970/990X/990FX for overclocking

[ZombifiedPyro]

I was thinking about buying an FX-4300 and a CM Hyper EVO 212 and was wondering if the 970 chipset would be powerful enough to push the evo 212. These are the boards I was looking at:

 

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

990X: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20

99FX: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20

 

[Godlygamer23]

I can't find the power phases on any of the boards. Generally speaking, 990FX chips tend to have more power phases for better overclocking.

[iSuzak]

if you're not planing to crossfire go with the 970 board, But take instead the Asus m5a97 EVO, the EVO have more power phases than the "normal" m5a97 board.

But if later you want to Crossfire go with the 990fx board

 

Edit : Sorry i meant crossfire

[ariceneo]

Go with m5a99fx good board for oc also pick up h100i the 212 wont let u over clock to

Much

[KneesWeak]

chipsets dont really matter on their own but a higher end chipset usually has better voltage regulation etc. (better for ocing) but I think some 970 boards like the Gigabyte 970a-UD3 will overclock better than a lower end 990fx board, its rare to see 990x boards in general.

[KneesWeak]

also you wont need an h100i to oc a 4300, ur paying almost as much for the cooler as the cpu if you were to listen to ariceneo itd be better just to buy an 8350 with stock cooling.  the chipset wont make a huge difference in overclocking, so buying any old 990fx board might not guarantee you can oc further than a 970, in terms of performance theres not a huge difference between 970 and 990fx boards except features and pcie lanes/bandwith 

[skitz9417]

is he going to game with that cpu ?

[GamerDude]

Generally, the 990FX chipset allow for better OCing, that's why most have greater success OCing FX CPUs with this chipset. I'm no master OC'ed, far from it actually :( , but my FX8350 is doing 4.5ghz stable with a slight voltage bump from 1.35V to 1.375, this is on my Asus Crosshair V Formula mobo. I'm using RipJawsX 2133mhz RAM, with a CM Hyper 412Slim (swapped the POS dual slim fans for a Corsair 120mm SP Performance fan). I had this mobo when I was running an FX4100, moved on to an FX8120 and to the present FX8350. I've had pretty good OC with all the CPU I ran with this board. 

[skitz9417]

hey i dont mean to inturd but would a fx 4300 well a 4.8ghz overclock anygood for gaming  

[ZombifiedPyro]

Thanks for all the replies, I think I am going with the 990X board becuase it has the same power design as the 990FX. The only difference is the PCIe lanes are much lower speed on the 990X. Since I do not plan to crossfire/SLI, I think I am good.