AMD AM3 motherboards

Monster ninja · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:33

hi, can anyone suggest a good AM3 motherboard that supports SLI??? dont care about the money.

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Kennysevenfold · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:37

Have a look HERE

w3bbo · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:54

Asus Crossfire III or DFI DK 790FXB

dr4g0nf1y · 18 Jul 2009 at 23:51

I ordered the Asus Crosshair III Formula yesterday. I won't say that the DFI Lan Party DK is any better for the money though

Monster ninja · 19 Jul 2009 at 04:08

w3bbo said:
Asus Crossfire III or DFI DK 790FXB

is that this mobo http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-339-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard????

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moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 09:56

If you have crossfire support, does that mean it also supports SLI?

RJC · 19 Jul 2009 at 10:03

moppy89 said:
If you have crossfire support, does that mean it also supports SLI?

No, only certain X58 boards can do both.

jrwagh333 · 19 Jul 2009 at 12:03

CrossHairIII is NOT SLI ready my friend. It does CrossFire. If you are looking for an AMD board that supports SLI and AM3 then try looking at the CrossHairII. I have this board and its great.

It Will support all AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPUS and it uses DDR2 and NOT DDR3. This is a Positive or Negative, depending on how you look at it.

Hope this helps

w3bbo · 19 Jul 2009 at 12:45

The Crossfire II and III are two totally different chipsets. The Crosshair II is 780a Nvidia (SLI capable + DDR2) and Crosshair III is 790FX (ATI Crossfire + DDR3).

moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 13:41

RJC said:
No, only certain X58 boards can do both.

Thanks for clearing that up, I was pretty sure that SLI=/=Crossfire but the earlier post did confuse me.

ilovetexas · 25 Nov 2009 at 16:11

Upgrading my system to the following:

1 X AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz Overclocked to 3.80GHz!
1 X Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
1 X Corsair XMS3 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
1 X Titan Fenrir CPU Cooler CPU Cooler
1 X Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Can I use a single BFG 8800 GTS OC 640mb or should I also get an AMD/ATI 5850-5870 ?

Thx

Orcvader · 26 Nov 2009 at 09:35

You can use the 8800 by itself just fine on the 790FX chipset, just not SLI. SLi 8800 is kinda weak compared to recent cards, so maybe upgrade to a 5850/5870 in the future and then go crossfire? But it depends on your power supply as well which you haven't stated.

ilovetexas · 26 Nov 2009 at 10:00

cheers, i have OCZ 600w it's just over 2 years old.

Not sure if an upgrade is needed, but i do want one that is more power effeicent.