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Anything wrong with your current one? If not, get something else.

 

 

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Neither. They're both 4 phase MoBos and are not suitable for high TDP CPUs like the FX-6 or -8 series.

 

Get the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (and only the UD3P) and you'll be set for even an FX-8350 overcocked.

 

That being said, an AM3+ platform doesn't make sense in any way these days. Even a Xeon E3 1231 V3 outclasses it in price to multithreaded performance when you factor in the motherboard costs.

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Hi guys, so im in the maket for a new a new AM3+ mobo (AKA christmas gift) 

 

GigaByte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+

or

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 SocketAM3+

 

I say go with the latter,have had experiences with AM3+ Asus boards beofre and they are great.

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I say go with the latter,have had experiences with AM3+ Asus boards beofre and they are great.

 

 

Neither. They're both 4 phase MoBos and are not suitable for high TDP CPUs like the FX-6 or -8 series.

 

Get the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (and only the UD3P) and you'll be set for even an FX-8350 overcocked.

 

That being said, an AM3+ platform doesn't make sense in any way these days. Even a Xeon E3 1231 V3 outclasses it in price to multithreaded performance when you factor in the motherboard costs.

 

 

Anything wrong with your current one? If not, get something else.

For gods sake a 8350 is a 8 core 4.0GHz cpu for $150> 

 

Let me see a slimiler yet better intel offering 

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For gods sake a 8350 is a 8 core 4.0GHz cpu for $150> 

 

Let me see a slimiler yet better intel offering

Awkward moment when in gaming an i3 performs similar because the single core performance is horrid. An 8350 could also,technically be called a hyper threaded quad core but AMD markets it as a 8 core because of how they have the architecture. An 8350 is comparable,to a i7-2600. None K. Even then, the single core performance of the sandy bridge is better, and you can find those for less than $100 on ebay or craigslist.

 

 

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For gods sake a 8350 is a 8 core 4.0GHz cpu for $150> 

 

Let me see a slimiler yet better intel offering 

Intel:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($52.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $295.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:11 EST-0500

 

AMD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($166.88 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.59 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($85.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $281.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:12 EST-0500

 

Difference in price: 5%

Intel CPU performs roughly 10% better in multi-threaded performance, and nearly 60% better in single-threaded tasks.

 

Intel wins even on a price to performance standpoint, largely because it's only an 80W TDP chip and doesn't require an expensive mobo with costly VRMs, or an aftermarket cooler unlike the FX-8350 with its high heat output. Hell, if you only needed 16GB of memory (2x8GB sticks) you could make do with a $40 h81 mobo and even undercut the AMD platforms price.

 

edit: PS: you claiming the FX-8350 is good because it has 8 cores is precisely the reason there is currently a class action lawsuit going on versus AMD because the FX-8350 doesn't actually have 8 cores. It has 4 modules with 2 clusters each. Each of your 8 "cores" shares many components in their pair and are not full individual cores. They're great for integer calculations, but not floating point because the FPU is shared. They're really 4 cores that are like 8 cores in certain workstation tasks. Better than Intel's hyper threading, but still not 8 real cores.

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Hi guys, so im in the maket for a new a new AM3+ mobo (AKA christmas gift) 

 

GigaByte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+

or

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 SocketAM3+

 

Unless on a super small budget dont go AMD! Listen to the guys above and go intel

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Intel:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($52.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $295.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:11 EST-0500

 

AMD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($166.88 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.59 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($85.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $281.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:12 EST-0500

 

Difference in price: 5%

Intel CPU performs roughly 10% better in multi-threaded performance, and nearly 60% better in single-threaded tasks.

 

Intel wins even on a price to performance standpoint, largely because it's only an 80W TDP chip and doesn't require an expensive mobo with costly VRMs, or an aftermarket cooler unlike the FX-8350 with its high heat output. Hell, if you only needed 16GB of memory (2x8GB sticks) you could make do with a $40 h81 mobo and even undercut the AMD platforms price.

 

edit: PS: you claiming the FX-8350 is good because it has 8 cores is precisely the reason there is currently a class action lawsuit going on versus AMD because the FX-8350 doesn't actually have 8 cores. It has 4 modules with 2 clusters each. Each of your 8 "cores" shares many components in their pair and are not full individual cores. They're great for integer calculations, but not floating point because the FPU is shared. They're really 4 cores that are like 8 cores in certain workstation tasks. Better than Intel's hyper threading, but still not 8 real cores.

Ok you win....

 

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Ok you win....

 

Forgot Xeons exist

You lose...

 

You forgot the 8320 exists.

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.78 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $249.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:49 EST-0500

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You lose...

 

You forgot the 8320 exists.

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.78 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $249.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:49 EST-0500

 

Here is that build without rebates taken into account and with a better cooler and a slightly cheaper but still great motherboard (in other words, I'm trying to give you the cheapest decent setup I'd use):

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.89 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.59 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($85.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $254.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 12:18 EST-0500

 

 

And here is the cheap intel version:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC)

Total: $285.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Just going by passmark multi-threaded performance to price (higher is better) (yes I know this is synthetic and not quite accurate), the FX-8320 in your build is 8000 multithreaded while intel is 9600. AMD is 31.5 Passmark per $, Intel is 33.6 Passmark per $. Intel wins. Once you overclock though, AMD will win, but barely. The difference? Intel has much, much better single-threaded performance making it massively better suited for most common tasks, especially gaming. AMD barely ekes out a win here, and it's only after a significant overclock and only in pure multi-threaded workloads.

