I hate using the word "best," but it is pretty to the point. What, in general, is the most future proof, feature ladened, OC-able, "best" 990fx mother board? UD3, UD5, Extreme4, Extreme9, Sabertooth, something else? Weigh in.
Thanks, man. You are helping me out left and right.
So, I already read that post, it seems. Problem is that they didn't really address many of the boards available. Plus, they didn't really take into account multiple pcie x16 slots (which I consider to be valuable as far as future proofing goes).
Extreme9 $160
Could you give some reasons why you picked that one over the rest of the options?
12+2 power phase,2450(OC) supported RAM,7.1 CH HD Audio,THX TruStudio+BLURAY audio support,AMD Quad CrossFireX AND Quad SLI supported,support 4 USB 3.0 ports(for front panel), + a shit ton of software included http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/990FX%20Extreme9/
if you realy want the best board for the price i would say Asus Rog board or the Asrock 990FX extreme9 , or the sabbertooth Gen 3
The Asus Crosshair IV Formula is fantastic, but the Gigabyte UD5 and Asrock Extreme9 are also great.
crosshair is over $200.... gen3 sabertooth as well, just over. sabertooth r2.0 is probably a good one, along with the extreme 9
Actually, the gen3 sabertooth is $199 on Newegg.
Why the UD5 over the UD3?
look into the m5a99fx pro r2.0