Hi;
Now that F9 is out I thought I would build a new system.
I want to use the AMD Phenom quad core cpu.
I only upgrade hardware every few years so this is a big jump from Athlon 2500 with 512M memory.
I have been researching which motherboard to get and keep running into snags.
Newegg reviews have confused me.
It seems that a lot of motherboards are NOT Phenom ready.
Bad bios etc.
How do you update the bios when it won't even post?
Good quality mobo's like Gigabyte and ASUS can be flashed using a USB stick. The problems with Phenom compatibility is usually to do with the wattage rating of the CPU. 125W CPU's are a problem with low and mid-end class mobo's 89W and 95W ones are OK. I have a Gigabyte 690G chipset based board and I can confirm that the 95W CPU's work fine. The new 780G based ones are good too. The best mobo for the Phenom quad seems to be the MSI K9A2 Platinum - goes for 150-160$ online...The 780G goes for 80-90$.
Also it's handy to keep a cheap Athlon X2 or Sempron (40$ nowadays?) aside for flashing BIOS's in case your brand new CPU does not POST...
my 2c,
Ravi
Here is AMD's recommended Mb's
http://products.amd.com/en-us/RecommendedMBResult.aspx?f1=AMD+Phenom%e2%84%a2+X4+Quad-Core&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&f7=&
Would you listers that have actually built a system and had it work right off recomend a setup?
Thanks
Mick M
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