Asrock N68C-S UCC

[neilzomg]

Hello im looking to upgrade my packard bell motherboard to the asrock N68C-S UCC as i only do a light bit of gaming and ive had the motherboard for a few years and the chipset etc gives me problems.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-028-AK

I was wondering if it is compatible with 240 pin ddr2 and a amd phenom x3 8450 processor, i also noticed that the motherboard can unlock the 4th core in the processor which will be handy as i plan to overclock the processor a bit so the extra core will give me even more power.

if all is well and compatible with the current hardware i have then i'll order myself the motherboard.

Also i plan to upgrade the processor to a AMD quad core black edition 955 125 watt version at a later date, would it be compatible with the motherboard?

 

[cmndr_andi]

The Asrock board does work with the X3 8450 CPU, however it is limited to 95W CPUs, so the 125W version of the Phenom II X4 955 won't work.

Personally I would suggest going for this board (if you can use a full ATX board) or this board (if you case requires a M-ATX board) - both of these boards support both the X3 8450 and the X4 955 125W. These boards require DDR3, but with the price of 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 currently at £36 this is really the time to sell your DDR2 and move over to DDR3 as the net upgrade cost won't be too high.

 

[neilzomg]

im on a really low budget, and ive pieced together a list of stuff of around £90 i'll be ordering next week due to moving house. its OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) , the asrock motherboard, some thermal paste and Asus Silent Knight II CPU Cooler because i only have a 3 pin fan and it goes mental in a 4 pin mobo if the mobo is 4 pin :L