Please suggest suitable motherboard for AMD FX8120 + Radeon HD 6950

truegenius

truegenius

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i5-3450 is 5-10% better than 2400 and consumes less power (77w vs 95w)
and supports pciev3
thus is better than 2400 with a little higher price tag
 
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angie

angie

At last the devil is here
Ok. pairing up i5-3450 with a low cost motherboard, if possible, seems to be a worthy solution. But it can't be overclocked. Fx 8120 can be overclocked but will consume a LOT of power as some people have said.

I think I will finally go with FX-8120 + AMD radeon 7850. Lets hope it gives decent performance to satisfy the gamer in me. Going from a laptop with Core 2 duo and ATI radeon 4570, I think the initial experience will be more than satisfying no matter what components I choose... :p

One last question-
For RAM, Corsair Vengeance seems to be very popular. What do you guys say?
 
topgear

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^^ Corsair Vengeance is good indeed but it may limit your choice of cpu coolers in future - so you can consider getting G-Skill Sniper series.
 
d6bmg

d6bmg

BMG ftw!!
angie said:
Ok. pairing up i5-3450 with a low cost motherboard, if possible, seems to be a worthy solution. But it can't be overclocked. Fx 8120 can be overclocked but will consume a LOT of power as some people have said.
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Bold part is not a good solution.
And FX-8150 will consume ~100watt of power, where as 3450 will consume ~80watt of power alone. 3450 can be overclocked, but by a limited amount, only with a good motherboard. Overclocked processor always consumes more power but not 'LOT' of power as someone have misguided you.

angie said:
One last question-
For RAM, Corsair Vengeance seems to be very popular. What do you guys say?
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I find ripjaws-x series better than vengeance.
 
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angie

angie

At last the devil is here
Then i5-3450 is also out of my budget and my decision is greatly simplified. :D AMD FX-8120. Will try to find it cheaper on streets than flipkart otherwise will buy it online.
Any way, should I buy it from here- AMD FX 8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX
I sent them an email, they never replied. So I got a little skeptical.

d6bmg said:
I find ripjaws-x series better than vengeance.
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As you and @Sumonpathak have said, Ripjaws x it is, then. Both cost same approx.

One more thing I forgot to ask?
Should I be installing 32-bit win7/8 or 64 bit?
Last time I checked (which is some years) some games had a problem with 64 bit? Do they have right now?

If I use 32 bit, then I will stick with 4 GB ram, otherwise 8GB.
 
topgear

topgear

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sumonpathak said:
^^both are crap...stick with XMS3 or Ripjaws X
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So G-Skill Sniper and Vengeance both are not good ?? any reason ? and same goes true even for Vengeance LP ?

angie said:
Then i5-3450 is also out of my budget and my decision is greatly simplified. :D AMD FX-8120. Will try to find it cheaper on streets than flipkart otherwise will buy it online.
Any way, should I buy it from here- AMD FX 8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX
I sent them an email, they never replied. So I got a little skeptical.


As you and @Sumonpathak have said, Ripjaws x it is, then. Both cost same approx.

One more thing I forgot to ask?
Should I be installing 32-bit win7/8 or 64 bit?
Last time I checked (which is some years) some games had a problem with 64 bit? Do they have right now

If I use 32 bit, then I will stick with 4 GB ram, otherwise 8GB.
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windows Xp 64 bit and Vista 64 bit edition ( sand Sp2 ) hs lots of issues and that time may be drivers were not mature enough too but with windows 7 64 bit edition lots of compatibility issues were fixed - if you by any chance have some 16 bit apps/games try dosbox or VMware to run those.
 
sumonpathak

sumonpathak

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sniper have very low oc margins and so is vengeance..the IC's used are not upto the mark...cannot comment about LP as i have not tested them yet...
 
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angie

angie

At last the devil is here
Hey, Thanks all.
Bought all the components from computerbazaar, CTC hyderabad.
AMD FX-8120 + ASUS M5A97 @ 15900
AMD Radeon 7850 2GB @ 14850
G-skill Ripjaws X 4GB (x2) @1850*2 (was not readily available in the market though)
Seagate Baracuda 1 TB @ 4650
Got 500 off on the final price too.
 
topgear

topgear

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^^ Great pricing and congrats .

BTW, what's the brand/manufacturer of the HD7850 ?? is this a OCed version. ? and post some box shots ;-)
 
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