Read more.AMD provides a three-step guide to prepare your rig.
Read more.AMD provides a three-step guide to prepare your rig.
Ehhhh what? 9 series mobo?
I hope he is wrong!
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
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.
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
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...
AM3+ is needed, but do remember that 890FX, for example, is home to AM3, not AM3+.
What's the difference between AMD 8xx and 9xx chipsets anyway ?
"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.
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.
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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