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  1. 22-01-2009, 03:46 PM #17
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    Re: AMD Motherboard Advice

    For the extra 4 quid the e-sata port and optical out makes it worth for me personally.

    However both motherboards will do the job well!!
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    Re: AMD Motherboard Advice

    Before coming into stock I was thinking of having a punt on the JW extreme, seems a few graphics/bios bugs still to be ironed out

    http://www.jwele.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=56
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  3. 22-01-2009, 03:55 PM #19
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    Re: AMD Motherboard Advice

    There seems to be an audio bug with the Biostar TA790GX:

    http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=461113

    It maybe worth for the OP to just get a cheaper 780G motherboard and buy a cheap graphics card instead:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-RAID-uATX-VGA

    It supports the latest 125w Phenom II processors too.

    An HD4350 is also more powerful as it has twice the stream processors of either an HD3300 or HD3450:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/256MB...Sub-DVI-I-HDTV

    It is twice as powerful as the HD3200 in the 780G:

    http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3420&p=4

    http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid...e=expert&pid=7
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    Re: AMD Motherboard Advice

    This thread is putting me off getting an AMD based board now
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    Re: AMD Motherboard Advice

    Nahhhh just get the 780G The chip is a black edition so overclocking can be done all on the multiplier, no need for an overclocking/fancy board.

    I'm really happy with both of my current AMD machines, an 5000+ X2 and a phenom 9950.
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    Re: AMD Motherboard Advice

    Not interested in Overclocking. Biostar looks great.
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