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Dale wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Doing some research on building me a new rig. I have ran into sort |
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of a |
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> hick up. The socket types are confusing me here. This is the mobo |
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that |
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> I *might* be getting. |
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http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=&prod_no=1856 |
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> If that link don't work, it is a MSI 790XT-G45 mobo. |
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> I do most of my shopping on newegg and was looking for a CPU heat |
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sink |
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> to go on that bad boy. The MSI website says AM2+. When I start to |
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> looking on newegg, there are several sockets that have AM2+ in it. |
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My |
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> question is, which is which or will any of them fit? |
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> The CPU I am looking at is a AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb |
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> 3.0GHz and it says it is a AM2+ as well. I assume that will fit the |
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> mobo? ;-) It doesn't come with a cooler tho. |
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> I may end up picking something else for the mobo and CPU but I do |
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want |
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> to figure out what the differences are between these socket types and |
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> what fits what. Explanations are good and links are good too. |
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> Pictures may even be better. lol |
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Yes all HSF for AM2/AM2+/AM3 should work with your CPU. A good one |
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(price/performance) would be this one : |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233082 |
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But may I suggest that you buy another mobo. It's not that cheap and lack |
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some features : |
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1. It utilizes DDR2. I think you want this to get that OEM AMD CPU but |
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it's not worth in my opinion. DDR2 modules are generally more expensive |
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than DDR3 ones and will be more so in future. |
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2. No USB 3 ports. May not be that important but it's available already |
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in most motherboards. |
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3. No SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. No big deal in general but might become |
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important if you buy a high performance solid state disk. |
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4. No e-sata port. |
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A few options for you : |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157197 (no 6Gb/s |
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and only 1 USB 3 port but very inexpensive) |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131660 (no |
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6Gb/s, no e-sata, VIA audio codec, but 2 usb 3 ports) |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157192 (VIA |
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audio codec, only 1 USB 3 port, up to 2 firewire port, 1 e-sata 6Gb/s, |
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all the features, good price) |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130269 |
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(everything right and better components, a little expensive of course) |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128435 (great |
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layout, high quality components, lacks e-sata though, but lots of |
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expansion slots, expensive of course but a great one) |
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Good luck |