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I'm planning on purchasing a AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz processor as part of a new computer, and I was wondering what motherboard I should use with it.
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purchasing new CPU, need mobo suggestions
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138129
This is a very good MB for the money... should OC your proc well and supports crossfire.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128339
This is a good one if you want SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138113&Tpk=tf8200
This is very good for the money if you only need a single PCI-E
This is a very good MB for the money... should OC your proc well and supports crossfire.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128339
This is a good one if you want SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138113&Tpk=tf8200
This is very good for the money if you only need a single PCI-E
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i've had pretty good luck with both my biostar boards.
i started out with a TF 570 SLI and it worked great (still does) its arrangment made a big pocket of heat andi wasnt havin that so i got this TA 770A2+ and its been goin good, took a little while to get my 3.4Ghz back but at the same time it was summer and i might as well not even bother with A/C on my end of the house
i started out with a TF 570 SLI and it worked great (still does) its arrangment made a big pocket of heat andi wasnt havin that so i got this TA 770A2+ and its been goin good, took a little while to get my 3.4Ghz back but at the same time it was summer and i might as well not even bother with A/C on my end of the house
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this first one was the one that I was looking at, however I took a look at the manual from the manufacturer's website, and it said I needed an AM2 processor to install a BIOS upgrade before the motherboard would support AM2+. is there any truth to that or am I safe with just the Agena?
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Only two boards you should consider. Asus M3A79-T or the new DFI 790fx with the SB750.
I would probably go with the Asus M3A97-T. Seems to be a solid board and a lot of people are getting good results from it.
Im not sure what you mean by "regret". I'v been with asus for the most part since the socket A days and I would say over all there has been very little to complain about. I have bought other boards too, both DFI, MSI more recently but I haven't found them to be any better than the asus on a whole. My second choice as of late has been DFI though, iv been impressed with their work.
I just can't think of why someone would regret going with asus, iv only ever had a problem with 2 of their boards and received replacements for both. Other than that iv had nothing go wrong that a bios update couldn't fix, the same could be said for the other high end companies.
It seems as though they have been one of the few companies that have supported updates for new hardware (AM2-AMD+ comes to mind).
In any case, I would suggest either an asus or DFI board. Both companies produce a solid product with all of the features that you will need. Im currently sitting on the cash to buy the asus board myself when deneb comes out, selling my M3A32 MVP/9850 rig to my sister instead of building her one, well it is more for her husband I guess.
Im not sure what you mean by "regret". I'v been with asus for the most part since the socket A days and I would say over all there has been very little to complain about. I have bought other boards too, both DFI, MSI more recently but I haven't found them to be any better than the asus on a whole. My second choice as of late has been DFI though, iv been impressed with their work.
I just can't think of why someone would regret going with asus, iv only ever had a problem with 2 of their boards and received replacements for both. Other than that iv had nothing go wrong that a bios update couldn't fix, the same could be said for the other high end companies.
It seems as though they have been one of the few companies that have supported updates for new hardware (AM2-AMD+ comes to mind).
In any case, I would suggest either an asus or DFI board. Both companies produce a solid product with all of the features that you will need. Im currently sitting on the cash to buy the asus board myself when deneb comes out, selling my M3A32 MVP/9850 rig to my sister instead of building her one, well it is more for her husband I guess.
