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post #1 of 3
7/23/12 at 7:59pm
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Hello, recently I've been getting more and more into overclocking than I've ever been. I've also been experiencing a bit of problems with my cheezo cheapo motherboard http://www.overclock.net/t/1285487/1090t-error-on-msi-870-g45 So I've decided to start hunting for another board with the best price to performance. The ASUS M5A97 EVO comes out at the top of the list from my research so far. Firstly, its an ASUS. Second, MASSIVE VRM cooler. Third, Digital VRM's. Foruth, very inexpensive. So I'm probably going to get this board within a few weeks or so but firstly I want to gather up some opinions because I can look at specs and pictures all day, but I want to hear what real people have to say about this board, especiall with overclocking. As for the other hardware, I'll be using everything that's in the "Blue Computer" rig in my signature.
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Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.5 1.335v ASUS P8Z68-V PRO (Not GEN3) Sapphire 7950 @ 1100/1575 1x 4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz @ 1600 8-8-8-22 1T 
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Hitachi 2.5" 60GB SATA None H100 Push Pull Assortment of 80-120MM's 
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160GB Seagate Barracuda IDE Stock or DICE Pot with ICE Assortment of 80-120MM's Windows XP Home SP3 
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White Lightning
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The Blue Bench
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The Gray Bench
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.5 1.335v ASUS P8Z68-V PRO (Not GEN3) Sapphire 7950 @ 1100/1575 1x 4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz @ 1600 8-8-8-22 1T 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
640GB WD Caviar Blue SATAII HItachi DVD Multi SATAII CM Hyper 212 EVO (Push/Pull) Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64 
MonitorMonitorKeyboardPower
Acer G245HQABD 23.6" 1080p Dell 1707FP Logitech G110 Coonix COPS-600 600Watt 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
NZXT Lexa S W/ Modded Blue Acrylic Window Logitech M100 None Sony Headphones W/ Custom Mic 
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 3570K @ 4.8 1.52v Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 2x 4GB Patriot Viper Extreme 2400 CAS11 1T 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Hitachi 2.5" 60GB SATA None H100 Push Pull Assortment of 80-120MM's 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows XP Home Edition SP3 Dell 1366x768 Generic USB OCZ EliteXStream 800Watt 
CaseMouse
Home Made Test Bench Microsoft Mobile Mouse 3000 
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.4GHz Asus P5B Deluxe\Wifi-AP S3 Virge PCI (PCIE SLOTS BROKEN) 1x 1GB Hyundai Electronics Generic 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
160GB Seagate Barracuda IDE Stock or DICE Pot with ICE Assortment of 80-120MM's Windows XP Home SP3 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Dell 1366x768 Generic USB Thermaltake TR2-430 Watt Custom Testbench 
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Microsoft Mobile Mouse 3000 
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post #2 of 3
7/26/12 at 5:08pm
From what i've read from other members that use it, they usually like it.

It's a great budget board with good chops for overclock 6+2 phase quality vrm, with heatsink. Digi vrm, ect ect ect. It is a huge upgrade from your msi board and should easily support a 4ghz overclock on your thuban if your chip and cooling are up to it.
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Dell S2340m Acer G235H Microsoft Wave Antec EA-650w 
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Antec Sonata Solo II Razer Deathadder 3500dpi 
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I7-3770k Asrock z77 extreme 4 MSI N680GTX MSI N680GTX 
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Power
Corsair hx 1050 
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post #3 of 3
7/26/12 at 5:32pm
diffent improvement over you MSI board if your running OEM copy of OS on your rig be sure to budget a fresh copy OS
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For Sale: F/S or F/T GIGABYTE GA-A75-UD4H FM1 AMD A75 and AMD A6-3670K Unlocked Llano 2.7GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core
$1 (USD) or best offer
 
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