I love the look of gigabyte motherboards...might end up using on of these if i pick up an Athlon X4 or cheap Phenom X4
My Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H Arrives
So after waiting and waiting and waiting my motherboard finally arrives today. Here's the unboxing
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I was hoping that it would have a copper backplate like my GA-M59SLI-S5 but it's got aluminum
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Once I get a case and put the system together, I'll make a thread for benchies.
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Once I get a case and put the system together, I'll make a thread for benchies.
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Well if you're looking for an Athlon II X4, you can get the 630 for 96.61 and 620 for less than $90 currently. Just check out the deal I posted in the online deals section.
Originally Posted by Rewindlabs  I love the look of gigabyte motherboards...might end up using on of these if i pick up an Athlon X4 or cheap Phenom X4 |
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Well the difference between the 2 is the multiplier. The 620 is set at 13 and the 630 is set at 14. I like processors with higher multy's so the 630 was my option.
Originally Posted by ocnf Want to ask , what if Athlon II X4 620 2.6Ghz overclock to 2.8Ghz , will the performance benchmark same as Athlon II X4 630 2.8Ghz stock ? |
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I dont quite understand about multiplier.What's the difference having one extra multiplier ? 13 and 14 ? sorry if it had being ask , or article explaining for amd ?
Originally Posted by KamuiRSX Well the difference between the 2 is the multiplier. The 620 is set at 13 and the 630 is set at 14. I like processors with higher multy's so the 630 was my option. |
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Uhm...okay let's see
Your CPU's clock speed (i.e. Mhz or Ghz) is determined by it's Frequency x it's multiplier
All AMD CPU's have a base frequency of 200. Some (the black editions) have unlocked multipliers so you can change it as you please. Others (pretty much all the other processors) have locked multipliers.
So Athlon II X4 620's clock speed is 2600Mhz or 2.6Ghz (200 x 13)
So Athlon II X4 630's clock speed is 2800Mhz or 2.8Ghz (200 x 14)
So when you get the Athlon II 620 to 250 on frequency it's clock speed is 3250Mhz (250 x 13)
So when you get the Athlon II 630 to 250 on frequency it's clock speed is 3500Mhz (250 x 14)
Originally Posted by ocnf hm.....
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Your CPU's clock speed (i.e. Mhz or Ghz) is determined by it's Frequency x it's multiplier
All AMD CPU's have a base frequency of 200. Some (the black editions) have unlocked multipliers so you can change it as you please. Others (pretty much all the other processors) have locked multipliers.
So Athlon II X4 620's clock speed is 2600Mhz or 2.6Ghz (200 x 13)
So Athlon II X4 630's clock speed is 2800Mhz or 2.8Ghz (200 x 14)
So when you get the Athlon II 620 to 250 on frequency it's clock speed is 3250Mhz (250 x 13)
So when you get the Athlon II 630 to 250 on frequency it's clock speed is 3500Mhz (250 x 14)
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It's not the highest OC ability per say but better a lower frequency to reach the same results or more.
Originally Posted by ocnf So in general , higher multiplier will benefit higher overclock ability ? so will it be hard for Athlon II 620 to go up to 3.0Ghz ? |
Dude you got yourself one sweet mobo, I love mine, i was just as excited as you were, except, i had a silly athlon 64 6000+ a decent chip, but way to hot, and dosen't oc well on air.
Its def a solid mobo for sure too, too bad they havent made a bios update for the 965 yet though
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thats my only sadness.
Its def a solid mobo for sure too, too bad they havent made a bios update for the 965 yet though
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Well Crossfire but yeah
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The only thing that sucks and I hope they fix it (probably not) in the 890GX is that Crossfire is only 8x / 8x instead of 16x / 16x. They are reserving the 16x / 16x Crossfire specifically for the FX series chipset when it should be at least an option on the GX and X series chipsets. If you click the link in my sig, you can see my build so far.
Originally Posted by Ktulu I love that GFX card spacing. You could do SLI with some gnarly triple slot, aftermarket cooler. |
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