Help WTB Phenom 720,550 Unlockable

87dtna · 11-04-2009, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by bomberboysk

Asrock boards are low end, they are the budget section of Asus and generally poor quality boards.

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Asrock/ PCchips/ Biostar/ Jetway/ ECS/ Powercolor/ Zotac and a few more are in the lowend bracket. I do admit Biostar and Asrock are alittle better then the others. They just tend to have cheaper PCB/ mosfets/ chokes/ Caps.

Like I said, I've had 3 ASRock boards and all 3 have been perfectly fine quality and as far as overclock I maxxed out the same on my $55 ASRock board that I did on my Gigabyte board.

StrangleHold · 11-04-2009, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by 87dtna

Like I said, I've had 3 ASRock boards and all 3 have been perfectly fine quality and as far as overclock I maxxed out the same on my $55 ASRock board that I did on my Gigabyte board.

Now lets look at the difference in the best Asus and Asrock 785 board.
Asus
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...rnR&templete=2
Asrock
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...l=A785GXH/128M

There not even in the same ball park.

Plus Asus makes mid range ones like the Asrock for close to the same price. So whats really the point in buying a Asrock. Asus just has Asrock to make mid to lowend boards, because there are tons of people that gobble up the 50/60 bucks boards and they dont want the Asus name on them.

But like I said Asrock and Biostar are the better of mid to lowerend boards bunch.

G25r8cer · 11-04-2009, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Asus
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fcsXWSxnhzZE9rnR&

I love mine

Runs my 955BE great

StrangleHold · 11-04-2009, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

I love mine

Runs my 955BE great

Good board. 10 phase power setup, all solid caps. high quality chokes, newer mosfets.

The only thing I dont like about it is where the SATA ports are. Should be at the bottom edge closer to where the harddrives are instead of above the PCIe X16 slots.

87dtna · 11-04-2009, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Now lets look at the difference in the best Asus and Asrock 785 board.
Asus
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...rnR&templete=2
Asrock
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...l=A785GXH/128M

There not even in the same ball park.

Plus Asus makes mid range ones like the Asrock for close to the same price. So whats really the point in buying a Asrock. Asus just has Asrock to make mid to lowend boards, because there are tons of people that gobble up the 50/60 bucks boards and they dont want the Asus name on them.

But like I said Asrock and Biostar are the better of mid to lowerend boards bunch.

Wrong.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157167

That asus board only does 4x in crossfire you know.

G25r8cer · 11-04-2009, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by 87dtna

Wrong.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157167

That asus board only does 4x in crossfire you know.

So does the Asrock

The next version up of the asus is this one: http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=vk9Pqxby9MjO0WHm

That does dual x8

Mitsel · 11-04-2009, 12:04 PM

Ok guys i made my choice and i left it all in luck.
I purchased a 720 from Ebay as i couldn't wait anymore..
I believe i made a mistake as it took a little high and now i am thinking at newegg was 112$ new and with cooler..but unfortunately i couldn't buy from it as it doesn't send international.
Especially the Gigabyte mobo with just 69$ is a sin and even if i pay 15$ for shipping will be much better than buy it from here!!!!
But i can't cause no relatives or any friend Living in US..Unfortunately!
Well as for the Cpu, I didn't ask anything about batch numbers and things like that and i hope i will be lucky!!!
Now i must purchase my mobo and i haven't decided.
Gigabyte or the Asrock?
Both seem to have same features but Asrock is cheaper.
From the other hand you all agree that Gigabyte is better quality than Asrock..
So i need an energy saving mobo,don't need super overclocking and with good chances unlocking my cpu.
I do hope that i will be able to unlock and be stable!!!!

87dtna · 11-04-2009, 01:38 PM

Oh sorry....yeah I thought about it more and kinda decided against it since it's the best CPU I have.

Mitsel · 11-04-2009, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 87dtna

Oh sorry....yeah I thought about it more and kinda decided against it since it's the best CPU I have.

I was sure that you wouldn't change it as if it works as quad and at 3,8 it's an excellent performance!
I do hope that i will get lucky in my purchase

I hope it won't be hard to unlock and to get stable as i don't know how to chance voltage and things like that....
Nobody reffered though what would be a good batch and things like that..
I can't wait to see if i got lucky!!

StrangleHold · 11-04-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitsel

Nobody reffered though what would be a good batch and things like that..
I can't wait to see if i got lucky!!

The batch numbers only matter when they were first released. The fist batch numbers have already been bought up. Its just a hit and miss thing now. Between the 550 and 720, get the 720. If they dont unlock atleast you have a tri core.

11-04-2009, 12:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mitsel New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	Ok guys i made my choice and i left it all in luck. I purchased a 720 from Ebay as i couldn't wait anymore.. I believe i made a mistake as it took a little high and now i am thinking at newegg was 112$ new and with cooler..but unfortunately i couldn't buy from it as it doesn't send international. Especially the Gigabyte mobo with just 69$ is a sin and even if i pay 15$ for shipping will be much better than buy it from here!!!! But i can't cause no relatives or any friend Living in US..Unfortunately! Well as for the Cpu, I didn't ask anything about batch numbers and things like that and i hope i will be lucky!!! Now i must purchase my mobo and i haven't decided. Gigabyte or the Asrock? Both seem to have same features but Asrock is cheaper. From the other hand you all agree that Gigabyte is better quality than Asrock.. So i need an energy saving mobo,don't need super overclocking and with good chances unlocking my cpu. I do hope that i will be able to unlock and be stable!!!! Last edited by Mitsel; 11-04-2009 at 12:11 PM.

11-04-2009, 01:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
87dtna Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: PA Age: 24 Posts: 658	Oh sorry....yeah I thought about it more and kinda decided against it since it's the best CPU I have. __________________ Matt ''The beatings will continue until morale improves'' Main rig- AMD Phenom II 550 unlocked to B50 quad@3.8ghz, Antec 200 case, Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H board, 4gb G.Skill DDR3-1600 ram, EVGA gts250 GPU, OCZ 700w PSU, 2x dvd burners, seagate 640gb HDD 7200.11, Windows 7 RC.

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