AMD n00b here, a little help?

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I currently have a really crappy am2 board w/ a 3800+ as a back up pc for my q6600 rig... so here's the deal...

I do folding and remembered the 790fx msi K9A2 board that allows for 4 dual slot video cards (folding goodness). I could purchase this board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130136

Not too bad, $150. I don't know if this is better than asus or any other board for that matter.

I would drop my 3800+ in there for now until I could afford a quad. I have seen a lot of high end OC's w/ the high end chips. Do the low end chips OC almost as well? As well, what about power ratings.... I saw 65w 1.8ghz quads. Is there anyone out there OCing those?

I'll sum it up..

1. What's a good OCing board that'll let me use 3 or 4 video cards?*

*The slots don't all have to be set up for dual slot cards, but its a nice feature.


2. Cooling wise, if I go w/ a high end chip, is aircooling fine for 3.2ghz +? If so, whats a good heatsink? I have a rocketfish from bestbuy, the big rebranded lian li, so room is not an issue what-so-ever.

3. I have two 4 gig kits, a 2x2gig ddr2 800 geil evo & 2x2 g skill ddr2 1000 kit. Will either of these suffice for OCing a phenom?

I would like to make a jump over to AMD b/c although intel is faster, the boards that hold 4 video cards would be more beneficial than CPU folding and even then I can still fold on the phenom. I haven't been in the AMD camp since 2005 w/ my dual opty set up and then I couldn't OC them, so I haven't kept up. Sorry for the n00bness.