Hi guys,
Need to choose a motherboard for my new PC, should I go for 990X chipset or stay with 970??? I want a balance between performance and price, it needs to have features such as USB 3.0 header etc
I was thinking along the lines of: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/youmed/saved/3FBM
HELP!!!
Thanks,
Youmed
Hello again.
Yep, that motherboard is appropriate. If you wanted a cheaper motherboard, consider the M5A97 EVO. This can be found in the UK in at least a few vendors. Normally, 970 motherboards do not have a sufficient power delivery for the 8xxx chips. However, the EVO has a digital 6+2 power phase which is sufficient. That will allow you to save money. Though, I would advocate going with the M5A99X Pro. The Pro will enable you to consider dual GPUs, and I think it has a higher power delivery. Should only be about £15 more.
Also, you might consider using Powerline, instead of that wifi adaptor.
http://www.dabs.com/products/tp-link-av200-200mbps-nano-powerline-adapter-starter-kit-7KJ7.html?q=powerline&src=16
It uses the electric circuits in your house to produce a physical connection. Much better speeds, reliability, and security.
The pro also has the 6+2 power delivery system. And for Amd video cards you can crossfire on a 990x evo or 970 evo.
yes you can CF on the 970 evo and the 990X evo however, the problem with those 2 boards is that the the 970 evo has 20 pci-e lanes the first slot runs at X16 the second only at X4. so your CF setup will probably only work at X4.
the 990 evo has the same 20 pci-e lanes, but on this board the first slot runs on X16 and the second on X8 the third on X4. so you only be able to run a dual gpu setup on X8 on the 990X chipset.
Thats the reason if you go for dual gpu setups, its better to go for the Asus m5a99FX pro R2.0 because this board has 40 pci-e lanes so you able to run dual gpu at X16.
I have that board all good so far..
Also 990fx not 990x is required for Nvidia Sli. Amd crossfire will work with 970, 990x and 990fx.
Yes for sli you need a 990FX chipset anyway.
But for a single GPU the 970 evo or the 990X evo are just fine. Thats why i personaly own the 970 evo. because i dont botter about sli/cf.
When are you going to OC your 8350 anyway? I thought I saw that you were going to do that soon
With the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 partpicker says there could be some compatibility issues???
The asus R2.0 vershons are updated for all the new FX chips some 970 mobo's need bios updates to run some of the FX chips thats why the 'compatibility issues' thing pops up.
Can you overclock well with the 970 chipset? E.g Asus m5a97 r2.0
You can oc on that mobo but i dont recommend oc'ing a 8 core cpu on it as its only a 4+2 powerphase motherboard.