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hossdaddy

hossdaddy

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hey guys I am looking @ replacing the cpu and mobo in my main rig in sig, with the following,

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black $149.00
GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX $94.99

I would look at a micro atx board but im runnin a gtx 260 in that system and often times the sata plugs are placed in such a manner that they would be mostly blocked by the length of the card.

I was looking at the new 785 northbridge boards but they do not have many reviews and I do not know if they would be decent for overclocking?

I will be overclocking but modestly so maybe to 3.2g or so at least 3.0 for sure.

TIA!
 
Overclocking on AM3 platform depends more on the southbridge and number of power phases the board has.
 
Looks fine to me. I haven't had a chance to read reviews on the refreshed AMD chipsets that were newly released, sorry.
 
am I looking at any decernable peformance hit by using this cpu in an am2+ board vs am3?
 
so whats the difference, the addition of ddr3 ram vs ddr2 which is maybe 15% faster?
 
thats what I thought. Can you see any reason why I would go with anything more than a 780g or 770 board since its 99% of teh time used for gaming?
 
are tose cpu's still being made? I heard that this phenominom only existed with the early batches of the new cpus?
 
once your bios supports it and nothing is wrong with the disable cores, it will work.
 
any thoughts on this new gigabyte board?
GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H
Here is what I was thinking, I know its cf and im using a single gtx 260 but its Gigabyte, its got SB710, DDR2 ram usage and not retardedly expensive.

Chech out this one from my local shop,

GIGABYTE MB GA-MA785GM-US2H $89.99
Only Issue I can see is that with the micro atx the gpu will be a little crowded with my sb extreme in the bottom slot. Do you guys thinkn that would be a problem? Oops I just noticed that I would almost block 3/5 sata ports unless I use the 90degree bend ons. But I dont know if they would still fit under the gpu.
 
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I don't suggest the Gigabyte uATX boards for that reason. I would go with the MSI 785g board.
 
my friend has a 720 X3 with the 4th core unlocked and he has it overclocked ALOT on water BUT hes getting lower performance as me with a Phemon II X4 940BE overclocked. i wished i had his CPUz pic cause he hit 5.5GHZ on the 720 CPU LOL
 
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