AMD AM3 chipsets

[NoobieOCer]

okay i was advised in using 800 series chipset and southbridge. what's the difference it and 700? if i planned keeping it stock is there nay difference? if i over clocked a tiny bit will 700 ones wont do?

do they have intergrated gfx? i looked at MSI 880GM-E41 880G and it had a vga port using 880 and 710 sb

 

[jms198]

Performance wise they should eb the same. It comes down to features really. USB3 and SATA3 should be only offered on 800 series boards. On the SB iirc although I could be mistaken and the SATA is controlled by the NB.

Check out wiki; it has an article outlining all the features.

 

[Relentless81]

I think its the 870 is the only one without integrated graphics and one PCI-E slot which is why I went for it, a lot cheaper than the others and perfectly fine if you only want to run one GPU

 

[Meaker]

Why would you avoid the graphics?

But the new changes are mostly in the SB.

 

[Relentless81]

Why would you avoid the graphics?

Because I didnt need it so why waste money on it when there is a solution without, thought that was made clear in my last post

 

[(ST)Pohaku]

Can't say what the actual chipset differences are between 700 and 800, but when speccing my build I've done some checking (and some asking on here) and I concluded that the only meaningful differences between the two sets of motherboards is that the 800s have USB 3 and SATA 3 support.

I understand that even the best, fastest SSD on the common market right now can boast up to 3.2GB/s transfer rate, and that SATA 2 is good for up to 3GB/s anyway, the SATA 3 (6GB/s) thing therefore doesn't seem too relevant.

Getting a discrete GPU so didn't take time to check for onboard graphics differences between the two, I just plumped for a 700 and saved £30.

 

[Orcvader]

Only difference is the USB 3 and SATA 3. I think it's easier to unlock cores on the 700 series though. Overclocking wise they're about the same.