Amd phenom II X3 720 & GA-MA790GP-DS4H. Questions

[rohan-04]

We'll i have almost decided to get that combo.
But its an older motherboard which is AM+ and it requires BIOS F3 to run the 720 BE but this motherboard come's with F1 i think want to know how i can update the mobo! as i dont have any amd processor's to run on it to update the BIOS!

Pls help!

[Gowt1ham]

why not biostar 790gx? Post the price after u buy.
I am also planning to buy frm SP road.

[rohan-04]

No Biostar becaus i have had bad time with them in the past and am not going to want to repeat that again.Dude i am not buying it from S.P road as computer wharehouse is giving me a better deal!

[desiibond]

What is your budget for proccessor and mobo and how much do you want to overclock?

[rohan-04]

MY Procee+mobo combo was 15k,and i want to over clock till abt 3.5ghz.
Will be getting a better cooler later on

[dOm1naTOr]

PII 920@ 10.5k
Gigabyte 790GX: 4.5k

[rohan-04]

Dude the bangalore price will be more than that!

[j1n M@tt]

wat?!! where do u get Gigabyte 790GX mobo for 4.5k??

[desiibond]

^^Gigabyte 790GX mobos start from 8k I think.

Anyways,

Rohan, If you want to go beyond 3.3GHz, you better get a stable motherboard having Solid State Capacitors, which would cost around 8k

You can overclock X3 720 till 3.3GHz on stock cooling and by increasing bus speed. But after that you have to play with voltages or you need to have a bigger and better cooler. At this level, for longevity of mobo, you need one with quality capacitors and FETs.

Also, on full load at 3.5-3.7GHz, it draws

[rohan-04]

K cool thanks!

[rohan-04]

See i was mainly looking out for ASUS M4A78T-E but no body seems to have it in stock,i even contacted the tech shop guy about it

[j1n M@tt]

Originally Posted by desiibond

^^Gigabyte 790GX mobos start from 8k I think.

Anyways,

Rohan, If you want to go beyond 3.3GHz, you better get a stable motherboard having Solid State Capacitors, which would cost around 8k

You can overclock X3 720 till 3.3GHz on stock cooling and by increasing bus speed. But after that you have to play with voltages or you need to have a bigger and better cooler. At this level, for longevity of mobo, you need one with quality capacitors and FETs.

Also, on full load at 3.5-3.7GHz, it draws

^^+1

if u plan to overclock, get a better mobo like he said than getting a cheap Biostar 790G mobo

[rohan-04]

Ok. so now i need to know a good shop in bangalore which has good prices and aftersales!

[desiibond]

If you want sales and service from same vendor, you need to pay a bit more and check in Computer Warehouse (MG Road), Computer Planet and Glasgow computers (SP Road)

[rohan-04]

[Intel E5200 2.5GHz O.C'd @3.75GHz on Asus P5KPL-CM with stock cooling]

Dude is this true.if so then ill get this combo! and a cooler!

[desiibond]

^^That's an entry level solution and it won't be able to compete with X3 720 at all.

At stock speed it gives 20-40fps slower framerate in games. Yes, it can be overclocked to 3.8GHz but still it seriously lags behind Phenom II cpus.

[rohan-04]

so can you just tell me the best AMD or INTEL for gamin only comb, i have a 9600gt overclocked. K .
I would like to get my speed as close to 4GHZ a possible!

[rohan-04]

Are you guys talking about this Biostar TA790GX MoBo?

[desiibond]

Clock speed is not everything.

AMD:

Phenom II X3 720: 7.5k-8k
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H: 9k orGA-MA78G-DS3H for 7k



Intel:

E8200: 8.5k
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L: 6k
MSI P45 NEO3 FR PCB 1.1: 7k (solid capacitors and shielded chokes resulting in better power management)


Among these two Phenom II X3 setup will have lot more overclocking potential and will have better performance.

Budget solution only for overclocking:

Intel:

E5200 : 3.5k
MSI P7NSLI PLATINUM: 8k
One more 9600gt: 5k-5.5k
Put two 9600GTs in SLI mode.

AMD:

Athlon 64 X2 7750+ Black Edition (unlocked multiplier): 3.5k
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinium : 9k-9.5k or Gigabyte 780G board: 4.5k (no SLI/xfire)
One more 9600gt: 5k-5.5k
Put two 9600GTs in SLI mode.

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by rohan-04

Are you guys talking about this Biostar TA790GX MoBo?

yes. forget about it if you want to do extreme overclocking. pretty unstable board for that task.

[desiibond]

btw, am going to SP Road tomorrow (friend wants to buy new set of speakers)

[rohan-04]

If you are going to S.P road can you pls find out the price's for me,i cant go as i have my exams on!

But pls man an you find the prices out for me it will help me out alot!

[desiibond]

^^sure I will.

[rohan-04]

Oh my god thank you man! thanks alot!

[Arnab boss]

I think if he really wants 2 overclock then why not....'
Amd phenom 2 940 black edition @ 3 ghz @ 12.2k

Asus m3a 79 t @ 10k

Corsair 4 gb ddr2 ram 1066 @ 2.8k
Corsair vx 550 @ 6k approx...'

1 t.b hdd @ 5k seagate or w.d....?

Case cm 690 @ 5k or antec 900 @ 8k or thermaltake armor+ mx @ 7.2k...

u can try this config its deadly...'

[rohan-04]

Dude the thing is i am on a buget of 15 to 20k

[Arnab boss]

Then go 4 Amd phenom 2 920 @ 10k

Asus m3n 78 em or cm @ 5k

[desiibond]

Location: Golcha

Prices:

E5200: 3300
E8200: 8700

X2 7750 BE: 3200
X3 720: 7600

Gigabyte 790FX based motherboard (doesn't know the model number): around 10k
Gigabyte 780G mobo: 4.5k

OCZ Vendetta2: 2.7k

MSI P45 Neo3FR: not available.

[rohan-04]

K thank you man!

[Gowt1ham]

If I am not wrong, ppl have hit 4ghz on Biostar TA 790gx with 720, of course the board is pretty cheap build and wont last long.

My question: I will be using my X3 720 @3.2ghz, will the brd last say 2 yrs at least.

And I am thinking of buying Gtx 260 but I have to downgrade my processor to 7750 BE. Is this going to affect the perfomance?