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masterprometheus wrote: |
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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 |
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Thanks for confirming that the coolers will fit. I did some googling |
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but it just wasn't making sense to me yet. I found a site later on that |
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said most coolers used different "adapters" to work with different |
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sockets if needed. That helped me figure out some of it. |
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Picking another mobo was a good idea. I actually ended up picking this one: |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103675 |
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That is a GIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3 AM3 AMD 770 which is a bit better. I'll |
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have to figure out a way to get my UPS, which uses a serial port, to |
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work but I *think* I still have a serial to USB adapter around here |
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somewhere. I'm going to have to cross that bridge one of these days. |
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This mobo is not as new as the Gigabyte you linked to but the one I |
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posted above is in my budget. I actually blew my budget and may end up |
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spending a little more than planed. I forgot the the new way for drives |
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is to use SATA instead of IDE. I had to add a DVD burner that was SATA |
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and also had to get some Artic Silver since I can't find my other tube |
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from years ago. |
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I'll take the opportunity to say this again. The new Cooler Master case |
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is HUGE. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |