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I run a Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h with a Phenom x3 740. It is a great mb and runs beautifully; better than my 890fx mb, also gigabyte. The reason is stability; very stable motherboard. Both are good but the 890gpa is just a hair more friendly/stable with ocing and memory settings. Go with the gigabyte, you won't be sorry. USB3.0 and 6Gbs Sata, crossfire, good stuff. Here's a shot of cpuz with that mb and cpu. This is with onboard video. On air.

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i would go for the BIOSTAR TA890FXE because it doesnt have onboard gpu. but gigabyte is a better made board.
usb 3.0 works 10 times faster then 2.0 but you must have the equivalent equipment like external 3.0 disk. the same goes to sata 6gb/s. must have a 6gb/s disk.
 
Have to say the Gigabyte 890gpa is a great board. You disable the onboard video but have it as backup. Here is a shot of the Gigabyte 890gpa running a 1055t @4050Mhz, 4x2gigs G.Skill Ripjaws @1600Mhz-8x8x8x20, 2x Gigabyte HD5770 crossfire. All slots filled, still able to oc to 4050Mhz and run benchmarks. The combination of 890gpa and Phenom II x3/740 has gotten me boints on HWBot.

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Apht3rThawt said:
I run a Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h with a Phenom x3 740. It is a great mb and runs beautifully; better than my 890fx mb, also gigabyte. The reason is stability; very stable motherboard. Both are good but the 890gpa is just a hair more friendly/stable with ocing and memory settings. Go with the gigabyte, you won't be sorry. USB3.0 and 6Gbs Sata, crossfire, good stuff. Here's a shot of cpuz with that mb and cpu. This is with onboard video. On air.

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Great to know. thats the CPU i have. does your cpu unlock in that mobo? i can get my cpu to go x4 in my asus. but not my Nforce. thats the main reason im looking for a new mobo
 
The Gigabyte 890gpa and 890fx both have core unlock/control. My X3/740 has a bad 4th core but the mb will unlock cores and control all cores individually or together. I run 3 Gigabyte mbs, along with an MSI and an Asus. The Gigabytes are the most stable, oc friendly of the bunch, IMO.
 
Ok sweet. i know my x3 unlocks because i have had it unlocked in my asus mobo. it just will not unlock in my nforce. ive always ran MSI and Asus but im looking for a new middle of the road mobo so i think im going to go with that gigabyte thanks for all the info. when i get the mobo i might pm you on some info about it and the x3 if thats cool
 
Good luck with it. PM is fine. I think the X3/740 is an awesome chip. Runs everything without a hitch. Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H with an X3/740 is good combo. With this mb/cpu I hold top spot on HWBot for X3/740 CPUZ on air.
 
yeah i love the x3 740 and i got it for 68$ on newegg. was upset that it unlocked in my older ddr2 mobo and not my ddr3 sli mobo so this gigabyte will keep me good for a while... i also heard a rumor it is am3+ with a bios flash? i ordered the mobo so should be here next week. thanks for all the info.
 
Frankly, my goto ram is G. Skill. I use the AData 2000Mhz to give me some leeway in ocing, but the G. Skill Ripjaws is really stable. I can time mine from 7-8-7-21-1t to 9-9-9-27-2t; 1366Mhz to 18XXMhz(with moar volts:eek:). That is the G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3 PC12800 1600Mhz. I have both CL8D and CL9D, both sets run perfectly. I haven't tried the G. Skill Ripjaws X. The AData is 2000Mhz and I have had it up to >2100Mhz with the Gigabyte boards, but it is more picky with timings and speed than the G. Skill. For grins here's the Gigabyte 890GPA /Phenom II X3/740 /G. Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-1t; CPU at 4020Mhz stable on Prime1024M. My sig shows the X3/740 at 3800Mhz, unless I'm benching of course.

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ok got the mobo. its freaking sweet. unlocked and overclocked right away in @ 3.7ghx x4 and i didnt have to do anything.

i also got the rev. 3.1 and it says AM3+
 
QuietIce said:
Do you know of a program that somehow gets the TDP from the motherboard's power system? If not, you have to ask yourself where that number comes from. Does a dual-core processor in a quad configuration actually use twice as much power? I'm not sure I can see how that's possible considering both dual-core and quad-core configurations have the same cpuNB including the 6 Mb of L3 cache. ;)
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well the number came from a cpuz i saw a while back with the processor: phenom II x4 b55, and in the new cpuz in the tdp section it said 160W, i know it doesn't take the reading from the chip itself just what its supposed to be..

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/265443-11-tomshardware

there are people reporting 160/190W Tdps on their unlocks, the 190 being a C2 unlocked, must be very warm! but i would probably put them down to an incorrect cpuz database.
 
QuietIce said:
The TDP may come from the CPU, possibly burned in at the factory. If so, we already know CPU data is unreliable on an unlocked CPU - just look at what happens to the core temp ...
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true, they go almost as crazy as my old x4 620 did, kept reporting -252 c in every programme, on the stock cooler!
 
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