FX - 8320 Compatibility help please

[bourbonz]

Hello all, 

I'm ordering an entire system tomorrow and have decided to go with the FX-8320. However I'm not sure on this motherboards compatibility because of people mentioning flashing bios' which I don't want to do. Ideally, I want to just slap it on the motherboard and it works.

 

Heres the motherboard in question  Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Socket AM3+ 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

 

 

 

Basically - Will the FX8320 work out of the box in this motherboard. 

 

Thanks in advance!

[TheSLSAMG]

Don't worry about it, it will be fine.

[MeltyMoon]

It should yes. Worst case scenario, the good guys on here could guide you through the process, it's very simple and only takes a couple of minutes

[Jeroen1322]

it should work! 

[Ryan Leech]

It should, unless you are buying a rev1.0 version

[bourbonz]

What do you mean rev 1 version? How would I know if it was

[TechFan@ic]

If you get the black board (latest revision) it's 100% compatible, if you get the blue board (one of the older revisions) there is a chance a BIOS update will be needed but this is very unlikely.

[BYOGamingPC]

As TechFan@ic said, you will want to make sure you get the Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P which is ready to go without needing a BIOS update. Avoid getting the Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (without the P) which you will need to update with the new BIOS.

[Le Reaper]

It should work fine.