Reply 23360 of 27784, by appiah4
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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote on 2022-12-20, 19:10:Built a new PCIe test bench/high end AM2 build. […]
Built a new PCIe test bench/high end AM2 build.
* 500w period correct ULT-FX500 SLI certified PSU
* M2N32-SLI
* Athlon 64 x2 4400 (I thought this board had a 6000 parked on it, according to my spreadsheet. Oh well)
* 2x2GB G.Skill DDR2 1066
* 120GB SSD + 320GB HDD
* Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS
* Whatever GPU I fancy at the momentI've had all this shit lying around for ages. The case already held a K9VGM-V and a shitty offbrand power supply and I just got in a couple of higher power draw GPUs I needed to test and I figured if I was swapping the PSU I might as well put the M2N32 SLI to use after 2 years. I'm probably going to order a Phenom x3 740 for this motherboard at some point, since all my high clock speed A64 X2s seem to have walked off (along with the IO shield for this board, which I seem to vaguely recall it having when I purchased it). I'm sure all these things I've misplaced will show up somewhere completely illogical when I'm doing something totally unrelated 6+ months from now.
I had the exact idea and actually built an AM2 PC with an HD 5750 and realized I have absolutely no use for it, tore it apart. I wonder if you'll find any use for an AM2 system.
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