Help a fool out

**Hocus Pocus** · 05-13-08, 02:22 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127036

personally I have had 2 abit boards, they run pretty smooth for the most part sometimes the north bridge got a little hot.

with a decent case and some good fans you wont have any problems.

**Hocus Pocus** · 05-13-08, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by BigH?b

Ok, I'm pretty sure I am going to go with this board:

ASUS M2N-SLI AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131246

Only thing I'm worried about is this guy said his Zalman 9500 heatsink BARELY fit this board. I have a Zalman 9700 heatsink. Think I will run into problems?

His dimensions: 85 x 112 x 125mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...n%2b9500%2bAM2

my dimension: 110mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118020

That's all it gives me. Mother fucker.

that asus wont support the phenom

**Hocus Pocus** · 05-13-08, 02:25 PM

you know what, i dont think the board i show you will support it either.

**SapiensErus** · 05-13-08, 02:25 PM

The phenom quads will run on an AM2 socket. You just wont have access to its special power saving functions or HT 3.0.

Or at least I thought I had read that somewhere...

**BigHub** · 05-13-08, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Hocus Pocus

Originally Posted by BigH?b

Ok, I'm pretty sure I am going to go with this board:

ASUS M2N-SLI AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131246

Only thing I'm worried about is this guy said his Zalman 9500 heatsink BARELY fit this board. I have a Zalman 9700 heatsink. Think I will run into problems?

His dimensions: 85 x 112 x 125mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...n%2b9500%2bAM2

my dimension: 110mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118020

That's all it gives me. Mother fucker.

that asus wont support the phenom

If it comes down to it.. I will buy another Dual-Core, but just a better one. I mean my dual-core right now does me right.

**BigHub** · 05-13-08, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by BigH?b

Ok, I'm pretty sure I am going to go with this board:

ASUS M2N-SLI AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131246

Only thing I'm worried about is this guy said his Zalman 9500 heatsink BARELY fit this board. I have a Zalman 9700 heatsink. Think I will run into problems?

His dimensions: 85 x 112 x 125mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...n%2b9500%2bAM2

my dimension: 110mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118020

That's all it gives me. Mother fucker.

Can somebody please shed some light on this for me.

**Hocus Pocus** · 05-13-08, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

The phenom quads will run on an AM2 socket. You just wont have access to its special power saving functions or HT 3.0.

Or at least I thought I had read that somewhere...

he's right, thanks soy

http://www.hothardware.com/News/AMD_...upport_Update/

**SapiensErus** · 05-13-08, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Hocus Pocus

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

The phenom quads will run on an AM2 socket. You just wont have access to its special power saving functions or HT 3.0.

Or at least I thought I had read that somewhere...

he's right, thanks soy

http://www.hothardware.com/News/AMD_...upport_Update/

I ammend this though by noting some research led me to understand that many lower end and older AM2 boards never got new BIOS updates to support the newer phenoms. But a solid Mobo like my Asus M2N32 will take it just fine. But AMD stated they were going to make the AM2+ and AM3 platforms backwards compatible to the AM2 socket.

Apparently the upcoming B3 phenom will not be supported by current AM2 mobos...

**BigHub** · 05-13-08, 08:54 PM

Well this is what I'm going to get, this is my final decision.. After discussing with good ole Jinx.

Mobo: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

$129

Graphics: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI

$189 w/ $30 mail in rebate

TOTAL: $327 w/ shipping

Ordering this probably Sunday. Leaves me with roughly $193 to live on for 2 weeks. I think I'll make it.