obi.van.kenobi

i wanted to accompany my ma770-ds3 (rev 1.0) with a new cpu - athlon II x2 240 (tight budget, and it seems like an solid oc'er). i've looked at the cpu support page (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...2722#anchor_os) and was supprised that x2 240 is not a named partner on the list, but 250 is. which i find surprising because to my understanding they are basically the same cpu with a different multy.

so i was wondering has someone triied the named combination (GA-MA770-DS3 + x2 240) so i don't get blindsided

"googleing" i was...

[)r@ke

It appears that your problem is a socket issue... The 240 is an AM3 socket cpu and that board only supports AM2/AM2+ cpus.

The support page you linked is misleading because it lists the AM3 cpus, and then puts (almost as a footnote) on the far-right column that the motherboard's support of those cpus is "N/A".


Since you specified the x2 240 (at a price of approx $65 on newegg currently) and you're looking for a budget priced CPU to upgrade to... check out these three CPU options for a CPU under $100.


Hope this info helps!

obi.van.kenobi

thx for the .nfo. i've decided to buy a new mbo.

can't decide between these two: http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/...ProductID=2982 ..... http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...me=GA-M720-US3. the second one is a little cheaper, but i'm scared that it will overheat (like all nforce chipsets after nforce3) and that it will be limited by htt overclock. any suggestions?

dixson01974

What is your budget?

obi.van.kenobi

about ~ 100 $US, i could add more but then i'd forfit a new hdd i getting was planing (500 gb wd aaks).