Seum said:
Hello again Experts
I have ordered the power supply and expect to connect it to my old
computer for that check of the box with the Intel motherboard.
Meantime I have a good solid computer case and I am considering the
following for a "new" computer.
http://www.dabs4work.ie/products/gigabyte-am3-amd-770-ddr3-atx-7637.html
Gigabyte AM3 AMD 770 DDR3 ATX
Corsair Memory 750W TX series ATX Power Supply
Corsair Memory 2G DDR3 1333MHz VS DIMM
Athlon II X2 255 (3.1GHz, 65W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 4000MHz
HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM3)
Zoom V.92 56k External USB Dongle Modem
Comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your help.
J Val H.
The Feedback tab here, shows some customer reviews of the motherboard.
GA-MA770T-UD3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128451
It looks like a good basic board. They actually crammed four DIMM slots
on it. I thought from the shape, it might have only had room for two.
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/13-128-451-Z02?$S640W$
The web page at Gigabyte, shows there are five different revisions of
motherboard. So the model number has been around a while.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3533#ov
Your processor selection is in the CPU Support chart, so it should work.
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3533
DDR3 memory comes in 1.35V and 1.5V versions, and the 1.35V stuff is
sometimes marked as "for Intel". The Intel boards may have VDimm adjustable
all the way down to 1.35V to take advantage of the (slight) power saving.
I didn't think AMD boards went that low. It's hard for me to say, how
much of a difference that makes, except if you planned on overvolting
VDimm a fair bit. If I was shopping for the RAM, I might just buy
RAM that has no "for Intel" marking on it. But that's superstition.
I don't know how much difference it makes in practice (using 1.35V
memory and applying lots of extra voltage). Since there is no Corsair
part number above, I can't check for that.
Otherwise, nothing else comes to mind. Since you've selected a 65W
processor, I don't expect a problem there. Generally the retail
cooler is good enough for something like that. If it turns out
too noisy, you can always shop around for a physically larger
and quieter one.
The slot layout of the motherboard, leaves room for add-in cards. If
the sound is not to your liking, there will be room for a $10 sound
card. Sometimes, the driver for the sound, is more of an issue,
than the hardware provided, and buying a sound card is just to get
away from some bad software.
The motherboard has an 8 pin ATX12V power connector, but with a 65W
processor, using four of those pins is sufficient. Some motherboards
come with a piece of tape over the redundant pins, so you can see
where to fit a 2x2 connector. If your supply has a 2x4, then you can
always use it.
Paul