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M5A97 R2.0 a decent board?

Bloody Spy
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So i have a GA-78LMT-USB3 and it gives me plenty of headaches. The bios is terrible and i had to change my memory just because it hated its multiplier.

 

Is the Asus M5A97 R2.0 a good board? I came across a used one and i want to be sure to avoid further frustrations.

 

I Got a Phenom II 1055T that goes up to 4.1Ghz at about 1.365~1.405v (still tweaking) and

2x2Gb sticks of HyperX 1.65V memory wich the Gigabyte board doesnt support

 

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2 minutes ago, Bloody Spy said:

So i have a GA-78LMT-USB3 and it gives me plenty of headaches. The bios is terrible and i had to change my memory just because it hated its multiplier.

 

Is the Asus M5A97 R2.0 a good board? I came across a used one and i want to be sure to avoid further frustrations.

 

I Got a Phenom II 1055T that goes up to 4.1Ghz at about 1.365~1.405v (still tweaking) and

2x2Gb sticks of HyperX 1.65V memory wich the Gigabyte board doesnt support

 

I had issues overclocking my fx 8350 on that board but other than that it was a pretty decent board. I think  it wasn't designed for the fx 8350 though.

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9 minutes ago, Bloody Spy said:

So i have a GA-78LMT-USB3 and it gives me plenty of headaches. The bios is terrible and i had to change my memory just because it hated its multiplier.

 

Is the Asus M5A97 R2.0 a good board? I came across a used one and i want to be sure to avoid further frustrations.

 

I Got a Phenom II 1055T that goes up to 4.1Ghz at about 1.365~1.405v (still tweaking) and

2x2Gb sticks of HyperX 1.65V memory wich the Gigabyte board doesnt support

 

It should be fine. 

Looking at the VRM database is says it's a okay board.

http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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Crap board, failed to get past 4GHZ on my 8320 with an H100i. Computer kept crashing past 4GHZ no matter what voltage. 

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I have a similar board and it was used listed as brand new off of newegg but I realized that buying older stuff can mean you could get faulty stuff but it a buy or beware

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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24 minutes ago, Bubblewhale said:

Crap board, failed to get past 4GHZ on my 8320 with an H100i. Computer kept crashing past 4GHZ no matter what voltage. 

Yeah I don't think it was designed for the fx series when it comes to overclocking so I'd say it would probably be fine for their cpu but they should probably still check.

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