Re: Suggestions for a good AM2+ mobo?
- From: "~misfit~" <misfit61nz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:33 +1200
Somewhere on teh intarweb "Bill" typed:
In article <485b033c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, misfit61nz@xxxxxxxxxxxx
says...
Hey all,
I'm Intel all the way at the moment. However, a friend bought a
built-up 'gaming machine' (I've mentioned it before here, it's been
nothing but trouble) using an Asus M3A motherboard, a Phenom 9500
CPU, 1x2GB DDR2 module and a 9600GT.
The machine's been a nightmare. Firstly it was supplied with a PSU
that was barely capable of 300W (Tt 420W). I replaced it with a
reasonable 510W PSU, reinstalled Windows (don't ask!), updated the
BIOS and it seemed alright for a while. I showed him how to raise
vcore if it kept crashing.
Well, yesterday he rang me and asked about a replacement mobo. He's
raised vcore all the way (!) in BIOS, 1.550V and it's still
crashing. I expressed concern at the high voltage but he assured me
that the two hardware monitoring apps I'd given him, HWMonitor and
CPU-Z both say that the vcore is only 1.2xxV when in Windows. I also
got him to raise VDIMM to (at the moment) 2.05V. He doesn't have
another stick of DDR2 to try and I only have what's in this machine
and I'm loathe to mess with it. My luck hasn't been great of late.
:-/
I've been sick so I advised him to get a single 1GB stick of DDR2 -
800 and try that alone. However, if that doesn't work he wants me to
advise on a good mobo. (and fit it, reinstall Windows...) I like
Asus personally (followed by Gigabyte) but the vanilla M3A model
that he has, going by Googling, seems to have been a lemon. As I
mentioned, I'm not au fait with current AMD boards or chipsets so a
suggestion or two would be nice. :-) He'll pay between NZ$200 and
$300. (US$150 - $200 by the time it gets here?) Also, he's said that
this is the last time he ever buys a PC on impulse. I've built the
last two machines for him and they've been trouble-free. He's rather
surprised that a PC can be this much trouble, LOL.
Another thing, I've heard that the first Phenoms, the 9x00 range,
were 'flaky', that the 9x50 are much better. However, surely they're
not *that* bad that he needs to replace his CPU?
All input appreciated. He's desperate and is going to be calling me
soon. I'll look around but anyone with a positive experience with an
AM2+ mobo that they want to share would be great. Also, any comments
on the above; RAM? CPU?
The clowns that threw this machine together were, IMO, getting rid of
troublesome or slow-moving stock. The PSU was a lemon, the mobo
won't work with LAN drivers off the supplied CD, nobody's buying the
9x00 Phenoms now the 9x50 ones are around... These guys are that
incompetent that they didn't remove the jumper from the Seagate
500Gb 7200.11 HDD that limits it to SATA I speed.
Anyway, I digress. Suggestions appreciated. Oh, I'm in New Zealand
so mobo availablility could be limited.
TIA.
I thought enough of this one to have ordered it yesterday to replace
an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard.
GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128074
The last 2 ASUS motherboards I've bought have been dissapoinments.
Flaky bios that forgets it's setting on both of them. We'll see how
this Gigabyte fairs.
Thanks Bill, taken into consideration. :-)
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