Which is the best mobo out right now for the AM3 socket?
I am getting the AMD Phenom II x4 955 black edition... I would like to be able to overclock it with ease... I am just not sure which one to pick!
He asked for the best, not the best value. The 790FX is the best for overclocking, is it not?
At the very least, a mobo with the SB750 southbridge would be good.
I plan on OC that is why I am going with the AMD
I plan on OC that is why I am going with the AMD
Thats probably not on air cooling, and even if it is you got a one in a million chip. Most will barely hit 4ghz. One other question, did you shut down any cores to achieve that overclock? And what voltage is that on?
Like I said, I used to own AMD stuff, and I used to say the same thing about the multiplier. But honestly, it's not really a big deal.
And an I5 at 4ghz will probably still beat out a Phenom II at 5ghz in most if not all multi-threaded benches.
And an I5 at 4ghz will probably still beat out a Phenom II at 5ghz in most if not all multi-threaded benches.
The cpu-z shows the voltage and that all 4 cores are active so why are you asking?
No it won't, it may in some intel biased single threaded benchmarks like spi and pifast but in w-prime and gaming performance the phenom will be on a par or ahead of the 750.
My point is that any noob can get a 4.2 stable 955 or 965 just ramping up the voltage and multi.
Whereas messing about with dividers etc is a whole different story.
o.0 no.