View Full Version : nforce3 and opteron 165 support?
ledorky
Jun 5th, 2006, 02:45 AM
Hey all.
Does anyone know of a board that supports the dual core Opteron 165 and has AGP (not PCI-E)? I don't want the ASRock.
If someone knows of an nforce3 that does support both items, pls post here :).
I tried googling but it's mainly hearsay.
pestilenc
Jun 5th, 2006, 03:00 AM
Opteron 165 is socket 939 and as far as I can tell, only nforce4 boards support that. Nforce3 boards are socket 754 only.
Update: nm, I did some checking and it appears there are a few nforce3 939 boards out there.
DFI makes one of these boards, they are generally a decent brand. Good support. As does Gigabyte.
I've heard some sketchy things about nforce3 though... and I can't think non-standard configs are going to be terribly fun. I don't think there's dual channel memory support in nforce3 boards, although I'm not sure what the case is with these hybrid boards.
I take it you already have a really nice AGP card and don't want to have to make a huge switch?
ProfessorChaos
Jun 5th, 2006, 03:20 AM
i'd just jump right into nforce4 or even the new nforce4 590...why stay behind on technology when you are already purchasing a new cpu?
you'll regret not buying pci-e when you do your next upgrade because agp is done for...
ledorky
Jun 5th, 2006, 04:05 AM
It's not for me.
A buddy just bought the ATI X800XL AIW deal from FS and he needs an AGP board with opteron support.
We're getting the Opteron 165 from the US for "only" $265 US.
KorruptioN
Jun 5th, 2006, 07:32 AM
MSI K8N Neo2. It would probably require running the latest BIOS though.
Max_Dealing
Jun 5th, 2006, 08:19 AM
MSI K8N Neo2. It would probably require running the latest BIOS though.
Yep yep. Check out my favorite thread, all about K8N Neo 2 Plat.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43033&highlight=msi+neo2
Amourek
Jun 5th, 2006, 10:32 AM
Yes, it works on nForce3. I'm using an Opteron 165 & a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum, latest BIOS.
ledorky
Jun 6th, 2006, 03:00 AM
Thanks all.
We'll hunt down an MSI board then.
alpha_tot
Jun 6th, 2006, 03:38 AM
why dont you want the asrock ULI board? Ive heard nothing but good reviews, and I cant think of a better overclocker with an NF3 or K8T800 chipset...