Scott P Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 So, I was sitting in the beer store picking out something for this weekend. My cell phone rings, and it is Wayne from Mushkin. I was lucky enough to be one of the winners in the OCC Christmas contest. I had won 4 GB of DDR2 RAM. Due to the holidays and CES, I hadn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott P Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) Any thoughts on a good 790X or so based motherboard? Should I go the 785G route? Current components I have here and ready to install: Athlon II X3 435 Processor AM3 Socket - Eventual upgrade to Phenom II X4 Sunbeam Core Contact 4 GB (2x2GB )Mushkin Blackline DDR3 Sapphire HD 4890 Vapor-X for now, upgrade in a year or so 640 GB WD Caviar Black Lite-On DVD-RW Mushkin XP-650 PSU Antec P180 Big Ol' Mid-Tower case Edited January 17, 2010 by Scott P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 Get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...5-215-_-Product and this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131405 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) he already has the amd chip, didn't you read? I'd go with a 785g motherboard personally. Edited January 17, 2010 by damian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
werty316 Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 I would go with a Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128378 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 ok I am getting a bit confused so you do have DDR3 memory otw is this correct? and your AMD Athlon II X3 this is AM3 correct? well then, sounds like an easy choice! you want the newest north/southbridge without a doubt. probably you want to stay away from usb3.0 for now however, you do want SATA 3.0 if you ever plan to crossfire make sure the second PCI-E slot is at least x8 speed *VERY IMPORTANT* some Asus motherboards will NOT recognize AM3 chips with C3 stepping the bios must be updated beforehand so you must have a way to do this your athlon II should be fine though, just stating this in case u order a new processor as well here is some decent budget choices Asus M4A79XTD I prefer Gigabyte though, and it has SATA 3.o Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
werty316 Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) He wants to use DDR3. He has in hand an Athlon II X3 435 which is an AM3/AM2+ chip. Edited January 17, 2010 by werty316 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 I would go with a Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128378 I have to agree with this post.... the 790X boards are just very nice... and the Mushkin will make a nice home in there... I just built a 780G board rig for a friend and after 2 sets of non-compatible ram I had a set of Mushkin Black that worked very nice...Kudos to them you will be happy... Bosco tries his best to care of the people who take care of him...IE all you members... It's all because of ALL you members that OCC is here... It's just OCC's way of giving back to the community.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott P Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 It looks like one of those two Gigabyte boards will work great. I can get it ordered from The Egg today and have my revamped machine up and running by the weekend. The Gigabyte board with the USB 3.0 was actually part of a very nicely priced 965 combo at Fry's a few weeks ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
insan3 Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 GA-MA790XT-UD4P or GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielT Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I have heard nice things about the 790FX boards. I didn't catch your budget if you mentioned it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott P Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 I was aiming for a lower budget, hence the Athlon II X3 CPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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