• Good Motherboard For Amd Phenom Ii X4 955 Black Edition Review

Hi bob2006ty.Firstly I don't think there is any mobo which supports both DDR2 and DDR3 RAM (I'm not 100% sure though).Keeping that in mind, your best bet would be to go for an AM3 motherboard with DDR3 support. If you plan on a lot of overclocking an AMD 790FX chipset is recommended. The 790GX is a cheaper alternative (which also OCs reasonably well).

Gigabyte / ASUS would be my preferred brands.As a PSU:For a cooler what's your budget? I'd recommend an OCZ / Xigmatek / Scythe. It all depends on what best fits your case.This would probably be a better case:Now with all these components, maybe you should look at at least the HD4850 in my opinion.All the best. Thanks, in reply.I want a ddr2 motherboard in that case.As for cooling, Fairly cheap is best for me not planning on overdoing it, but it has to be safe and sufficient for the build.I like the look of my case better although your option certainly has its merits.I have never overclocked anything before, had a go once on my graphics card and the screen went all weird, i realise this is normal and that it was testing the cards boundarys to see how far it could safely be pushed, but it frightened the hell out of me and I stopped it.

Not planning on ocing anything although the option to do so would be nice, as a friend has offered to do so for me.Ps i don't plan on changing graphics card, as I want to keep the price down on that, i only want it to play gta iv.

Painfully Backwards CompatibleAMD’s big selling point of its Socket-AM3 processors is that they can still be used in Socket-AM2+ motherboards. In other words, you can use them in DDR3 or DDR2 motherboards. There’s a catch - the Phenom II X4 955 needs a BIOS update to work properly. And guess what?

Not all motherboards have that BIOS support yet.It’s not a major change but the fact of the matter is that AMD and its board partners have not done the work necessary to enable support across the board at launch. That means that if you have a Socket-AM2+ board, you may not be able to run the Phenom II X4 955 just yet.Socket-AM2+I ran into this problem with my AM2+ testbed. For the past couple of AMD reviews I’ve used MSI’s DKA790GX Platinum, a 790GX based motherboard. AMD actually sent me the board with my first Phenom II X4 940. Unfortunately it doesn’t have an updated BIOS, so the 955 only runs at 800MHz and won’t POST at 3.2GHz. Great.The following AM2+ boards currently have support for the 955: MotherboardSocketChipsetBIOS VersionASUS M3A79-T DeluxeAM2+AMD 790FX200DFI Lanparty DK 790FXB-M2RSHAM2+AMD 790FX200900327.ASUS M3A 78-TAM2+AMD 790GX200Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4HAM2+AMD 790GX20090407 F4.These boards still have some known issues with the Phenom II X4 955And more are coming. Cogswap ps2 download pcsx2. AMD suggests that you look at its before you pull the trigger if you’re looking to put one of these chips into an older board.Socket-AM3Even Socket-AM3 boards will need a BIOS update but those seem a bit more ready to go.

Unfortunately because of all of this board switching, some of my 955 numbers aren’t exactly comparable to my older 940 numbers. I’m using different motherboards (Socket-AM3 vs. AM2+) and different memory (DDR3-1333 vs.

The numbers are close enough, but there were a couple of situations where performance scaled more than it should have or went negative.Overall it’s not a huge deal but it’s frustrating for anyone looking to save money and upgrade to the 955 but using an older motherboard. 66 Comments. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - I read articles like this all the time for multiple websites.

I am a professional application performance tester and I can tell you that most of these articles are junk just to stir up the masses. Most of their statistics are based on averages. This means that 51% of the time they are wrong. Have you noticed that none of them show confidence tests to prove that their data is accurate? Also they don't use 90th percentiles.

Good Motherboard For Amd Phenom Ii X4 955 Black Edition Review

I think this is due to the lack of the tools that they are using to generate these sub-standard statistics. Until the software they are using is more precise I would consider these tests to be junk science. Friday, April 24, 2009 - PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+PII 940 BE = $189.99 on Newegg right now and for the last week+-Why is it every AMD article on this site has errors?