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Mobo for Phenom II X4 AM2+
I'd like to ask for your help in selecting a motherboard for an
AMD Phenom II X4 920 CPU. It's not that I'm too lazy to do my own search, but my broadband ISP has been on the blink for several days and it's difficult to gather enough info on a balky dial-up connection even to prepare a shortlist. These are my requirements - Proven stable chipset IGP NVidia 7025 (or AMD equivalent) or better 4 DDR2 slots Minimum 3 PCI slots Gb LAN Firewire Desireable but not essential: Analog video-out, dual LAN port Not required: DDR3, SLI/CrossfireX, HDMI No overclocking, no RAID Form factor: no preference but number of PCI slots probably precludes mATX. Assumed to come with any modern mobo: onboard audio, rear and front USB 2, SATA II, one IDE header. What do you think of Asrock as a brand? Their K10N78-1394 looks suitable, for one. Thanks in advance. |
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Mobo for Phenom II X4 AM2+
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:59:41 +0530, "pimpom"
wrote: I'd like to ask for your help in selecting a motherboard for an AMD Phenom II X4 920 CPU. It's not that I'm too lazy to do my own search, but my broadband ISP has been on the blink for several days and it's difficult to gather enough info on a balky dial-up connection even to prepare a shortlist. These are my requirements - Proven stable chipset IGP NVidia 7025 (or AMD equivalent) or better 4 DDR2 slots Minimum 3 PCI slots Gb LAN Firewire Desireable but not essential: Analog video-out, dual LAN port Not required: DDR3, SLI/CrossfireX, HDMI No overclocking, no RAID Form factor: no preference but number of PCI slots probably precludes mATX. Assumed to come with any modern mobo: onboard audio, rear and front USB 2, SATA II, one IDE header. What do you think of Asrock as a brand? Their K10N78-1394 looks suitable, for one. Thanks in advance. Given that you want a full sized ATX instead of mATX, the main limitations in what is available are you want it with integrated video and firewire. Often integrated video boards are designed towards the low end and skimp on features like firewire. Go to http://www.newegg.com , their motherboard category, where you can do a power search (left-hand column on page) and pick ATX, integrated video, etc. What chipsets aren't proven stable? Personally I'd aim a bit higher than 7025 unless you're sure you won't need more 3D performance and just want to reduce the price some. Asrock makes reasonable boards, but often fewer features, built to a lower price-point. K10N78-1394 is an exception, if it meets all your needs then you may have already found the best board for you. If Newegg carries that model you might read the owner reviews to see if any problems are mentioned, if they'd be significant to you. You mentioned analog video out as desirable, but what did you consider the manditory video output? Is it under the assumption it would be DVI, HDMI, or was analog out meant as TV-Out, an S-Video or other interface? |
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Mobo for Phenom II X4 AM2+
pimpom wrote:
Simple question what are you going to do with you pc? How much do you have to spend or want to spend? |
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Mobo for Phenom II X4 AM2+
kony wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:59:41 +0530, "pimpom" wrote: I'd like to ask for your help in selecting a motherboard for an AMD Phenom II X4 920 CPU. It's not that I'm too lazy to do my own search, but my broadband ISP has been on the blink for several days and it's difficult to gather enough info on a balky dial-up connection even to prepare a shortlist. These are my requirements - Proven stable chipset IGP NVidia 7025 (or AMD equivalent) or better 4 DDR2 slots Minimum 3 PCI slots Gb LAN Firewire Desireable but not essential: Analog video-out, dual LAN port Not required: DDR3, SLI/CrossfireX, HDMI No overclocking, no RAID Form factor: no preference but number of PCI slots probably precludes mATX. Assumed to come with any modern mobo: onboard audio, rear and front USB 2, SATA II, one IDE header. What do you think of Asrock as a brand? Their K10N78-1394 looks suitable, for one. Thanks in advance. Given that you want a full sized ATX instead of mATX, the main limitations in what is available are you want it with integrated video and firewire. Often integrated video boards are designed towards the low end and skimp on features like firewire. I don't want full ATX in particular but practically all mATX boards seem to come with no more than 2 PCI slots these days. At least 2 PCI cards are likely to be fitted, possibly more. 3 slots as used to be standard on earlier mATX boards would've been enough. Go to http://www.newegg.com , their motherboard category, where you can do a power search (left-hand column on page) and pick ATX, integrated video, etc. Newegg doesn't seem to carry one that has all the features I need. What chipsets aren't proven stable? Personally I'd aim a bit higher than 7025 unless you're sure you won't need more 3D performance and just want to reduce the price some. Agreed. The 7025 was a minimum. An 8300 or 780/790G is certainly preferable. Asrock makes reasonable boards, but often fewer features, built to a lower price-point. K10N78-1394 is an exception, if it meets all your needs then you may have already found the best board for you. My question re Asrock was about their workmanship rather than features. I've built several machines using Asrock motherboards for others in the past and had no cause for complaints. But since Assus's daughter company is geared towards the low-budget segment of the market, it would be enlightening to learn about other people's experiences and opinions about their products. If Newegg carries that model you might read the owner reviews to see if any problems are mentioned, if they'd be significant to you. You mentioned analog video out as desirable, but what did you consider the manditory video output? Is it under the assumption it would be DVI, HDMI, or was analog out meant as TV-Out, an S-Video or other interface? Sorry, that was careless of me. I meant composite/S-video out. |
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darklight wrote:
pimpom wrote: Simple question what are you going to do with you pc? I think I spelled out the requirements clearly, if not the intended application. Anyway, it's for an all-purpose budget desktop. Casual gaming, occasional video editing, word processing, browsing, image processing, playing music, etc. While some people claim that any integrated video is useless for gaming, I know several users who are happily gaming with a 6100 onboard gfx. Gaming is not high priority here. And I know that Intel CPUs are faster, especially for video work. I just think that AMD gives more value for a budget system. It's likely to have at least two PCI cards installed, possibly three. How much do you have to spend or want to spend? No strict budget for the mobo. I'm not going for a fancy high-end board with all the bells and whistles. I want a bug-free product of reliable construction with the features I outlined. I'm thinking US $100-150. |
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did you look at the post sent by martin Racette on phenom ll
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