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Asus M5A99X EVO R2

           vs

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

 

searched this one from overclocker, anand, tomshardware.

winner: both. i just cant decide

not gonna oc or anything, i just want to build it lol

gaming mostly

 

Going to fry's to buy the components 

 

my build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jgXJpg

 

ASAP. TY

 

EDIT: 

or go for the cheaper $89

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873

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ASUS, although I am disappointed there isn't much "ultimate" in this build.

CPU: AMD 5950X    MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero    RAM: HyperX Predator 64GB    GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti FE    SSD: Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB    
PSU: EVGA 1200w P2    COOLING: EK AIO Elite 360    CASE: Fractal Design Torrent    DISPLAY: LG CX48 4k OLED    AUDIO: HIFIMAN Arya SE

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Asus M5A99X EVO R2

           vs

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

 

searched this one from overclocker, anand, tomshardware.

winner: both. i just cant decide

not gonna oc or anything, i just want to build it lol

gaming mostly

 

Going to fry's to buy the components 

 

my build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jgXJpg

 

ASAP. TY

 

EDIT: 

or go for the cheaper $89

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873

please dont get that ram. its not good at all. get something low profile like kingston hyper x. i would go with the ud3, but it has to be a ud3 rev 4 otherwise i would go for the asus.

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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