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well I am upgrading from my trusty phenom 9550 to a FX6300, and I need a new motherboard. I am looking at the ASRock 970 extreme 3.

any other suggestions for motherboards? must be atx, must support crossfire, must overclock decently(about 4.0-4.5 is what I am shooting for) very strongly prefer mostly black and red highlights or all black.

the rest of my system is

msi Hd6850,

coolermaster gx750 psu,

coolermaster hyper212+ cooler,

8gb amd entertainment edition ddr3 1600 CL11,

raid 0 wd caviar hdd's and 750gb seagate hdd.

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I know it's a little over $100 but I've had good luck with this Biostar board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138341

I've been running it for about 10 months now with my 8120 at 4.1Ghz, it's completely stable. This is a 990 board, they also make a 970 that comes in a exactly $100 that might be worth checking out.

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Buy 970 Extreme3, I'm using this motherboard and it is very stable... Or, save some money and go for 990FX chipset, which is better....

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That Asrock motherboards have 4+1 cpu power phases. For an FX 6-core or 8-core it is better to go with a motherboard that has 4+2, 6+2 or 8+2.

Like Gigabyte 970A-UD3 (8+2) or Asus M5A97 R2.0 (4+2, heatsinked).

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That Asrock motherboards have 4+1 cpu power phases. For an FX 6-core or 8-core it is better to go with a motherboard that has 4+2, 6+2 or 8+2.

Like Gigabyte 970A-UD3 (8+2) or Asus M5A97 R2.0 (4+2, heatsinked).

I second the M5A97 R2.0, I'm using it with the FX 6100. very low OC though.
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That Asrock motherboards have 4+1 cpu power phases. For an FX 6-core or 8-core it is better to go with a motherboard that has 4+2, 6+2 or 8+2.

Like Gigabyte 970A-UD3 (8+2) or Asus M5A97 R2.0 (4+2, heatsinked).

actually the reason I chose the asrock 970 extreme 3 is because it has a heat sink on the 4+1 mosfets
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