AM3 x6 build sanity check

olivier renault · 2 Jul 2010 at 12:45

I need a quick compatibility check between these components.

Especially the memory (12800C6, 6-8-6-24 1.65v) and the board (AM3 890GX).

I think the rest is pretty straight forward.

I have a Corsair HX 620W PSU, and a Vertex 2E 60GB.

Comments welcome. I want to go with the 1055T and prefer silent operation. F3's in RAID 1. thx.

Redmint · 2 Jul 2010 at 13:29

Looks good to me.

EGuitarStar · 2 Jul 2010 at 13:33

Just check the Gigabyte site to make sure it actually supports and will run the memory at 1600MHz.

Redmint · 2 Jul 2010 at 13:39

"4x DDR3 DIMM 1866(OC) / 1333 / 1066 MHz (Max. 16GB) / Dual Channel"

It's fine, most of the 800 chipset boards allow higher RAM speeds.

olivier renault · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:21

Redmint said:
"4x DDR3 DIMM 1866(OC) / 1333 / 1066 MHz (Max. 16GB) / Dual Channel"

It's fine, most of the 800 chipset boards allow higher RAM speeds.

EGuitarStar said:
Just check the Gigabyte site to make sure it actually supports and will run the memory at 1600MHz.

hmmm

1600 MHz is not specifically mentioned in the specs, but probably some form of overclocking support. I'll check with manufacturer.

Thanks all.

Muel · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:12

I have that board, it supports 6 cores and upto 1866mhz memory.

olivier renault · 2 Jul 2010 at 18:18

You recommend it? There's a lot of choices, but the 980FX are just so expensive, I can't justify spending over £150 for a motherboard.

stulid · 2 Jul 2010 at 18:20

motherboards good, SATA and USB3.0 for £15 less than the ASUS alternative

olivier renault · 2 Jul 2010 at 18:26

Cool thanks.

xBLiNG · 2 Jul 2010 at 18:37

I would get this over the Toxic edition 5850.

olivier renault · 2 Jul 2010 at 21:26

I'm going for the HIS icooler atm. Thanks for the heads up

olivier renault · 2 Jul 2010 at 21:53

in fact the directCU card tickles my fancy now

fun fun fun

xBLiNG · 2 Jul 2010 at 22:16

Get the iCooler, it's the best 5850 right now, bigger fan and it's the cheapest.