Mobo CPU pairing question.

[tehspoon]

Hi i am in the process of building a PC right now and will be ordering parts tonight.The mobo that i picked is a,

GA-MA770T UD3P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392

and the CPU is the newly released Phenom x2 555
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103846

I was wondering if i would need a BIOS update in order for the cpu to work with that mobo. And if so which update would i need? Would the f5 be okay. Also is it possible to unlock cores on the f5, since i've only heard you can do them on f2c.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

probably wont run into any issues.. though check on gigabytes site and see if they released a new bios that says anything specific about supporting the 555..

 

[W.Feather]

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=3096#anchor_os

yes it is supported, i cant tell which bios version does


as for unlocking, remember it IS NOT guranteed, even on a board known to unlock.....its all up to the chip....pretty much anything with ACC can unlock a phenom....i unfortuanatly did not have that luck

 

[tehspoon]

Yah i was debating on getting a 955 or a 555. But since the 555 is cheaper i decided on that. And maybe getting a quad with it in the process.

 

[playah]

The chances of unlocking a 555 is supposed to be better, I'll tell you how it goes when mine gets here

 

[tehspoon]

Can't wait for the results of that since there arn't alot of people with the 555s yet.

 

[playah]

GA-MA770T UD3P looks like a good choice for unlocking, I sold one a while back because I didn't have any DDR3 yet, now I wished I would have kept it just to play with for a minute.

Ended up getting some DDR3 in like 3 days after I sold it