CPU/Mobo AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X 955 BE

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Better get the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3, due to following reasons --

1) Availability.

2) Support (A.S.S. is still bad, but members here on TE have a better hang of ASUS boards as they are easier to get).

3) It has a 8+2 power phase design versus the Biostar TA 890GXE 4+1.

4) Here are a few reviews about the board -

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 890GX Motherboard Review » Page 20 - Conclusion - Overclockers Club

HEXUS.net - Review :: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3: ushering in AMD's 890GX chipset : Page - 9/9

Review - Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB Motherboard Review | bit-tech.net

The ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB 3 is available in Bangalore ~ 9800/-.

It doesn't matter how many connectors your motherboard has, most mother-boards only come with one or two these onboard fan connectors. But those onboard are PWM connectors which allow the BIOS to control their speed according to the computers temperature, extra fans can be connected via Molex pins, which are plentiful in a good PSU.

Which PSU do you plan to get -- consider minimum a Corsair VX 550, depending on which graphic card you are getting.

Congrats on the buy bruv, may it serve you well for days to come. Hope this helps.

 

[preet27]

Well i am only stuck at the motherboard, can't really decide which one to get. here's the rest of my config

Processor – AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE
Hard Disk Drive – Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB
RAM – Corsair 4GB (2x2Gb) 1600 Mhz c9
ODD – L.G./Samsung OEM SATA DVD-Writer
PSU – Corsair HX650 fully modular
Monitor – Viewsonic VX2250wm LED
Keyboard – Razer Black Widow Mechanical
Mouse – Logitech M518
Cabinet – NZXT Phantom White

Also i have been searching and reading a lot, and the above Biostar boards have been able to hit some remarkable OC Benchmarks using this board, and it's 4+1 (TA890GXE) and 4+2(TA890FXE) power phase is one of the best out there, quantity is not always the best, and this is one such case, plus it's a real bang for buck at it's price point, the only backdrop to the TA890FXE board is it's MOSFET heatsink which is below par. I will look intot he Ausus options as well. GPU i will be adding on later, so i do need onboard grahics as well, also micro ATX cards have lesser number of slots, i prefer a ATX form than micro ATX, that's why i was looking at TA890FXE, was pretty much sold on TA890GXE at first, but with my past experience, more slots are always good to have, they don't give any warning before going bad and one can land in a very precarious situation in such cases, since i will be adding a sound card as well as a GPU later on, with only 4 slots on TA890GXE it kind of stopped me in my tracks.

What about crosshair formula and extreme, or any recommendation from Gigabyte ?

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SO i was searching about the known issues with ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 and i see a lot of people posting about problems being faced by the front USB ports, they basically don't work and are basically shorting the system, and i was looking whether this has been fixed but i didn't find whether it has been or not, any idea about that ?

Also another query of mine is about the MOSFET heatsink, can we replace the original one's with a third party heatsink to keep the NB temp down, cos Biostar FXE has everything i want except the heatsink which is basically useless, the build quality of Biostar is immaculate, probably the best there is. FXE is an ATX board with 6 slots, also don't care for USB 3 much. Availability is a big problem for the Biostar board and i am facing it right now, can't seem to find it anywhere.

Assuming that the USB problem still persists for the ASUS mobo, it doesn't make sense buying a faulty one, any other suggestions ?

 

[preet27]

Finally bought the Biostar 890 GXE motherboard, was looking for FXE but looks like it isn't available, couldn't convince myself for the ASUS board, although it is a good board, apart from the micro ATX form factor there is nothing that i didn't like about this board (GXE),
( Just a generic rant here, no offence intended ) we as Indians have to pay premium for every computer related product that we buy, which i feel really sucks, despite the fact of india being at 2nd position in terms of population, and engineers passing out of it's colleges by the lakhs every year, we still are dependent on other counties to buy this stuff, just a real shame.

Coming back to topic
The reviews were very encouraging for this board, will post pics once it arrives, going to unlock the hell out of the phenom II x2 555 BE provided the 2 ccores unlock LOL.