AMD mobo/gpu for $100 Good deal or not?

djogoku · 10-26-2009, 03:03 PM

The guy who sold me his Athlon 64 x2 6000+ is selling his MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X Motherboard & his HIS HD 4850 IceQ 4 1GB(256bit) GDDR3 PCIe video card for $100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130172

http://www.hisdigital.com/us/product2-30.shtml

My question to you all is is it worth it?

StrangleHold · 10-26-2009, 03:16 PM

If they are in good shape, 100 bucks is not bad. 4850 new runs 100 bucks or alittle over. The boards not bad, updated chipset over your boards now. Its got a 790X. Alittle on the lowend side board, but still a pretty good board. So, 100 bucks for both is a pretty good deal.

djogoku · 10-26-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

If they are in good shape, 100 bucks is not bad. 4850 new runs 100 bucks or alittle over. The boards not bad, updated chipset over your boards now. Its got a 790X. Alittle on the lowend side board, but still a pretty good board. So, 100 bucks for both is a pretty good deal.

Well, last night I picked up the card & mobo. Of course I wanted to run home and rip everything out of my system so I could get it up and running with the new stuff. But I knew that wouldn't have been smart. So today after I get home from my daily routine I'll find away to install the mobo & card without making my Windows go invalid after detecting the new hardware. Yeah I know. I'm still in noob mode when it comes to somethings. lol

Anyways, the card seems to be what he said it was. It looks normal with the except that he pulls off the labs on his video cards to give them a more personalized look. I actually like the design on the HIS ICEQ cards but it's cool. Being that it's UV reactive it'll still look nice through my side panel window along with the blue led fan. Only draw back is I had a time last night trying to confirm that it was the right card. On the board itself it has a sticker that says (H485QS1G). Not (H485QS1GP) like on the HIS site. But I'll get the info after it's installed and I run a gpu id program.

Then there's the mobo. It's what it says it is. All labels and stickers were there. Only draw back to it was there's no I/O shield and one of the four screws is missing from the mounting backet that surrounds the AM2 socket. Fortunately he thinks he can get the shield and some of the accessories that came with it & the gpu. I'll get a screw myself.

All in all for a hundred bucks I guess the draw backs arent great enough to cry over. Oh, forgot to mention he had an old MSI K8MM-V mobo and just gave it to me since he's more into intel boards and has no use for it. I'll more than likely just sell it and make some of my money back.

StrangleHold · 10-26-2009, 03:37 PM

Sounds like you got a good deal. Just make sure you replace the CPU mounting bracket screw. The IO shield is not a big deal, if you cant find one that matches, try Emailing Foxconn and see if they might send you one. You can run one without it, just looks kinda funky at the back without one.

djogoku · 10-26-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

You can run one without it, just looks kinda funky at the back without one.

That's what I was thinking. lol
I noticed you said Foxconn. Is Foxconn & MSI one group or did you mean to say MSI?
I'm definitely going to get one, one way or the other. I just hope he has it. The cheapest one I've seen so far was on ebay for $19.99. Not what I want to spend if I don't have to.

StrangleHold · 10-26-2009, 03:46 PM

Sorry meant Email MSI, dont know why I had Foxconn on my mind.

djogoku · 10-29-2009, 05:45 AM

Update: I installed the new mobo & gpu late last night and finished adding the drivers and extra this evening. Thanks for the good advice. So far all the games I normally play are running EXTREMELY well!!!

. It's more of an increase than I expected. And I have no regrets. Now all I need is a Phenom IIx4 955 BE! ;P

Bodaggit23 · 10-29-2009, 07:14 AM

Hellz yeah, nice find.

G25r8cer · 10-29-2009, 07:32 AM

Def nice find. Heck you got your moneys worth just getting the 4850

djogoku · 10-30-2009, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

Def nice find. Heck you got your moneys worth just getting the 4850

That's how it feel. And to think I was hesitant about switching from my x1950 pro XGE. lol

10-26-2009, 03:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
djogoku Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 48	AMD mobo/gpu for $100 Good deal or not? The guy who sold me his Athlon 64 x2 6000+ is selling his MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X Motherboard & his HIS HD 4850 IceQ 4 1GB(256bit) GDDR3 PCIe video card for $100. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130172 http://www.hisdigital.com/us/product2-30.shtml My question to you all is is it worth it? __________________ • Thermaltake Tsunami Dream • AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz • MSI K9A2 CF-F v2 • G.SKILL PI 2x2GB (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI) • HIS HD 4850 ICEQ4 1GB • HITACHI DESKSTAR 82.3GB 7200 (OS) • Seagate Barracuda 200GB (games,movies,music,etc) • Antec Neo HE 550W PSU

10-26-2009, 03:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,188	If they are in good shape, 100 bucks is not bad. 4850 new runs 100 bucks or alittle over. The boards not bad, updated chipset over your boards now. Its got a 790X. Alittle on the lowend side board, but still a pretty good board. So, 100 bucks for both is a pretty good deal. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

10-26-2009, 03:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,188	Sounds like you got a good deal. Just make sure you replace the CPU mounting bracket screw. The IO shield is not a big deal, if you cant find one that matches, try Emailing Foxconn and see if they might send you one. You can run one without it, just looks kinda funky at the back without one. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

10-26-2009, 03:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,188	Sorry meant Email MSI, dont know why I had Foxconn on my mind. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

10-29-2009, 05:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
djogoku Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 48	Update: I installed the new mobo & gpu late last night and finished adding the drivers and extra this evening. Thanks for the good advice. So far all the games I normally play are running EXTREMELY well!!! . It's more of an increase than I expected. And I have no regrets. Now all I need is a Phenom IIx4 955 BE! ;P __________________ • Thermaltake Tsunami Dream • AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz • MSI K9A2 CF-F v2 • G.SKILL PI 2x2GB (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI) • HIS HD 4850 ICEQ4 1GB • HITACHI DESKSTAR 82.3GB 7200 (OS) • Seagate Barracuda 200GB (games,movies,music,etc) • Antec Neo HE 550W PSU

10-29-2009, 07:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
Bodaggit23 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Aperture Science Posts: 4,561	Hellz yeah, nice find. __________________ Team Stats @ ExtremeOverclocking.com Team Stats FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 CPU: i7 920 Batch#3841A525 (@3.43Ghz) Board: EVGA E758-A1 Memory: Dominator 3x2GB DDR3 1600 Hard Drive: 300GB VelociRaptor GPU: EVGA GTX260 SC Core 216 Optical: Sony Optiarc 22x DVD/CD Burner PSU: Corsair TX850W CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 Primary OS: Windows Vista x64 SP2 Case: Coolermaster HAF 932

10-29-2009, 07:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
G25r8cer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 4,815	Def nice find. Heck you got your moneys worth just getting the 4850 __________________ My Rig Antec 300 w/Scyth Kaze Master Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Phenom II 955BE w/ CoolerMaster V8 2 x 2gb Gskill DDR3 1600mhz Ultra X-Finity 600watt psu Samsung F3 500gb and F1 750gb XFX 8600gt XXX will be 5850 soon Logitech G25, Illuminated, and MX Revo Team Stats FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND F@H Team 44358

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