AMD A3+ Motherboard and PCI Express 3.0 Compatibility

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First off I am building a new computer and plan on using the AMD FX-6300 and a GTX 660.  I am having trouble looking for a motherboard.

I am looking for a motherboard that will work with both of these components, has USB 3.0, i would like it to have a UFEI BIOS / somesort of overclocking program (I have never fully built a computer and it seems like it would be easier for me to setup), and capable of using faster RAM 1866 +.

I have a budget for of about $120 for a board (but if I could save some money on the board that would be great)

I was considering:

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

or 

 
MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

or 

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS


also 

The video cards I have been looking at say PCI Express 3.0 x16 and most of the motherboards I have looked at say PCI Express 2.0 x16.  Is this going to be a problem?

Thanks for all the help

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nope, not at all.

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I'm assuming you are referring to the compatibility of the PCI 3.0 and 2.0 Motherboards? 

Will this slow down the card?

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No, it won't. Graphics cards still don't take full advantage of PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth. The only difference between 2.0 and 3.0 is that PCI-E 3.0 has double the bandwidth as 2.0 does. PCI-E 3.0 just adds more bandwidth that the graphics card won't be able to utilize. It shouldn't affect the card's performance at all.

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none sorry amd don't beleive in them

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PCI-E 3.0 is pointless at this time since cards dont even utilize all of the PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth

same with the faster ram, which makes very little or no difference unless you use an APU or integrated graphics

you should consider getting DDR3 1600 ram, a 7870 or 7850, and a 990FX board instead, you will get 30-40% better performance

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http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SABERTOOTH-990FX-PB-R&cat=MBB

i would look here for a cheap board they have a 90 day return

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Just as an FYI that isnt true. I had a pci e 2.0 motherboard from asus AMD chipset basic quad core, with a gtx 760 in it i got decent fps in bf4 on ultra. I went to an MSI 3.0 pci express board and gained maybe 5 or so frames per second, when i went Dual gtx 760 i saw another jump to around 120fps max this was in dual 8x 3.0. When i migrated to an asus z 87-ws dual x16 pci e 3.0 board i had a gain of like 5-10 fps in game (non averaged). unfortunately all i have links for are the pics of the dual gpu setups.  Im not saying they are using the full breadth of bandwidth available, but they definitely benefit from the updated drivers, support and power that comes from the pci e x16 3.0 slots.

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2 year old topic allready.

So its not realy relevant anymore.

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