good price i would say, better than what the forummers offering here
and it's competing directly with Q6600

hi guys, any good mobo recommendation for phenom X4 latest stepping? I've always inclined towards ASUS but would be good to hear opinions about other good MOBOs too. Anyway, what's the best mobo for phenom X4 in ur opinion?

Budget?We need to know ur budget.

790FX- not Asus
780a- Asus

780G- forget it.
770- lawls.

you can't compare those 790FX and 780a with 780G and 770. look at the price.

He asked for the "best", not something that *suited* him.

And really, 780Gs can handle X2s and X3s, but get overpowered by the decent X4 processors.

what do you mean by overpowered?

my Biostar TA690 AM2 can support this AM2+ ?
which mobo better in support this phenom ?
btw, Q6600 not better than phenom kah ?

Dont have to ask la.= = Q6600 is way better than Phenom.Ta690G i think no prob but may have some limited HTT,CNQ Features and need update bios.Get those like Abit AX78 or anything that using AM2+ Socket.

better in what way? how? please elaborate.

enlighten me.

Quad Core Showdown: AMD Phenom X4 9850 vs. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2282395,00.asp




The Core 2 Quad Q9300 is an interesting beast, as it only has half the L2 cache per die of the more expensive quad core CPUs in Intel's product line. For example, the Core 2 Quad Q9450, clocked at 2.66GHz, has 6MB of L2 cache per die, or 12MB total. But the Q9450 also costs about $80 more, so the Q9300 is aimed at a more budget-minded audience who might desire quad-core performance.

Of course, AMD's Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition is even more affordable, at $235, give or take a few dollars. The X4 9850 is a 125W TDP part, while the Q9300 is a 95W TDP processor, and both seem to be fairly overclockable, though the edge in overclockability most likely lies with the Intel CPU—that 45nm high K plus metal gate technology has been quite the boon for overclockers.

This post has been edited by yangxi: May 3 2008, 09:48 PM

i miss the time when AMD pawned Intel....

just an opinion,

for those who waiting for a motherboard which can support all the phenom series, maybe better off waiting the new 790 chipset, paired with sb750.

Do note oxo the power phase design. Better off to get a 5 phase one. Importance remainder, all the power capasistor should be passive cooled for then to be more able overclockable and for long term use.

It is not the problem with 780g chipset. Just for time being, this chipset is aimed for everday use pc. More manufacturer just using 4 phase power design. Further more, the new phenom x4 9950 will be TDP 140 watt n much bigger than the recent 9750 or 9850 TDP.

For those to aim on motherboard that can support all phenom, be prepared to have budget at least RM450 till close to RM1000 for the higher end one.

The problem with nVidia chipset is heat and some driver problem. If not, mainboard based on this chipset is pretty well deigned. For those interest, can check the biostar n oxo asus website.

Ps: AMD will shine again soon. As long as they manage to overcome the lost they taking now. If the competition without AMD, then as an end user, we all will experiencing much much higher CPU price. For now, AMD still have a strong hand on mainstream market. Their price (CPU + mainboard) far more reasonable than the competitor. Who will buy CPU without a mainboard...

This post has been edited by Alexes: May 4 2008, 06:00 PM

That's pathetic. Using DDR3 for Intel while AMD gets lame DDR2-800 (Off spec DDR-1111, I'm sure it doesn't run on 1066 without config).

Of course I'm not surprised. Extremetech gave the Prescott Pentium 4 an 8, while the Extreme Edition got a 9.

This post has been edited by X.E.D: May 4 2008, 06:04 PM

some more article bout the phenom n 780g:

link

and their application for homer theater:

link

Actually,AMD is already way behind.And you cannot compare with the latest 45nm.the Q6600 TDP how much? 95W right?Intel proc depend on the chipset?
But maybe we will wait for Deneb.Phenom is still not very good enough.But the Tri cores

This post has been edited by AMDAthlon: May 4 2008, 07:24 PM

Q6600 is 105W TDP
Ops..off topic jor.

-pWs-

Hmm..So not so much diff.The 9550 consume 95W only.Yeah maybe off topic.This thread should alive till 45nm comes.I still wonder how will the proc be..

The Phenom's 4th core leaks a lot- see the 3-core vs 4-core power usage figures.


But I'm used to high power usage stuff already. I just use less air conditioning when I sleep, and it's even (take that suckas!)

Just bought new hardware.


AMD PHENOM 9550 @RM620



GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H @RM300





ICUTE ZL08-5G Casing @RM165



Western Digital 500GB GreenPower @RM270



AENEON 2GB DDR2 800 @RM130



PIONEER 115BK 20x DVD @RM105


This post has been edited by yangxi: May 6 2008, 09:48 PM