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So, will an Athlon II x4 635 be better than Athlon II x3 in games. I can afford an Athlon II x4.


What do you think of Asus M4N75TD. Is it a good gaming motherboard. it only does x8 in both single and mutli graphics.
 

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I already purchased it yesterday. the motherboard is capable of doing sli. but I am not sure about its overclocking abilities.

What do you think. Can I overclock an AM3 processor to its best with this motherboard.
 

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:D

But the problem is, I don't know how to overclock. I don't have any experience of overclocking.


does this motherboard have any automatic overclock options.

please suggest something.
 

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so can I just use an Athlon II x4 635 or Athlon II x3 435 for gaming purpose. I am on a budget. I would later on upgrade it to a thuban or a bull dozer processor when it releases.


so will an Athlon II x4 635 or Athlon II x3 435 suffice for now or should I go for a Phenom II x4 itself.
 

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so how about a Phenom II x2 555 BE or a Phenom II x3 720 BE. What do you think?



The motherboard that I bought has a core unlocker switch built in on the board itself. Should I try that or just go with a Phenom II x4.
 

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I heard that the upcoming AMD processor Bulldozer requires an AM3+ chipset. So as I have an AM3 chipset, won't a bios update on the motherboard work as it previously worked with AM2+ chips.


I mean to say, will the Bulldozer processors backward compatible with the existing AM3 chipsets.
 

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If that would be the case, then most of the people who recently bought an AM3 board would be in total loss.

And there would also be a minimal chance of SLI on an AM3+ motherboard, considering the fact that there were only two motherboards (750a and 980a) on AM3 chipsets. :(


 

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there's one last question that I forgot to ask.


As I bought an ASUS M4N75TD that has 4 RAM slots (2000 OC). Will I be able to use all the 4 RAM slots to install 1333MHZ of memory (4GB on each slot = 16GB total).

The reason I asked you this is because, I've heard most of the people were not able to use all the 4 RAM slots.