Looking For A New Am3+ Motherboard

[skitz9417]

hi im looking for a new am3+ motherboard bexasue im waiting for steamroller and i currently have a x4 955 at 4ghz and this is my motherboard ga-ma770t-ud3p

 

[Pinkdonut666]

955 is a great chip, but whats your buget? I'd say just get a asus crosshair v formula-zm but if thats not in your buget, idk... anything from asus should be fine :P

 

PS: I have a 955black in my bedroom PC @4ghz on some cheapo asus M5A97 LE R2.0

[skitz9417]

well im budget is like 200 dollars but is that overkill for my motherboard

[Pinkdonut666]

what ram and what GPU?  since ram prices went up idk, but you might want to save and grab a less expensive board, and maybe get better memory. but what GPU do you have?

[Jonas86]

I myself have a Phenom 2 X4 955 running the stock 3.2 clock and i'm using the Sabretooth 990FX board

[skitz9417]

i have kingston 1333 ddr3 ram but i have overclocked it to 1600mhz and i have a hd 6950

[Pinkdonut666]

for a 955 you don't reall need a 990fx board, I assume 8gb of ram, is this because your board died?  I mean if you don't mind the brown, sabertooth, http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX41356

 

but this gigabyte board looks good http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX33934

[Vaub]

Since you want a board for Steamroller, maybe wait for the new round of motherboard (if they come out)

 

Otherwise, here are board I would recommend for AMD FX:

 

$100 - Asus M5A97 R2

$125 - AsRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+

$150 - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ (awesome value) or Asus M5A99FX Pro R2

$180+ - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 AM3+, Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2, the highest MSi one

 

Best of the best: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

[Jonas86]

I myself run Kingston 8GB ram 1866 memories but it didn't support that frequecy so the motherboard downclocked it to 1600

[Pinkdonut666]

I need to realise one of these days how popular the forum is,

 

anyway, you might want to wait for new boards, unless your board is dead, don't fix what aint broke.

Edited April 26, 2013 by Pinkdonut666

[skitz9417]

Since you want a board for Steamroller, maybe wait for the new round of motherboard (if they come out)

 

Otherwise, here are board I would recommend for AMD FX:

 

$100 - Asus M5A97 R2

$125 - AsRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+

$150 - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ (awesome value) or Asus M5A99FX Pro R2

$180+ - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 AM3+, Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2, the highest MSi one

 

Best of the best: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

 

with this board Asus M5A97 R2

 

 

is it any good for overclocking im new to the 990fx chipset

[Jonas86]

My motherboardcan support the latest FX cpu's if i upgrade my bios so that's pretty sweet, i am thinking about upgrading the cpu to an fx one

[skitz9417]

I need to realise one of these days how popular the forum is,

 

anyway, you might want to wait for new boards, unless your board is dead, don't fix what aint broke.

after im finsh with  ga-ma770t-ud3p im giving  to my cousin

[Pinkdonut666]

the m5a97 le r2  was cheap and I needed a new board for my 955, and it holds it at 4ghz, but it wouldn't oc well with like an 8350

[skitz9417]

the m5a97 le r2  was cheap and I needed a new board for my 955, and it holds it at 4ghz, but it wouldn't oc well with like an 8350

i can get that board for $106 here http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=9651

[Vaub]

 

is it any good for overclocking im new to the 990fx chipset

 

990FX usually come with better board, but it's the cooling, VRMs / component quality, that will get you higher overclock.

 

As far as board goes, 990FX board have 6+2 / 8+2 power phase (very good if you are stressing the power delivery of the MB).

My personnal favorite is the Gigabyte UD3 for the price, it seems a solid board.

[skitz9417]

990FX usually come with better board, but it's the cooling, VRMs / component quality, that will get you higher overclock.

 

As far as board goes, 990FX board have 6+2 / 8+2 power phase (very good if you are stressing the power delivery of the MB).

My personnal favorite is the Gigabyte UD3 for the price, it seems a solid board.

i can get Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3 990FX DDR3 Motherboard for $153

[Pinkdonut666]

it really comes down to features, and quality.

 

iof you're running an older chip, there really isn't any reason to buy an amazing board if you're not gonna upgrade you're CPU :P

[Vaub]

it really comes down to features, and quality.

 

iof you're running an older chip, there really isn't any reason to buy an amazing board if you're not gonna upgrade you're CPU :P

 

Yes, if it's only for Steamroller, might as well wait for what will come next if your current board is fine  :)

[skitz9417]

so you guys think i should just wait till steamroller till upgrade my motherboard

[Pinkdonut666]

so you guys think i should just wait till steamroller till upgrade my motherboard

thats you're best bet.

[Vaub]

so you guys think i should just wait till steamroller till upgrade my motherboard

 

I know this is a bad answer, but I'd say it's up to you  :P

 

There's likely to be a motherboard refresh around Steamroller, and, if SR is released and is not worth it at all, you might as well buy an Intel CPU + MB then.

[skitz9417]

well steamroller will be on am3+ and i will go with Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3 990FX DDR3 Motherboard

[Vaub]

well steamroller will be on am3+ and i will go with Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3 990FX DDR3 Motherboard

 

Still, it's up to the manufacturer to release BIOS to support the new CPUs, so just hope that they will.

Otherwise, it seems to be a great board with plenty of features.

[Guest stealer0517]

990fxa-ud3

990fxa-ud5

 

my ud3 board handles my 8120 @ 4.7 ghz just fine, planning on ocing even more