Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Explain AM3+ board types

  1. #1
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    589
    Thanks
    19
    Thanked
    2 times in 2 posts

    Explain AM3+ board types

    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

  2. #2
    Not a good person scaryjim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Gateshead
    Posts
    15,196
    Thanks
    1,231
    Thanked
    2,291 times in 1,874 posts
    • scaryjim's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Dell Inspiron
      • CPU:
      • Core i5 8250U
      • Memory:
      • 2x 4GB DDR4 2666
      • Storage:
      • 128GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Radeon R5 230
      • PSU:
      • Battery/Dell brick
      • Case:
      • Dell Inspiron 5570
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10
      • Monitor(s):
      • 15" 1080p laptop panel

    Re: Explain AM3+ board types

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

  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    589
    Thanks
    19
    Thanked
    2 times in 2 posts

    Re: Explain AM3+ board types

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

    Robert

  4. #4
    I'm Very Important
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    2,928
    Thanks
    318
    Thanked
    360 times in 318 posts
    • Domestic_Ginger's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
      • CPU:
      • Phenom II X2 550
      • Memory:
      • 4GB DDR2
      • Storage:
      • F3 500gb
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 5850
      • PSU:
      • Corsair 550vx
      • Case:
      • NZXT beta evo
      • Operating System:
      • W7
      • Monitor(s):
      • G2222HDL

    Re: Explain AM3+ board types

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

  5. #5
    Not a good person scaryjim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Gateshead
    Posts
    15,196
    Thanks
    1,231
    Thanked
    2,291 times in 1,874 posts
    • scaryjim's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Dell Inspiron
      • CPU:
      • Core i5 8250U
      • Memory:
      • 2x 4GB DDR4 2666
      • Storage:
      • 128GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Radeon R5 230
      • PSU:
      • Battery/Dell brick
      • Case:
      • Dell Inspiron 5570
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10
      • Monitor(s):
      • 15" 1080p laptop panel

    Re: Explain AM3+ board types

    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...

  6. #6
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    589
    Thanks
    19
    Thanked
    2 times in 2 posts

    Re: Explain AM3+ board types

    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

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •