Ast3r

Hi mates.I want to know if I should go from Sk775 to AM3.I want to change my Q8200+Ga-X48-DS5+2x1GB DDR2 to MSI 790FX-GD70+AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition+Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB.Have I made the right decision?

Quantum Reality

TBH you might find it a bit of a downgrade presently. If you're changing to AM3 with an eye to the future given that LGA775 is now a dead-end, it might be smart to wait till the C3 Phenoms are out in wide availability. Also I just heard some mobo BIOSes are still not up to date so you may want to hold-off on buying an AM3 board until you're sure their BIOSes are all up to date. This couild mean waiting a month or two for Newegg et al to completely turn over their old mobo stock.

AvgWhiteGuy

The C3 Phenoms are out now. Newegg actually has them in stock too. The mobo you have listed will work with them right out of the box also.

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Ast3r

Ok then I keep hold of my rig another month.Thanks.

Chilly

Your computer is fine, even from months from now on, however I would suggest you get another 2GB of RAM

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Diabolical999

Just throw a Q9550 or Q9650 on that X48, and hit 4GHz. You'd outperform Phenom II. Add another 2GB of RAM, too.

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Quantum Reality

there was a guy who JUST bought a spanking new 790somethingsomething from newegg and it didn't work with his C3 phenom and he refused to buy ANOTHER CPU just to flash the thing so it would work. He shipped it back to Newegg for a refund and went back to his 770 chipset board.

So no, not all boards "out of the box" work with C3 Phenoms yet. This is why I'm being very cautious with saying "O ya order a C3 Phenom and go crazy".

AvgWhiteGuy

It was an ASUS board. I bought a C3 965 and the GD70 and it worked right out of the box. No BIOS flash needed. That's why I can say that with confidence.

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Dopamin3

That guy was incorrect. There was another problem. Even nForce 560 boards can usually POST with a Phenom II installed. At worst, the board will boot but the multiplier will be incorrect so at that point you will have to flash to the newest bios. The 965 is architecturally the same but with hardware c1e integrated, which doesn't affect whether or not it would boot.

@OP, just save up for a q9550. They outperform Phenom II x4 slightly clock for clock and generally OC higher.

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Quantum Reality

http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherb...-help-doa.html

So why did Asus tell him the problem was down to the BIOS?

Anyway, a QX9770 is THE fastest LGA775 CPU out there, just get one and use it for another year 'cos it'll destroy just about anything else out there.