AM3 all 4 slots... AMD dun bother with tri channel...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 8 2009, 08:57 PM

y? more ram doesnt mean faster ka??

more ram, more application can open, not faster, right?

buy AMD Athlon II x4 620

from my understanding, ram function like cache in internet. which mean when u 1st time open a programe it will slow, but when u open the 2nd time, it will open out faster. more ram mean more program to be stored so what more program will open faster during the 2nd time

but like going from 3gb to more gb, shouldn't be that much difference?
unless memory intensive program.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 8 2009, 09:09 PM

not much difference i guess. oh well, my new mobo only got 2 slot of RAM

jz bought a Palit GT220 ddr2 version for my bro.. his recon 8600gt has kong~ rm200 for it... expensive or ?

eh ok what to me

cloudstrife, what card you bought for ur desktop?

Sapphire ATI Radeon 4770 @RM330 from Robyncom. bought it because of low heat and low power consumption.

but it seems that low heat is not entirely true after all.

This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Nov 8 2009, 10:21 PM

tri channel memory means higher memory bandwidth...

but that's overkill for consumer rigs... even games dun need that much bandwidth...

reviews have shown that the performance gain going from dual channel to tri channel (C2E QX9770 + X48 + 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz vs Core i7 920 + X58 + 3x2GB DDR3 1333MHz) is at most 15% only... and in most cases, 5-10%... and yet u re paying 50% more for the extra piece of RAM...

if u merely need more RAM, memory controllers and chipsets nowadays support upto 16GB even with dual channel (4x 4GB)... still not enuf???

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Added on November 8, 2009, 10:25 pmcompare with HD4830 and HD4850 and it is lower...

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Added on November 8, 2009, 10:29 pmand i juz realize that cloud's rig is already better than BBX's.. .

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 8 2009, 10:29 PM

but he still wins in term of RAM and hard disk

mine's idle at 50~53C, load max 70C, is it hot? or not?

looks good, but i think can go a bit lower still...

iirc last time when using Phenom II x3, idle at 3xC with third party cooler, in a mATX chasis...

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Added on November 8, 2009, 10:34 pm3GB RAM is more than enuf for a non-gaming rig... and HDD??? i am happy with 7.2k rpm... i scare if i try 10k already, i would curse my laptop...

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Added on November 8, 2009, 10:35 pmbut y did u get a nForce 630a mobo???

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 8 2009, 10:35 PM

ur phenom 30C+ or your GC?

i got no extra money bro for the mobo. atleast the cheap mobo is Asus, so less worry about warranty.

maybe if i got extra money next time i'll upgrade to a proper AM3 mobo

it's my Phenom II... the heatsink used is Scythe Shuriken with OCZ Freeze... for graphic using integrated HD3300 only...

for cheap mobo dun get A$U$, Asus is the most expensive when comes to mobo... get those like ECS, Biostar or even MSI...

i myself last time was looking for a budget mobo as well... then i found Biostar's TA790GX XE... it uses the newest (back then) 790GX chipset, with SB750 Southbridge (which allows me to unlock the 4th core), and still come with Radeon HD3300 which has 128MB Sideport memory (means dun need to share RAM)... and still come with fancy stuff like all solid capacitors, power and reset switch on mobo, debug LED...

mobo + Athlon x2 5200+ + 4GB RAM + ice-cream () less than SG$400... that was 1 yr ago...

honestly speaking, it's the most valuable mobo i ve ever bought (i was a Gigabyte fanboy back then, thx to my brother in army introduced that to me)... it met all my requirements., namely mATX and SB750... and still with PCI-E 2.0 x16 for graphic card...

AMD CPU goes with AMD mobo...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 8 2009, 10:57 PM

well that 790GX with 128m sideport cost RM300 though. the Asus cost me RM185. and it comes with 2 years warranty! i like long warranty stuffs because my house here are prone to lightning. bored using too many AVR, Cal-Lab, Belkin etc already. sigh.

hmm.. that means the price didn't drop much... i still remember back then i bought for abt SG$155...

it's a valuable investment though... i had so much fun fiddling with the Phenom II x4x3...

indeed, i was eyeing for that too, IF my board hadn't fried sooner.

what are the criteria in choosing a mobo??? still dun noe how to choose....