To make a long story short ...

I had an old AM2 socket Asus M2N-E (NF570 Ultra) with an 4800+x2 & 2 GB DDR2 Kingston , the highest stable overclock i'ved got with this board 24/7 was 3000. mhz (240x12.5) at 1.4125v & Ram at 430 mhz(860) at 1.95v (max volt ram in bios)

Anyhow my brother AM2 board died no to long ago so i give him my board to get myself a better board (AM2+)
i first bought MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 wich was suppose to be a good board with good overclock ... well turn out that i couldn't get stable over 228x12.5 with 1.4250v (2850 mhz) no matter what voltage i give or even with my ram at 200 mhz (400) or 2.1v on ram ... anything over 228 the pc would freeze & not post on restart then Bios would reset to default settings.

I call the guy where i buy my computer parts & ask him what he could get me with the same chipset 790x & for about the same price , well that board was Gigabyte GA-MA790x-UD4P (AM2+) here a quick reviews on youtube ;
YouTube - Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard
(the guy mistaking the Board it is an AM2+ board not an AM3 board but it support AM3 CPU's)

Just got the board yesterday cost $30.xx more then the MSI but man! this board rocks i did a quick overclock got 2925. mhz (234x12.5) stable at stock voltage (1.3v) temp 42-43c full & Ram at stock voltage at 417 mhz.

Ived got 3250 mhz (260x12.5) with 1.425v on a quick run but it was not stable i didn't rise voltage over 1.425v or play with memory's settings yet , it would be cool to get 3200 mhz stable , but still running 2925 mhz (425mhz overclock) at stock voltage is really good , one more thing i was amazed about is the on-board sound it sound so great that it is better than my Audigy4 pci , believe it or not.

Next week i'll have some more time to play with & we'll see what appens then... i didn't try the AMD overdrive yet i'm a Bios kind of guy lol! but i did try Easy Tune 6 a bit when i'ved got my 3250 mhz...
I love this board , best board for the price

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P.S. I'll change my video card soon & go crossfire later on , should i go for the 4770 or 4850? (anything higher are to expensive for me) thx!

790X boards are meant to be pretty decent. Good luck pushing it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Zaltan 790X boards are meant to be pretty decent. Good luck pushing it.

I thing they are more then "decent" you can also unlock the third & 4th core on some x2 PhenomII , also Unlock the second core on the new Sempron & last one is Unlock the L3 on the new x4 AthlonII

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Quote: Originally Posted by goodman123 I thing they are more then "decent"

I'm just a really negative person, when I say decent you should probably read it as really good.