AMD info

[akaneria]

could anyone tell me if this processor:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-P...MHz-85W-Retail

would fit into this amd motherboard, not familar with amd stuff

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-SATA-RAID-ATX

the motherboard says that it supports 2000mhz fsb where as the processor has 4000mhz

thankls

[Domestic_Ginger]

It will work. Like you said; you are putting a pretty good processor in a board that is not going to get the best out of it.

[staffsMike]

It'll work, just not as well as you might like, but I don't think thats a very highly recommended board. I wouldn't buy it unless you already have it.

[s3ds]

From
http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ulvijSunFYJp6a2i
i dont see any am3 chips

these do as i have used them recently

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...-SATA-RAID-ATX

and

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...Board-VGA-HDCP

just a small point the asus has no floppy so its a slip stream job for raid and XP


Paul

[akaneria]

cheers guys will just stick to the intel 775 chips sets

[staffsMike]

I would say sticking to 775 is a mistake at this point..

Check out these budget boards instead
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-RAID-uATX-VGA

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

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...Board-VGA-HDCP

[s3ds]

hey i already linked that last one

seriously staffsMike is correct

[staffsMike]

My Apologies

[Domestic_Ginger]

From
http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ulvijSunFYJp6a2i
i dont see any am3 chips

I stand corrected; you're right, it probably wouldn't work.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would say sticking to 775 is a mistake at this point..

Check out these budget boards instead
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-RAID-uATX-VGA

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

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...Board-VGA-HDCP

Yep,all of these will do the job.

If the OP wants to do any overclocking I would go for this motherboard:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...D3-Motherboard

Don't go for the earlier revision 1 of the Gigabyte MA770-UD3.

[akaneria]

I would say sticking to 775 is a mistake at this point..

Check out these budget boards instead
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-RAID-uATX-VGA

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

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...Board-VGA-HDCP

i just need somthing that altogather will cost about £220 MAX exclusing keyboard, mouse,

[staffsMike]

The chip in question is a black edition so surely overclocking is a minorissue being an unlocked multi..

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I meant to say that the Gigabyte 770 was better for a big overclock as it has more options in the BIOS and has functioning ACC too.

Also to the OP what is the PC being used for BTW?? An Athlon II may do the job too!!

For instance:

Athlon II X2 240 ~£43

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1050342

Asus M3N78-VM ~ £49

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

OR

Sapphire PE-AM2RS740G PURE Element ~ £31

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Sapph...-RAID-mATX-VGA

Has the SB700 southbridge so the HyperTransport should run at full speed.

2gb DDR2 ~ £26

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-(...d-CAS-4-4-4-12

Samsung 320gb F1 ~£34

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/320-G...MB-Cache-89-ms

Coolermaster Elite 340 with 460w PSU ~ £50

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Coole...60W-PSU-Fitted

DVD rewriter ~ £17

http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-7-381.489-0

120mm fan ~ £4

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120mm...value-case-fan

The total comes to around £205 with the 740G motherboard or £223 with the 8200 motherboard.

[akaneria]

what about a processor like this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-P...ficient-Retail

[staffsMike]

Don't see the point. What is this PC for and is it on a strict budget?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

what about a processor like this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-P...ficient-Retail

I would not buy it as it is relatively slow and consumes a lot of power too.

Either go for a dual core Athlon II X2,or the dual core Phenom II X2 550 or a triple core Phenom II X3 720.

The X3 720 is available from Ebuyer for £92 delivered:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159071

If you are not overclocking the X2 545 is clocked only 100mhz slower than the X2 550 and is £68 delivered:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168972

The Athlon II X2 will be fine for a general purpose PC and even one used for light gaming. Things like word processing and internet don't need a very fast processor. Go for the Phenom II X2 or Phenom II X3 if you are doing heavier gaming and stuff like video encoding.