Twist86
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Whats a good motherboard that can handle a 9850 phenom?
I have been reading the AMD 770-790 chipsets and all of them claim to be unable to fully handle a 125tdp phenom. Yet most boards claim to support it so I am confused.
I have around 100 bucks to spend on the board but every board I find and research they all claim it can't handle it yet the site does...adds to my novices confusion.
I was looking at this board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130173
shows 3 bios updates for 9850...
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1431&maincat_no=1#menu
Future upgrades would be maybe a 4870 512mb when it drops in price....but next major upgrade will be when DDR3 and 4ghz quad cores are out or a year+. I won the 9850be so its a hell of a upgrade over my 2.3ghz X2 4400+.
Is there a better choice? I don't overclock and the phenom is this one here.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249
Also the board on newegg says 1066 DDR2 only but on the main site of MSI it says
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1431
• Supports Dual DDR2 533/667/800/1066 (1066 for AM2+ only) does the "1066 for AM2+ only" mean you must have 1066 memory to run AM2+ CPU or you can only run that speed if you HAVE a AM2+ CPU?
Sadly I wont have my CPU or MB on Wensday since I finally sold them. So any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Also will the phenom boot up and allow me to update the bios through the live update? I never updated bios since I never had to so I wanna make sure I don't need a fully working PC to update the bios.
I have been reading the AMD 770-790 chipsets and all of them claim to be unable to fully handle a 125tdp phenom. Yet most boards claim to support it so I am confused.
I have around 100 bucks to spend on the board but every board I find and research they all claim it can't handle it yet the site does...adds to my novices confusion.
I was looking at this board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130173
shows 3 bios updates for 9850...
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1431&maincat_no=1#menu
Future upgrades would be maybe a 4870 512mb when it drops in price....but next major upgrade will be when DDR3 and 4ghz quad cores are out or a year+. I won the 9850be so its a hell of a upgrade over my 2.3ghz X2 4400+.
Is there a better choice? I don't overclock and the phenom is this one here.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249
Also the board on newegg says 1066 DDR2 only but on the main site of MSI it says
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1431
• Supports Dual DDR2 533/667/800/1066 (1066 for AM2+ only) does the "1066 for AM2+ only" mean you must have 1066 memory to run AM2+ CPU or you can only run that speed if you HAVE a AM2+ CPU?
Sadly I wont have my CPU or MB on Wensday since I finally sold them. So any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Also will the phenom boot up and allow me to update the bios through the live update? I never updated bios since I never had to so I wanna make sure I don't need a fully working PC to update the bios.
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