phenom and sli

[oxygene]

just a quick servey, my mobo doesnt handle phenom, and I want sli, but it looks very expensive to get both. Does anyone here have both sli and phenom working on the same mobo that doesnt cost £100+

 

[Quixote]

I would get an AM2+ mobo for phenom, there have been problems with some of the am2 ones supported via bios update. I would not bother with old N Force 570 / 590 boards.
A new range of AM2+ NVidia chipsets are on the way, designed for phenom. If you must have phenom & SLI, I would wait for these. The midrange one should suit you fine & be well under £100. So far only the non-sli with onboard graphics are out from the new nvidia range.
The SLI ones will be called 780a SLI & 750a SLI respectively, the former being high end (prob over £100) & the latter mid range (prob less than £100)

 

[Trunks9486]

As the first poster said, wait for the new 7xx series nVIDIA chipsets.

Traditionally, nvidia chipsets proved to be more stable with amd compared with intel.

 

[Tute]

Yeah if you want SLi with Phenom now then you'll have to research and find an AM2 nVidia chipset board that has a BIOS update for it.

Otherwise it's a case of waiting for 650a/680a.

 

[reaper1576]

Nvidia 7xxa chipsets for AMD should be showing them selfs this month i called up OcUK they said near the end of the month possibly for the Asus M3N HT 780a