Buxton
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Whilst my faithful computer has served me well over the past few years, I feel it needs upgrading a little, I kind of know what I'm doing but then again...
I was hoping only to upgrade the processor (currently I have an AMD 2.4 Dual core on AM2+). I was looking at getting an AMD Phenom Quad core of some kind, but I've found they're all AM3, so a new board is in order!
I have no idea about boards, are they pretty much interchangeable depending on what you want to put on them? I'm keeping my 8800 GTX since it's a good card, are different boards geared up for different cards - SLI aside. What are the differences with boards? Different caches* bus speeds* latency ratings?*
Ideally I'm wanting a board that would support the 8800, an AM3 processor, and possibly 4GB of DDR3 RAM. Could you guys help me?
*I have no idea what these are!
I was hoping only to upgrade the processor (currently I have an AMD 2.4 Dual core on AM2+). I was looking at getting an AMD Phenom Quad core of some kind, but I've found they're all AM3, so a new board is in order!
I have no idea about boards, are they pretty much interchangeable depending on what you want to put on them? I'm keeping my 8800 GTX since it's a good card, are different boards geared up for different cards - SLI aside. What are the differences with boards? Different caches* bus speeds* latency ratings?*
Ideally I'm wanting a board that would support the 8800, an AM3 processor, and possibly 4GB of DDR3 RAM. Could you guys help me?
*I have no idea what these are!