Explain AM3+ board types

[RobTi]

Hi i have been looking on the asus site for a new AM3+ board for my htpc and am lost as to what all the different types mean, is there anywhere that explains them

Robert

[scaryjim]

How do you mean "types"? Do you mean different chipsets, or sizes...?

[RobTi]

760,880,990x,990fx and so on also it doesn't have to be asus just wondering what they all mean

Robert

[Domestic_Ginger]

wikipedia usually does a really good table. It has usually been my first point fo call.

[scaryjim]

760G - old but cheap chipset with acceptable graphics for light media use but not much more besides. Very few bells and whistles. Not particularly good for overclocking.

880G - more recent chipset with slightly better onboard graphics - can just about play skyrim 1080p at lowest settings (no, I didn't believe it either, but my stepson insists it's fine). A decent well-balanced chipset with some overclocking features and reasonable graphics.

990X - reasonable entry-level overclocking/enthusiast board. x8/x8 crossfire, NO integrated graphics, generally decent feature-set

990FX - top end enthusiasts board, usually have lots of overclocking features and bells and whilstles.

But if this is for a HTPC, why are you going AM3+? An FM1/Llano combination would be my recommendation in that situation...

[RobTi]

Thanks for the reply only asking about AM3+ as I had the 250 CPU spare.

So what fm1/ llano would you recommend, I play hd's and blu rips and have a dual sat card so can be recording 2 channels and streaming a video from the server at the same time

Robert