Posted January 10, 2017 Whats a good budget motherboard in the UK for the fx 8350? i will also want a 4.3 GHZ OC on this CPU too so any help is great, my current motherboard is throttling my CPU (msi 970a-g43) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 Budget boards and overclocking the 8300 chips don't really go hand in hand. They draw a hell of a lot of power and often beat the life out of a board's VRM if it's not up to the task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/m2qdnQ/msi-motherboard-970gaming $120 CAD Photography / Finance / Gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said: Budget boards and overclocking the 8300 chips don't really go hand in hand. They draw a hell of a lot of power and often beat the life out of a board's VRM if it's not up to the task. good thing the AMD 970 Chipset is cheap AND functional some even have m.2 slots etc. Photography / Finance / Gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 Author do you guys know if the msi krait is good? or should i just get the msi 970 gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 1 minute ago, lewis wruk said: do you guys know if the msi krait is good? or should i just get the msi 970 gaming? the VRMs and power-delivery components are more robust on the 970 Gaming, http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/69124-msi-970-gaming-amd-am3-motherboard-review-12.html hardwarecanucks was able to push 4.7ghz on a fx 8320E Photography / Finance / Gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 Author alright, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, lewis wruk said: Whats a good budget motherboard in the UK for the fx 8350? i will also want a 4.3 GHZ OC on this CPU too so any help is great, my current motherboard is throttling my CPU (msi 970a-g43) I would only recommend the Asrock 970-G/3.1 Most cheap motherboards would catch on fire if you tried to overclock on them Edit: even good ones if they don't have a beefy enough power delivery circuit We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones) You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread) Computer Specs: Spoiler Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent) Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3 Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333 Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike" Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500 AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550) Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red) Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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