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Older Machine Refresh - Questions

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Zetro

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
This is literally my loaner machine that I give to people when they have issues or I am building them a new one. I spec it to be useful for gaming, web browsing, and all uses but not great.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
As I am looking at only a board $150 or less
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Canada and I would be shopping at Memory Express
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Just a Motherboard
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (90W Version)
Corsair 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Low Profile Kit
Corsair RM650 Power Supply
Gigabyte 750Ti 2GB
128GB Corsair Neutron GTX
240GB Kingston V300
1TB Seagate 1TB
Standard ATX Case
Samsung DVD-RW

6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
As stated it is a loaner machine, it is my HTPC the rest of the time 1080P
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Full ATX from a reputable brand (Gigabyte/ASUS/MSI)
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes

What has happened is that the older Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P which is the DDR2 AM2+ board died on me but the rest of the parts are tested and good to go. My question surrounds will this older CPU actually support the ram that I have a DDR3-1600 kit. If it posts and is stable at 1333 for example I would be fine but I don't want to purchase the board and then turn around and need a newer CPU.

Any thoughts on boards? 970 chipset should be fine but if there is something horrible about it I am OK to spring for the 990.

Thanks for the help in advance :)

Trevor
 
That CPU will support your RAM. Remember that RAM will downclock to the highest speed supported by the chipset/CPU by default.

One good thing about the lack of progress with the AM3+ socket is that we're getting solid long-term reliability numbers. As such in terms of reliability, your two best choices IMO are the following:
1) Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 Motherboard (Don't get the LE version as it lacks front-panel USB 3.0)
2) Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX Motherboard

Either will do the job just fine.
 
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