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Thanks for all the responses, guys! I was looking at some Asus boards earlier but didn't see the M5A99FX Pro R2 :P Looks good to me and isn't too expensive, but I was wondering something:

I'm gonna need the PCI-E x1 slot for my wifi adapter (and for some reason the first 16x slot is above the 1x), but using the black PCI-E x16 for my 660 and the other black one for my second 660 should be fine right? I'm pretty sure there isn't an order that needs to be followed.

~Andy

You can use the black 16x slot for your 1x card, I had a similar issue because I have sli video cards, but I have been running my pcie 1x sound card in the black 16x slot with no issues.
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Hey, LTT peeps! I've recently built myself a half-decent (in terms of UK prices which are always more expensive) rig at the end of last year with these specs:

 

CPU: FX8320

RAM: 1x8GB XMS3 (will upgrade to 2x8GB eventually)

GPU: Asus GTX660

Mobo: Asrock 970 Extreme 4

PSU: Corsair CX600M

Case: Zalman Z11 Plus

HDD: 500GB Hitachi + 1TB WD Green

 

I'm looking at planning some upgrades for it (getting an SSD, more ram, better cpu cooler, maybe second GPU) and since I'll be overclocking I was wondering what board you could recommend? The only requirements are for it to be black with blue and support good overclocks.

 

~Andy

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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20 < i bought this mobo about 6 months ago , no problems as of yet , and since you said that you might go 660 SLi you will need an SLi capable mobo :D , im running 8350 @stock + GTX660 SLi and in the same case as you with no problems at all :P

My Pc Specs

CPU : AMD FX-8350 @stock w/Noctua NH D-14   Mobo: Asus M5A99FX    Ram : 16gb Corsair XMS3 @1600mhz    GPU : Gigabyte GTX970 Windforce OC 4GB @1429mhz   SSD: Sandisk X110 256gb    Case: Be Quiet Silent Base 800 Windowed  PSU: EVGA 850w g2  Peripherals : Corsair K70 w/Red Switches , Logitech G502 , Samsung SyncMaster S22B300 (1920x1080) , Ttesports Shock one headset , Phone : HTC one A9

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I also have the Asus M5A99FX Pro R2. Great board

Main Rig:

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AMD FX 8320 @4.5Ghz  8GB Corsair Vengeance LP Blu 1600Mhz Sapphire Vapor X HD 7950 3GB 120GB Samsung 840 Evo  Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 

Corsair 600T Graphite Corsair H80i Corsair CX600 2x LG 24 inch LED @1080p Logitech G700s CM Quickfire TK (Brown)

 

Home Server:

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A4 6300 @3.7Ghz 5GB Kingston/Crucial DDR3 1600Mhz 1TB WD Green 2TB Seagate Barracuda

500GB WD Blue 2x Gigabit NIC Antec 300 OCZ 500w PSU Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 R1.1

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for all the responses, guys! I was looking at some Asus boards earlier but didn't see the M5A99FX Pro R2 :P Looks good to me and isn't too expensive, but I was wondering something:

I'm gonna need the PCI-E x1 slot for my wifi adapter (and for some reason the first 16x slot is above the 1x), but using the black PCI-E x16 for my 660 and the other black one for my second 660 should be fine right? I'm pretty sure there isn't an order that needs to be followed.

 

~Andy

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Asus m5a99fx pro r2.0 is a really great board.

CPU: I7 3770k @4.8 ghz | GPU: GTX 1080 FE SLI | RAM: 16gb (2x8gb) gskill sniper 1866mhz | Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LK | PSU: Rosewill Hive 1000W | Case: Corsair 750D | Cooler:Corsair H110| Boot: 2X Kingston v300 120GB RAID 0 | Storage: 1 WD 1tb green | 2 3TB seagate Barracuda|

 

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Thanks for all the responses, guys! I was looking at some Asus boards earlier but didn't see the M5A99FX Pro R2 :P Looks good to me and isn't too expensive, but I was wondering something:

I'm gonna need the PCI-E x1 slot for my wifi adapter (and for some reason the first 16x slot is above the 1x), but using the black PCI-E x16 for my 660 and the other black one for my second 660 should be fine right? I'm pretty sure there isn't an order that needs to be followed.

~Andy

You can use the black 16x slot for your 1x card, I had a similar issue because I have sli video cards, but I have been running my pcie 1x sound card in the black 16x slot with no issues.

CPU: I7 3770k @4.8 ghz | GPU: GTX 1080 FE SLI | RAM: 16gb (2x8gb) gskill sniper 1866mhz | Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LK | PSU: Rosewill Hive 1000W | Case: Corsair 750D | Cooler:Corsair H110| Boot: 2X Kingston v300 120GB RAID 0 | Storage: 1 WD 1tb green | 2 3TB seagate Barracuda|

 

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You can use the black 16x slot for your 1x card, I had a similar issue because I have sli video cards, but I have been running my pcie 1x sound card in the black 16x slot with no issues.

 

Hadn't thought of that, but that's actually not a bad way of doing it! Once I've got the money and a few other upgrades (1080p monitor, SSD, decent CPU heatsink) I'll be onto this board! Thanks everyone! :D

 

Edit: Also, fx8320/8350 and GTX660 seems to be fairly popular!

 

~Andy

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Hadn't thought of that, but that's actually not a bad way of doing it! Once I've got the money and a few other upgrades (1080p monitor, SSD, decent CPU heatsink) I'll be onto this board! Thanks everyone! :D

 

Edit: Also, fx8320/8350 and GTX660 seems to be fairly popular!

 

~Andy

Yea ive noticed that aswell , there seems to be alot of 8350/660 machines on this forum :P

My Pc Specs

CPU : AMD FX-8350 @stock w/Noctua NH D-14   Mobo: Asus M5A99FX    Ram : 16gb Corsair XMS3 @1600mhz    GPU : Gigabyte GTX970 Windforce OC 4GB @1429mhz   SSD: Sandisk X110 256gb    Case: Be Quiet Silent Base 800 Windowed  PSU: EVGA 850w g2  Peripherals : Corsair K70 w/Red Switches , Logitech G502 , Samsung SyncMaster S22B300 (1920x1080) , Ttesports Shock one headset , Phone : HTC one A9

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Asus M5A99FX R2.0. Best 140$ board out there bar none.

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Yea ive noticed that aswell , there seems to be alot of 8350/660 machines on this forum :P

cheap and good performance in the US and Canada, and 'affordable' over here in the UK (taxes and made up shipping tariffs etc)

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