Re: First timer in need of some expertise.
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:17:21 -0400
Zet wrote:
First time builder Building a AMD system mostly for malfunction, but
games as well. This is what I'm working with Hope you more
professional Guys can tell me if they are compatible I think I have it
right, but I'd like to have another opinion. Thanks.
RAIDMAX AZTEC ATX-619WY Black/ Yellow 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower
Foldout MB Computer Case
AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor
(with heatsink and fan)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0
x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
OCZ Reaper 4096MB PC10666 DDR3 1333MHz Memory (2x2048MB)
ThermalTake / PurePower W0100RU / 500-Watt / ATX 2.0 / 120mm Fan /
20/24-Pin / SATA-Ready / PCI-E Ready / Power Supply
Lite On IHES206-08 Blu-ray Disc Reader with DVD Writer Combo - 6x BD-
ROM, 16X DVD+R, 8X DVD+RW, 16X DVD-R, 6x DVD-RW, SATA, Lightscribe
HP DVD1170I DVDRW SATA Drive - DVD+R 22x, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6x, DVD-
RAM 12x, Lightscribe
2x WD Caviar 500GB Serial ATA HD 7200/8MB/SATA-3G
SABRENT CRW-UINB 68-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0 Port
supports SDHC/VISTA
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
I hope that fan thingy is removable.
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-156-188-06.jpg
This feature is convenient.
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-156-188-19.jpg
Your motherboard is here. I would have preferred a CPU support list
in black and white, so I can see what processors are supported.
I tried looking in the BIOS download section, to see if there is any
mention of CPU types, but there are no release notes to speak of.
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_overview.aspx?ID=en-us0000444
Download page. Pretty ugly presentation of download links.
http://www.foxconnsupport.com/download.aspx?models=en-us0000444&category=C000000001&series=en-us0000012
112 page user manual. So you get more than a quick start guide.
This should answer most of your questions.
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/driverdownload/Motherboard%5CAMD%5CSocket%20AM3%5CA7DA-S3.0%5CManual%5CEN%5CA7DA%203.0-Manual-En-v1.1.zip
The only opportunity for confusion I can see, is whether to use AHCI
mode for disks or not. AHCI would allow hot plugging for the ESATA port
on the back of the computer. You'd press F6 during Windows install, to
install an AHCI driver.
Apparently, the SB750 Southbridge has six SATA ports (one dedicated to
ESATA on the back of the computer) and a single IDE connector. So
in this case, there is no need for a separate chip to give the IDE
connector for older drives. I guess that is one less driver to
worry about. (IDE driver already in Windows likely works.)
Paul
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