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Poll Results: Which is the best cheap AM3+ mobo currently around?

 
  • 7% (2)
    AsRock 970 Extreme4
  • 22% (6)
    ASUS M5A97 EVO
  • 51% (14)
    Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
  • 18% (5)
    MSI 970A-G46
27 Total Votes  
post #21 of 23
7/6/12 at 9:42am
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^ Are you running a higher-consumption processor? (i.e. quad core, hexa core, ~125W TDP)

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Voyager [XT875]
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AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V] Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v] MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB 8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T] 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveCooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS) WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) Noctua NH-D14 
CoolingOSMonitorPower
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o... Windows 8 Pro 64-bit ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2] Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W] 
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Antec P182 SE ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp Audio Technica ATH-d40fs 
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ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]  TI OMAP 4430 PowerVR SGX 540 1GB low power DDR2 
Hard DriveHard DriveOSMonitor
16GB on board storage 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot... 4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen 
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post #22 of 23
7/10/12 at 10:11am
x4 955
x6 1050
changed rams kingmax and g.skill with different cl s downclocked the cpu . sometime doesnt boot sometimes bluescreen
horrible bios! even updated it to the latest 1.8 version. what should i do. if i rma it they give me another of this motherboard .
how ppl in newegg are working with their msi 970a-g45!!!!
should i recieve a g46 instead of g45 ? doesnt it suck?
Edited by be careful - 7/10/12 at 10:14am
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post #23 of 23
7/16/12 at 4:24am
how ever no body was eager to answer i took it for guaranty and i said it have variable cpu voltage in bios and the other things...they have tested it and said its working properly, what should i do? enjoy my product? couldnt set gskill ram to cl6 (ripjaws x 1600 cl6)
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