hey guys i currently have a gigabyte 990fxa ud3 and i hate the bios, i can't oc my comp at all. I know what im doing as well >
anyways, my friend's mobo has died (his power went out and we assume his mobo got short circuited) so he is looking to buy a new mobo, and im gonna sell my current one and get a new one. He doesn't oc or anything like that so it's fine.
That AsRock is a decent mobo, but not good if you ever want to go with FX chips. The AsRock will handle that Phenom II x6 CPU just fine. I have run an unlock 960T on one for awhile and it handle it at 4.0ghz just fine.
That AsRock is a decent mobo, but not good if you ever want to go with FX chips. The AsRock will handle that Phenom II x6 CPU just fine. I have run an unlock 960T on one for awhile and it handle it at 4.0ghz just fine.
This ^ . If you plan on getting an FX chip, especially if it is a 6 or an 8 core, you shouldn't get anything less than a 990FX chipset board. With good quality VRMs and some sort of cooling on them.
If you don't have to upgrade yet, as in nothing wrong with your rig right now. I would wait alittle bit and see how Kaveri is, it has SR cores, and see if they will even release another AM3+ chip.
This ^ . If you plan on getting an FX chip, especially if it is a 6 or an 8 core, you shouldn't get anything less than a 990FX chipset board. With good quality VRMs and some sort of cooling on them.
If you don't have to upgrade yet, as in nothing wrong with your rig right now. I would wait alittle bit and see how Kaveri is, it has SR cores, and see if they will even release another AM3+ chip.
The AsRock 970 Extreme3 can handle 6 or 8 core FX cpu at stock speed and a little ocing too. I own 3 AsRock 970 Extreme3 running with 2 6300 (3.5ghz (stock speed) and 1 6100 (3.5ghz) and being cooled with H60 with stock fans.
Using an NH-D14 with 2 AP-15. I got the following.
6300 starts to throttling around 4.5ghz.
8320 starts to throttling around 4.3ghz.
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