Which Mobo to Upgrade

[jcr40e]

Current RIG:

CPU: AMD FX-6100 (planning to Upgrade to FX 8350)

MOBO: ASUS M5A78L-M LX

RAM: Kingston Hyper-X @ 1600Mhz

HDD: Seagate 1 TB (planning to Upgrade/Add Samsung SSD Evo 250GB)

PSU: Aerocool Strike-X 600W 80+ Bronze

Monitor: 24" LG LED @ 1920x1080 (HDMI Cable used)

Current GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Planning to Upgrade to Sapphire R9 - 270x Toxic)

CPU Cooling: Corsair H60 Liquid cooling

Case: Generic Case (Planning to Upgrade to a NZXT H440)

 

 

I plan to Change my MOBO, I am going to Overclock my FX 6100 from 3.3Ghz to at most 4.0 or 4.2

I have the following choices:

 

ASRock 990FX Extreme4 - $163  

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series - $170  

Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX SB950 - $286  

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $185  

Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $264   

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0) - $147

 

Question(s):

1.Which should be Enough to Overclock my FX 6100 to 4.0Ghz or 4.2Ghz provided that my Aerocool 600W PSU can Supply, and when I upgrade to FX 8350 soon soon.

 

2.Is my Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling enough to Overclock my FX 6100?

[H4X3R]

I suggest you get the nh d14 (currently 60$ @ ncixus).

For the mobo i suggest you get the NEW MSI 970 Gaming (best value for money AMD board)

 

The PSU is a piece of sh*t. I sugest you get an XFX 550W and be happy

 

Also for the GPU, either get a 270 and OC it (basically a 270X then) or a 280 if you can stretch your budget.

 

For the CPU get the 8320 not the 8350. Overclock the 8320 to 4.0ghz and you have an 8350

 

For the SSD i suggest an MX100 512GB, great value for money.

[Hieb]

 

Current RIG:

CPU: AMD FX-6100 (planning to Upgrade to FX 8350)

MOBO: ASUS M5A78L-M LX

RAM: Kingston Hyper-X @ 1600Mhz

HDD: Seagate 1 TB (planning to Upgrade/Add Samsung SSD Evo 250GB)

PSU: Aerocool Strike-X 600W 80+ Bronze

Monitor: 24" LG LED @ 1920x1080 (HDMI Cable used)

Current GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Planning to Upgrade to Sapphire R9 - 270x Toxic)

CPU Cooling: Corsair H60 Liquid cooling

Case: Generic Case (Planning to Upgrade to a NZXT H440)

 

 

I plan to Change my MOBO, I am going to Overclock my FX 6100 from 3.3Ghz to at most 4.0 or 4.2

I have the following choices:

 

ASRock 990FX Extreme4 - $163  

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series - $170  

Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX SB950 - $286  

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $185  

Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $264   

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0) - $147

 

Question(s):

1.Which should be Enough to Overclock my FX 6100 to 4.0Ghz or 4.2Ghz provided that my Aerocool 600W PSU can Supply, and when I upgrade to FX 8350 soon soon.

 

2.Is my Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling enough to Overclock my FX 6100?

 

 

If you're not limited by funds, then definitely get the Crosshair V Formula. But if you want to cheap out, the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 is better than either of the Asrock boards IMO. The drivers for the killer LAN and the audio on gaming motherboards can often be a pain in the ass from what I've heard (haven't personally used them).

 

And yeah the H60 should be fine to OC it to 4.2GHz no problem. I would guess that you'd be able to push it to about 4.5GHz with the H60, Bulldozer overclocked insanely well (FX-8120 from 3.1GHz to 5GHz was pretty common). In the long run, esp when you get the FX-8350 (if you plan to do much OCing on it), you'll want either a Noctua D14, or something like a Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk with some aftermarket coolers instead, such as Corsair Static Pressure 120mm fans (2 of these)... although the H440 looks pretty closed off, it might be better to go for water cooling in it, I'm not 100% sure.

[MrTiC]

MSI released a new AM3+ board

It looks nice, and price/performance .... well

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $89.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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