need amd mobo, the whole thing confuses me

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jwhert

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im lookin at buildin a computer because my laptop died, lookin at these too processers, leaning towards the 6000 because i have heard i would never notice a difference in the two, i am not a hardcore gamer

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103191

as far as the mobo goes, i have no idea, the whole thing blows my mind, the more i read the less i understand, i am looking to get a pretty good mobo, but when i start reading about them all, idk, i just dont get it, normally i would enjoy figuring this out on my own but my laptop died and i need the parts at my house when i go home for thanksgiving break, and w/ tests and everything, i dont have a lot of free time nor a computer when i do have free time

please let me know why your recommending what you are
 
If the 6400+ was seen for that price and available when I paid about $230 for the 6000+ X2 only to see a large price drop the following week I would have grabbed the 6400+. The time the 2/10ths ghz made a big difference was seen on an old Socket A build going from an Atholon XP3000+ 333fsb 2.1ghz model to an XP3200+ 2.205ghz cpu then. The small difference seen now won't matter much with DDR2 800 memory used.

For a board that depends on the type of build you are planning there. For storage and extra hard drives the Asus M2N-E here has 6 sata ports over the typical 4 seen on many models. That also has 3 instead of 2 pci slots for expansion cards like pci type tv tuner cards, sound cards, etc. there.

For a high end gaming build or simply having two identical video cards in SLI or Crossfire then you have to shop around for the make and model best suited there. Gigabyte, MSI, Asus are generally the top 3 with Abit, DFI, and a few others being preferred by some while not having the extras.
 
ASUS and GIGABYTE are very reputable companies that have a good reputation around here, the board you posted on last is a very high-quality board, though the dual PCI-E is not necessary unless you plan to use SLI down the road
 
jwhert said:
i am looking at this foxconn with the 590 chipset, it seems to be good, and 120 after rebates

any one want to share reasons to get or not get this mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186098
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Get it, man i love this board! :D

lovely? said:
ASUS and GIGABYTE are very reputable companies that have a good reputation around here, the board you posted on last is a very high-quality board, though the dual PCI-E is not necessary unless you plan to use SLI down the road
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Those are good, you know foxconn makes alot of their parts? :P

But for the price, if you want SLI capable board, the 590 is the best to go. (same as intels 680i, basicly re-named)
 
i figure, what the hell, its not a big price difference, might as well open up my options for later, thats why im going sli capable
 
yeah, and it should support the new X4's, whether it needs a bios update or not. The AM2+ cpu's like the X4 phenoms will work on Am2
 
ThatGuy16 said:
Those are good, you know foxconn makes alot of their parts? :P
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Where did you hear they made parts for Asus an Gigabyte. I knew they made boards for Intel, OEM boards for Dell and HP, made some Playstations for Sony and the Wii for Nintendo, think they make some stuff for Motorola and they make some Mac mini, iPod and iPhone for Apple. They make EVGA and XFX motherboards.
 
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