990FX are old?

[Pruxis]

If you compare the ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990FX to the MSI Z87 G45 (which has the same color scheme)

 

the AMD board is about 2 years older than the new board of Z87

Is that an issue to go with AMD instead of an i5 4760K? (the cost of the mobo & cpu comes to the same at the end, cuz the Asus is 50$ expensiver than MSI which makes up the CPU differance)

 

It would be great if anyone could share his knowledge with me because I'm quite new to the hardware area of gaming :p

 

Sincerely

Pruxis

[M-ursu]

990FX is still current AMD chipset and it is just fine and you should be looking for asus crosshair v formula-z it is not even year old board.

[Stav Kats]

The only differences is that the Z87 has PCI-e 3.0, which matters only in multi gpu configurations and has a technology(I think it is called SRT) which uses some capacity(you choose how much) of your SSD for caching your HDD. Other than that nothing major, maybe better Motherboard heatsinks. But it is nothing special.

Hope it helped!

[Pruxis]

990FX is still current AMD chipset and it is just fine and you should be looking for asus crosshair v formula-z it is not even year old board.

 

I'm looking at the Asus Crosshair V Formula board, not the Formula-Z board.

So I can safely go for an FX 8350 with this mobo instead of the MSI Z87 mobo + i5 4670K without worrying about the future?

[M-ursu]

I'm looking at the Asus Crosshair V Formula board, not the Formula-Z board.

So I can safely go for an FX 8350 with this mobo instead of the MSI Z87 mobo + i5 4670K without worrying about the future?

I must ask that why not croshair-z?

It is same board but just a newer version.

[mvitkun]

If you compare the ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990FX to the MSI Z87 G45 (which has the same color scheme)

 

the AMD board is about 2 years older than the new board of Z87

Is that an issue to go with AMD instead of an i5 4760K? (the cost of the mobo & cpu comes to the same at the end, cuz the Asus is 50$ expensiver than MSI which makes up the CPU differance)

well the G45 is a low end value oriented board vs the Asus Crosshair V Formula which is a very high end gaming/overclocking board.

if you only plan on gaming I would choose something like the  GA 990FXA-UD5.

it only has some few blue accents.

the ones on the chipset heatsink,which would be covered y a graphics card and the cables for it.

 

and the one on the vrm heatsink.

 

and yes it's a great processor and you don't have to worry about the future.

 

pcie 3.0 makes very little difference until 3x SLI/CF,and at that point the scaling is terrible.also AMD has (16x,16x) pcie slots so you wouldn't lose the performance at all.

[Andi]

The Formula-Z is the updated version, why would you want to buy the old one? they cost the same. Go with the newer version.

[Pruxis]

I must ask that why not croshair-z?

It is same board but just a newer version.

 

It's a bit more expensive and I'm on a budget of 1000 euros which is reached by now :p

 

 

well the G45 is a low end value oriented board vs the Asus Crosshair V Formula which is a very high end gaming/overclocking board.

if you only plan on gaming I would choose something like the  GA 990FXA-UD5.

it only has some few blue accents.

the ones on the chipset heatsink,which would be covered y a graphics card and the cables for it.

 

and the one on the vrm heatsink.

 

and yes it's a great processor and you don't have to worry about the future.

 

pcie 3.0 makes very little difference until 3x SLI/CF,and at that point the scaling is terrible.also AMD has (16x,16x) pcie slots so you wouldn't lose the performance at all.

 

I'm trying to build a Red & Black themed computer and with the Asus board that comes out quite nice, but is the GA GA 990FXA-UD5 really that much of a differance compared to the Asus mobo?

[M-ursu]

I must ask that why not croshair-z?

It is same board but just a newer version.

  

The Formula-Z is the updated version, why would you want to buy the old one? they cost the same. Go with the newer version.

Yeah why wont you go whit -z board (it supports PCIE 3.0 and more usb:s)

[Pruxis]

The Formula-Z is the updated version, why would you want to buy the old one? they cost the same. Go with the newer version.

 

There is a 30 euro price difference from where I am purchasing.

[mvitkun]

It's a bit more expensive and I'm on a budget of 1000 euros which is reached by now :P

 

 

 

I'm trying to build a Red & Black themed computer and with the Asus board that comes out quite nice, but is the GA GA 990FXA-UD5 really that much of a differance compared to the Asus mobo?

no it's quality isn't any better but it's significantly cheaper.

[M-ursu]

There is a 30 euro price difference from where I am purchasing.

How many euros does it cost?

I bough -z version for 210 euros.

[Pruxis]

How many euros does it cost?

I bough -z version for 210 euros.

It's 172,40 euros for the non -Z version and 210 for the -Z version

[Pruxis]

no it's quality isn't any better but it's significantly cheaper.

But I like the black and red it goes perfect with my case (Aerocool X3 Predator Devil Red)

[M-ursu]

It's 172,40 euros for the non -Z version and 210 for the -Z version

They both are good boards and will work for future.

It is your choice,but i would save some money and buy -z,but as i said it is your choice.

[mvitkun]

But I like the black and red it goes perfect with my case (Aerocool X3 Predator Devil Red)

then go for it lol,it's your build.

 

btw didn't you have a different topic about the aerocool predator?

[Pruxis]

They both are good boards and will work for future.

It is your choice,but i would save some money and buy -z,but as i said it is your choice.

 

I wont use Crossfire in the near future anyway and if I do it will never be more than 2 cards.

I'm not a storage freak so I don't need more than two HDD's / SSD's so that wont be an issue aswell.

 

I guess I'll go with the Non -Z version I just was quite afraid that I would purchase old-generation components in my quite high end (on budget) build.

 

I thank you all for your respondses it really sets my mind clear

[Pruxis]

Since about 10 minutes the board is no longer avaible :(

[ALXAndy]

I wont use Crossfire in the near future anyway and if I do it will never be more than 2 cards.

I'm not a storage freak so I don't need more than two HDD's / SSD's so that wont be an issue aswell.

 

I guess I'll go with the Non -Z version I just was quite afraid that I would purchase old-generation components in my quite high end (on budget) build.

 

I thank you all for your respondses it really sets my mind clear

 

I wouldn't worry. AM3+ 990FX is here to stay, at least until Steamroller shows up. After that? they will probably move to a new socket.

[Pruxis]

I wouldn't worry. AM3+ 990FX is here to stay, at least until Steamroller shows up. After that? they will probably move to a new socket.

 

I'm going with Haswell cuz the Red & Black mobo isn't avaible anymore in my price range :/