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Chosen AMD FX-8320E CPU 8-core 95W 4GHz motherboards AM3+ SATA 6.0Gbps USB3.0 MSI 760GMA-P34 FX ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX ASRock 880GMH/U3S3 ASRock 970M Pro3 - used this one |
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PC3-14900 1866MHZ (maximum for 1.5V RAM) Kingston HX318C10FB K2/16 Fury 1866MHZ Kingston HX318C9SR PC3-14900 1866MHZ Savage - ordered 16GB -> installed more: Kingston HyperX Savage DDR3 DIMM 2400MHz PC3-19200 HX324C11SR |
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PSU make noise on load variations (it was capacitor - fixed) 700W OCZ to be replaced -> installed |
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Video adapter : keep 2GB DDR3 1600MHz memory and 128-bit Gigabyte Radeon 7750 850MHz GV-R775OC-2GI works fine with overclock to 1000MHz ATI + 1860MHz DDR since motherboard supports PCI-E2.0 only, no need better GPU unit PCIE3 port supports x4 mode only (socket x16) later upgrade to 8GB Radeon R9 390 |
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RAM Upgrade to 32GB to 2.4GHz 8Gb DDR-III 2400MHz AMD Radeon R9 memory (AG)R938G2401U2S *4pcs 2400 15-13-13-35 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 54-312-2-7-18-9-9-36-10 (RC-RFC-CR-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP-FAW-WCL) |
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Got problem with motherboard startup. Going to replace AM3+ mATX model. CPU is same AMD FX-8320E Asus M5A78L-M plus/USB3 -> got this for test and replacement Alternatives: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 MSI 760GMA-P34 (FX) MS-7641 v.5 minimum acceptable boards that support CPU 1866 RAM |
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Repacked this PC into 1U server enclosure (supermicro) with 250W basic power supply. Custom copper cooler brackets. Cooler H=25mm (30mm does not fit). Use M.2 SSD 480GB NGFF (SATA) Used 4pcs 3.5" 4TB HDD in RAID10 |
- Anonymous