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    News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    AMD provides a three-step guide to prepare your rig.
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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Ehhhh what? 9 series mobo?

    I hope he is wrong!
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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    You'll need a motherboard supporting the AM3+ socket. The 9-series mobos do, naturally, though a select few 890FXs - updated to the latest revision and BIOS - will do, as well.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    oh balls! i only have an AMD 5 series card... looks like im gunna miss out.



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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tarinder View Post
    You'll need a motherboard supporting the AM3+ socket. The 9-series mobos do, naturally, though a select few 890FXs - updated to the latest revision and BIOS - will do, as well.
    I hope your wrong as well

    The line was: AM3+ socket was needed......I really hope it's not now "AM3+ socket with very specific chipsets"
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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Sadly this may make some 'special' individuals go out and buy all the latest amd stuff, misled by some sales guy who just wants you to buy all the latest amd stuff...

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    I hope your wrong as well

    The line was: AM3+ socket was needed......I really hope it's not now "AM3+ socket with very specific chipsets"
    I would imagine if you had any AM3+ board then these new chips would work, after all these are the only AM3+ chips there are.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    AM3+ is needed, but do remember that 890FX, for example, is home to AM3, not AM3+.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    What's the difference between AMD 8xx and 9xx chipsets anyway ?

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Quote Originally Posted by CooperXS View Post
    What's the difference between AMD 8xx and 9xx chipsets anyway ?
    I got my 6870, Asus 990x board and SSD ready for this and for battlefield 3.

    9xx chip set is ready for the new quirky power requirements for the new fx range. Although the old 8xx can work, the 9xx is more optimised. Oh also Nvidia support in SLI.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    "Officially" (AFAIK), a 9-series chipset is required. But I'm also pretty sure that "Officially", the old AMD 480X chipset doesn't support AM3 processors, yet still...

    Of course AMD want everyone to buy new motherboards with their latest chipset, so they'll say that you need a 9-series chipset to support Bulldozer, but there's even AM3+ boards out there based on 760G, and I believe that, theoretically, any chipset that could support AM2 (and possibly even S939? ASRock have made a S939 mobo using an AM3 chipset, after all) could also support AM3+ with appropriate modification (although it'd be limited to HT1, rather than HT3).
    Last edited by scaryjim; 10-10-2011 at 02:07 PM.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    ASRock are just mental, they build like... anything

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuit View Post
    ASRock are just mental, they build like... anything
    Asrock have always been a bit... brave

    Think i'm gonna skip this generation and wait for AMD's Piledriver or maybe Intel's Ivy Bridge for my next build

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Perhaps a "noob alert" is appropriate here, but I'm sorry... AMD's names "Bulldozer / Piledriver". Intel's names "sandy bride / Ivy bridge". Even before I'd looked at any stats I knew which I'd buy!! Whats after the Piledriver? Dragonslayer! so pro.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    So the real question for everyone is - what should I buy.

    I have got my new 990x motherboard with an old Phenom II X3 720 and was hoping to have a all
    singing power house with the new FX CPU...

    Is it worth just buying the 1090T over the FX 8150 now.

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    Re: News - Is your rig ready for the AMD FX 8-Core processors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Brewster0101 View Post
    So the real question for everyone is - what should I buy.

    I have got my new 990x motherboard with an old Phenom II X3 720 and was hoping to have a all
    singing power house with the new FX CPU...

    Is it worth just buying the 1090T over the FX 8150 now.
    How far can your Phenom II X3 720BE overclocked and can it be unlocked??

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