Help picking a new AMD chip for my old AM2 board.

[jigger]

I'm looking for some advice on what would be the best CPU for this.

DFI Nforce 590 SLI board

Cas 3 Crucial RAM

I have not kept up with AMD chips since the early AM3 days.

Cheers.

 

[Lyle44]

What would the computer be used for? and any ideas what model the board is or bios revision?

 

[jigger]

The board is a REV A1 and I wiil flash it to the latest BIOS.

It will be used for various media work mainly, some encoding and little video editing now and again. I may get a half decent GFX card later down the line and use it for the odd gaming session and some CPU/GPU folding. Just the usual stuff really.

 

[jigger]

Oh and I'll be wanting to overclock the knackers off it of course

 

[jigger]

Just looking at this,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-249-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328

Its says AM3, backward compatible with AM2+ and AM2+ seems backward compatible with AM2. Is AM3 backward compatible with AM2 ?

I take it I have no chance of unlocking the other two cores even if it will play ball ?

 

[Dauthi]

AMD2 boards can only take amd 2 chips AMD2+/AMD3 can take both

 

[Quixote]

If it's the : LP UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G,
then only one 3 core Phenom I is listed as officially supported by the most recent bios.

But I found this thread :

http://www.csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=9143

Which suggests Quad core Phenom 1's and the Phenom II 940 work as well, unoffically, although the multiplier does not seem to be changable.

Research it yourself if you are interested, milage may vary.

 

[jigger]

It is a LP UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G. It has run a quad for a short time and it seemed fine.