Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
08-09-2011, 21:07
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Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
With the grief I'm having in this thread I reckon I might need a new mobo for a Phenom II 550.
Which I think means AM2+ or AM3 or AM3+ , am I right?
Can anyone recommend a good one?
I'm looking for full ATX size, lots of USB sockets, able to take a fair amount of memory, don't need integrated video, want good build quality, don't want to spend more than £90 if I can avoid it.
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08-09-2011, 22:14
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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08-09-2011, 22:19
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
maybe look on ebay?
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08-09-2011, 22:21
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08-09-2011, 22:41
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
An Asus M4A board would be the way to imo
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08-09-2011, 22:42
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
Jeez I'd have thought they'd be down to £15 by now
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08-09-2011, 23:18
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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Originally Posted by thenry
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Thanks. Bit pricey for an AM2+ though, and pretty measly memory limit
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Originally Posted by v0id
maybe look on ebay?
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I've already got one mobo that doesn't work - don't want another 
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Originally Posted by thenry
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That looks pretty good. Don't need the onboard graphics but I suppose given the issues I've been having a backup option would be nice Bit measly about the mouse/keyboard socket though. I'll stick that one on the shortlist.
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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
An Asus M4A board would be the way to imo
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Those do look nice.
This one looks like the front runner at the mo or this one if go for the backup of onboard graphics. I'm guessing it's easy to turn them off if I don't need them? oops, no graphics, misread the description.
Thanks for the suggestions all 
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Jeez I'd have thought they'd be down to £15 by now
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It's only money I'd feel suspicious if they were that cheap
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08-09-2011, 23:39
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
The onboard gfx will not create any issues
The second ones an Nforce chipset I would stick with Amd with and Amd cpu myself unless of course your want to run 2 nvidia gfx
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08-09-2011, 23:45
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
This is the Asus I am using LINK it's the best board I have ever owned for stability.
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09-09-2011, 00:13
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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The second ones an Nforce chipset I would stick with Amd with and Amd cpu myself unless of course your want to run 2 nvidia gfx |
That makes no sense at all.
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09-09-2011, 00:25
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
The onboard gfx will not create any issues
The second ones an Nforce chipset I would stick with Amd with and Amd cpu myself unless of course your want to run 2 nvidia gfx |
Yes, the first one looks like favourite.
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This is the Asus I am using LINK it's the best board I have ever owned for stability. |
Ah, more choice, just when I thought I'd worked out what I wanted That one looks quite good too.
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That makes no sense at all.
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I follow it - I've got an AMD processor, I'm going to stick an AMD (ATI) card in it, might as well have AMD do the other gubbins too. That other mobo has a special nvidia graphics unit that isn't actually a graphics unit, somehow, so you still need a graphics card. Mixing ATI & NV together doesn't sound like a great idea.
Appreciate everyone's suggestions keep them coming, will probably wait until next week before I buy stuff
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09-09-2011, 01:27
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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Originally Posted by nffc
That makes no sense at all.
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I prefer AMD chips with an AMD chipset board my preference, The AMD chipset supports crossfire the NFORCE chipset supports SLI so if the OP wishes to run 2 Nvidia cards in SLI then he needs a Chipset that supports SLI. Simple enough I thought
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10-09-2011, 04:44
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
Or get an Intel board that supports both :P
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10-09-2011, 22:42
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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Or get an Intel board that supports both :P
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an Intel board for a Phenom?
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10-09-2011, 23:01
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Re: Mobo for Phenom II 550 - suggestions?
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Originally Posted by nffc
That makes no sense at all.
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Makes plenty of sense.
What ever board you pick make sure you get one with vrms capable enough http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherb...ion-list.html?
I personally have a 990xa-ud3 that is running my 965 happily at 4.1GHz and 2.8 GHz NB, supports Bulldozer and supports Sli.
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