Help me pick a board :)

[Nikana]

My motherboard has failed.

 

Looking to get a new board. I am a gamer, but i mostly Play Diablo 3, and some other indie games. Dont plan to crossfire or overclock.

 

I am running:

FX8320

HD7870

16gb of Sniper Gskill Ram

 

I am a little weary of buying an MSI board since my 970a-g45 died after only a year and a half, so I have been looking at a few boards.

My question is I am reading some conflicting things. First I will show you the boards I am looking at.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157364

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281

 

I saw a video review for the 970 board, and it says that they do not suggest picking a 970 board with 8 core CPU's. But i have read other places the main difference between 970 and 990FX is for crossfiring and overclocking. I do not mind spending the extra 30-40 bucks on the 990fx board if it will be overall faster experience since im using an 8 core cpu.

 

Thanks in advanced.

 

[helping]

if you don't do crossfire/sli it won't matter 

[wtfxmitchell]

990fx

[boggle4321]

go on www.pcpartpicker.com and pick a board with the correct socket, size and price range for you, and hey presto, there's your new board!

[Freaky_spider]

get the 990fx, also, i find ASrock a very good cheap mobo maker, running an extreme4 and im very happy with the board, except onboard has this annoying buzz when i put in on my home cinema, dont know if thats the mobo or the cinema's fault...

[Spannerhands]

Spannerhands approved product...

 

Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131851

[Guest GRRigger]

the only 970 mobo you could buy is gigabytes UD3 one

else buy asus or gigabyte mobo, i find them to have best price / quality

[mgsstar]

I would go with Asus M5A97 R2.0 if you are not overclocking. Imo its not bad to have a FX8320 on it since you are not overclocking.

[asusfan]

Can't go wrong with a gen 3 sabertooth 990FX if you can afford it

[BYOGamingPC]

Definitely get the ASRock 990FX Extreme3. It's a great board with plenty of features.