Well I did it! Phenom II 940 on the way. Any pointers?

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Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · Mar 15, 2009

Well I'll start by saying that I've always owned an AMD since as long as I can remember, until 2 years ago when I bought an Intel C2D. I've felt a little dirty since, betraying AMD and all but its been a pretty good machine.
My first Proc I can remember was the K6-2 300 then a Duron, Athlon 1333 the Athlon XP then the skt 754 3000+, 939 X2 3800+ and then....the C2D E6400.
Well now its back to AMD, somehow the C2D didn't feel as snappy as the X2 3800+.

On Wednesday I ordered the Phenom II 940 along with the Asus M3A79-T Deluxe. I'll be using my Current memory and Vid. 4gigs of Firestix and an 8800GTS. I'm looking forward to it getting here. I'm hoping I can get an OC of around 3.7-3.8.
Just wondering if anyone has pointers or setting with the same board that worked for you.

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mr.derp

· #2 · Mar 15, 2009

don't drop it on the ground

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Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 15, 2009

In case your wondering, my current setup:
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Intel C2D E6400 running at 3.2
4 Gigs of Buffalo Firestix (pyro)
eVga 8800GTS
Corsair VX550W powersupply

Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 15, 2009

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don't drop it on the ground

I'll keep the obvious in mind

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spaceballsrules

· #5 · Mar 15, 2009

OC it to 4.0

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gerikoh

· #6 · Mar 15, 2009

get a good cooler and oc that above 4.0 with that board

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Lord Xeb

· #7 · Mar 15, 2009

If you can get a good cooler like the true (which I think will work with your board) or the s1283. you should be able to get to at least 3.5 easy.

graphicsman

· #8 · Mar 15, 2009

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In case your wondering, my current setup:
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Intel C2D E6400 running at 3.2
4 Gigs of Buffalo Firestix (pyro)
eVga 8800GTS
Corsair VX550W powersupply

put this in your stats below, passing the word on, lol

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IntelConvert

· #9 · Mar 15, 2009

update ur sig rig in the USER CP.

grats on the new AMD, i did the same switch to intel for this machine. i had an athlon XP 3000+ before this.

Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #10 · Mar 15, 2009

I'll be using the Scythe Ninja Rev.B I currently have. I'll have to see about the 4Ghz. I'd like to, but looking at the OC database herehttp://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/44...-database.html I'm thinking that might not happen. Time will tell I guess

My system specs in userCP has been updated. Thanks

BADFASTBUSA

· #11 · Mar 15, 2009

you will love the 940!!!

AMD 3900X / Gigabyte Aorus 2080TI / 32gb gskill 3600mhz ram / 1tb SSD 970 PRO NVMe M.2 / ASUS Tuff mobo / Lian Li Razer Edition case / SOUND BLASTER ZXR Audio card
Sennheiser HD598 headphones
JBL LSR308 Pro studio monitors

And a mini fridge full of Dos Equis

Project i7-930 INSANE!!!

CPU: i7-930 @ 5.25ghz on watta so far! | Motherboard: EVGA Classified E760 FTW | GPU: XFX Ati Radeon 5870 1041/1282 24/7 | RAM: 3x2gb G.Skill Trident 2005mhz 9-9-9-24-72-1T | Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex SSD 60GB OS / Seagate 500GB storage | Optical Drive: LG DVD rw | Power Supply: Corsair 850tx | Case: Modded Antec 1200 | Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Retail | Monitor: 24" Acer/29" samsung | Keyboard: G15 | Mouse: Razer Lachesis | Mouse: Rocketfish | Audio: Creative ZXR | Audio: Sennheiser HD 598

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Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #12 · Mar 15, 2009

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you will love the 940!!!

Looks like you should know! You have the same mobo and proc. Care to share some settings? By the way if you do have a "Busa" like you name, damn! I want.

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Ellis456

· #13 · Mar 15, 2009

Hey mate got same board and 940 on way, be good to share what clocks we get!, nice buy!

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simfreak47

· #14 · Mar 15, 2009

Don't force it in the socket the wrong way

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Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #15 · Mar 15, 2009

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Hey mate got same board and 940 on way, be good to share what clocks we get!, nice buy!

Sure, sounds good to me! It'll be nice to compare notes. Mine should arrived this week sometime so I'll PM you or post back here incase other people are curious.

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Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #16 · Mar 22, 2009

Well, everything is up and running. The only problem I ran into was that the Scythe ninja cooler I had didn't work on the Asus M3A79-T. For now my OC is at 3.5 and stable. Once I get the Xiggy S-1283 I'll start pushing for more. Love the system though. This thing rips through rar files like mad!

aaronmonto

· #17 · Mar 22, 2009

Lol, what are Buffalo Firestix.

mr.derp

· #18 · Mar 22, 2009

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Lol, what are Buffalo Firestix.

They hook up to propane and then light up.

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SporkofdooM

· #19 · Mar 22, 2009

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They hook up to propane and then light up.

and are quite tasty

Don't forget the napkins

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Arminkropp

Discussion Starter · #20 · Mar 22, 2009

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Lol, what are Buffalo Firestix.

Something finally better than my Team Xtreem memory

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/memory/firestix/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...00-review.html

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