AM2 mobo, I can still update to a Phenom 2 quad or triple core.

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   11-16-2009 at 03:03:42 AM
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I would suggest this combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.293440
And because its now an AM3 socket you need some DDR3,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
And you end up coming out $5 less, or $15 less after MIR.

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batuchka   11-16-2009 at 03:37:20 AM

Yep +1 on AM3/DDR3

At the same price no reason to go with an AM2+/DDR2 set up hehe

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