micro atx fm3+ board

[the jolly roger]

so i know that the micro atx am3+ board are rocking the 700 series chipset, but after looking at some i see they have sata III *check* and USB 3 *check*

 

so what about the OC abilitys of these boards??? would it make sense to get one?? my case is micro atx, but the fx 8000 series has better price/performance than a core i5

 

thanks

 

[79wjd]

They can't oc for shit, you really need a 990x/990fx chipset with very good VRMs to oc the FX8xxx chips, which mATX AM3+ boards don't have.

And an FX8xxx is about the same cost as an i5 once you consider you need a high end board and an aftermarket cooler to run it; and for gaming, an i5-4460 will beat an FX8xxx.

[the jolly roger]

They can't oc for shit

And an FX8xxx is about the same cost as an i5 once you consider you need a high end board and an cooler to run it; and for gaming, an i5-4460 will beat an FX8xxx.

so better off with a locked i5 like the 4440 i guess

 

thanks

[Wtalk2]

I wouldn't recommend pairing a 8000-series FX CPU with a 700-Series chipset board, even if you keep the CPU at stock speeds. Its unfortunate but for micro-atx enthusiast level stuff you pretty much have to go Intel (Unless you can get by with an AMD APU). If you give us a budget we can see what kind of combinations you can get

[Clyne]

Running a 8xxx cpu on a AM3+ mATX board is not recommended, so don't even think about OC it.

[Jedicake]

Sorry don't mean to hijack this thread. I posted a thread about this yesterday and after finding out the disappointing answers I'm not quite giving up. I've been thinking about building a budget Athlon 860k micro atx build in a prodigy M.

 

K don't know why I felt the need to say that but oh well.