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Here is that build without rebates taken into account:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.89 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.78 @ OutletPC)

Total: $255.66

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 12:12 EST-0500

 

 

And here is the cheap intel version:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC)

Total: $285.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 12:11 EST-0500

 

It's so close that yes, the $5 from the rebates can make the difference. Just going by passmark multi-threaded performance to price (higher is better) (yes I know this is synthetic and not quite accurate), the FX-8320 in your built is 8000 multithreaded while intel is 9600. AMD is 31.4 Passmark per $, Intel is 33.6 Passmark per $. Intel wins. Once you overclock though, AMD will win, but barely. The difference? Intel has much, much better single-threaded performance making it massively better suited for most common tasks, especially gaming. AMD barely ekes out a win here, and it's only after a significant overclock and only in pure multi-threaded workloads.

 

AMD has more features on the mobo.

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AMD has more features on the mobo.

If we're talking about price to performance, we won't make use of any of the extra features of the mobo. There's not a chance in hell we'd go multi-GPU with this budget. No way we'd go with a RAID array or other massive storage devices, there's still a 1x PCIE slot for a sound card, WiFi card, or whatever, 16GB of memory (2x8GB) is plenty for this hardware and both motherboards are dual channel so no performance difference, and the Xeon is not overclockable nor does it require much power. I honestly can't think of a single limitation on that motherboard that actually matters. Sure you won't want a windowed case, but that drawback is literally the only thing that might matter to some people on this kind of a budget. In fact many would consider the mATX form factor beneficial.

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Anything wrong with your current one? If not, get something else.

Nothing really, but it's getting slightly old, and i'm worriede about it dying, cause i dont wanna fry my 8350.

 

 

Intel:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($52.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $295.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:11 EST-0500

 

AMD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($166.88 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.59 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($85.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $281.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:12 EST-0500

 

Difference in price: 5%

Intel CPU performs roughly 10% better in multi-threaded performance, and nearly 60% better in single-threaded tasks.

 

Intel wins even on a price to performance standpoint, largely because it's only an 80W TDP chip and doesn't require an expensive mobo with costly VRMs, or an aftermarket cooler unlike the FX-8350 with its high heat output. Hell, if you only needed 16GB of memory (2x8GB sticks) you could make do with a $40 h81 mobo and even undercut the AMD platforms price.

 

edit: PS: you claiming the FX-8350 is good because it has 8 cores is precisely the reason there is currently a class action lawsuit going on versus AMD because the FX-8350 doesn't actually have 8 cores. It has 4 modules with 2 clusters each. Each of your 8 "cores" shares many components in their pair and are not full individual cores. They're great for integer calculations, but not floating point because the FPU is shared. They're really 4 cores that are like 8 cores in certain workstation tasks. Better than Intel's hyper threading, but still not 8 real cores.

 

 

You lose...

 

You forgot the 8320 exists.

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.78 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $249.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 11:49 EST-0500

 

guys pls, i just need a motherboard.

 

Anyway, these are the motherboards i can get. http://www.labtech.dk/komponenter/bundkort?filter-2325%5B%5D=Socket+AM3%2B I know it's in danish but bear with me.

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Nothing really, but it's getting slightly old, and i'm worriede about it dying, cause i dont wanna fry my 8350.

 

 

 

guys pls, i just need a motherboard.

 

Anyway, these are the motherboards i can get. http://www.labtech.dk/komponenter/bundkort?filter-2325%5B%5D=Socket+AM3%2B I know it's in danish but bear with me.

 

This is your best bet:http://www.labtech.dk/produkt/1118/gigabyte-ga-990fxa-ud3

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Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

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Will it suit a 8350 and overclocked 970?

 

Absolutely 

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Nothing really, but it's getting slightly old, and i'm worriede about it dying, cause i dont wanna fry my 8350.

 

 

 

guys pls, i just need a motherboard.

 

Anyway, these are the motherboards i can get. http://www.labtech.dk/komponenter/bundkort?filter-2325%5B%5D=Socket+AM3%2B I know it's in danish but bear with me.

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+

 

Great motherboard, the others have ehhh VRM cooling and I have yet to have problems with my Gigabyte board that I have been folding on for the past week under 100% load with an FX 4100. The 970A version will be even better than the 760G chipset that I have on mine to for overclocking your 8350.

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Great!

 

I actually have the Gigabyte 990FXA-D3 :P Is the 990fx a good chipset in general?

 

Don't buy a new mobo then :lol:

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Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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Great!

 

I actually have the Gigabyte 990FXA-D3 :P Is the 990fx a good chipset in general?

Yes amazing chipset, is your board dead or did I skip over something?

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Well, it's getting pretty old. It's been on almost everyday since like, 2011. It doesn't even have VRM heatsinks, so am worried they're getting too hot.

 

Just buy VRM heatsinks then. The 990FX is the best AM3 Chipset.

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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Hi guys, so im in the maket for a new a new AM3+ mobo (AKA christmas gift) 

 

GigaByte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+

or

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 SocketAM3+

 

ASrock 970m PRO3

or

Gigabyte 970A-UD3P

 

those are the only ones you should go for at the lower end

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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