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soyab0007
soyab0007 Original post #1
Oct 30, 2011 at 11:02 PM
want to buy AM3 mobo for athlon x2 250 proccy
budget 2600rs

except asus brand..
will purchase from lamington tomorrow
pls let me know asap
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Tarun #2
Oct 31, 2011 at 12:06 AM
go with a 78LMT-S2P :) or a M68MT-S2P :(
guru_urug
Oct 31, 2011 at 12:06 AM
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P @2.8k (maybe less bargain)
Its AM3+ ready (with a BIOS update)

Btw if u going to lammy, ask in Othree(behind bus stop/opp police stn) ,Shankeshwar, cassette world, and obviously primeabgb and theitwares :)
soyab0007
Oct 31, 2011 at 8:42 AM
GA-MA78LMT-S2 has 3+1 phase power design
and
m68 has 4+1 phase power design

is there any difference
i would like to go or ma78

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM3 - GA-MA78LMT-S2 (rev. 3.x)
guru_urug
Oct 31, 2011 at 6:19 PM
try to get the 78-S2P board, it has support for AM3+ processors(future-proof) via a BIOS update.
78-S2 doesnt have that, though it supports AM3 completely

Avoid 68-S2P, becoz of this:
* If you install AMD AM3 CPU on this motherboard, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0 (5200MT/s) to HT1.0 (2000 MT/s) spec; however, the frequency of AM3 CPU will not be impacted. Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.

So choice pref shud be
78-S2P
78-S2
Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2 (this one is based on older chipset, but has full AM3 support)
soyab0007
Oct 31, 2011 at 10:01 PM
purchased ma 78lmt s2p from lamington

thnx 2 all for ur suggestions
d6bmg
d6bmg #7
Oct 31, 2011 at 11:38 PM
^^ Congrats.. what was its price?
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SUBV3RT #8
Nov 1, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Congrats... Soyab...

What's the price and don't forget to post pick and your experience with it
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Tarun #9
Nov 1, 2011 at 11:45 AM
congo bro :)
soyab0007
soyab0007 #10
Nov 1, 2011 at 12:56 PM
price rs2650
and a good vfm board
T
Tarun #11
Nov 2, 2011 at 7:34 PM
pretty decent price :) all the best buddy see u later :p