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I'm shopping and found this motherboard and decided to get it: 

  ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

But then I saw this motherboard:

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 Socket AM3+ AMD 970/SB950 Chipset 
- Dual Channel DDR3 2133(O.C.) MHz, 2x PCI-Express x16 
- GLAN, 6x SATA 6.0Gb/s, 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0 
- ATX

 

Question:What is the difference between these two motherboards? The ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 is cheaper then the other one.

**CPU Being put in motherboard is the AMD FX 8320 or a AMD FX 8350.

 

Link for Asus M5A97 R2.0 :http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873

Link for Asus M5A97 LE R2.0: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=335&item_id=051994

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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the LE dont have front USB and seem to have fewer audio ports on the back + that from the link above 

GPU: MSI GTX 770 gaming || CPU: Intel 4670k @ 4.4Ghz || RAM: 4x4GB 1600mhz Corsair vengeance pro || MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming || CPU cooler: Corsair H105 || PSU: Corsair RM650 || SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, Crucial M4 128GB || Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 || Monitor: ASUS PA238Q

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I'm shopping and found this motherboard and decided to get it: 

  ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

But then I saw this motherboard:

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 Socket AM3+ AMD 970/SB950 Chipset 

- Dual Channel DDR3 2133(O.C.) MHz, 2x PCI-Express x16 

- GLAN, 6x SATA 6.0Gb/s, 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0 

- ATX

 

Question:What is the difference between these two motherboards? The ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 is cheaper then the other one.

**CPU Being put in motherboard is the AMD FX 8320 or a AMD FX 8350.

 

Link for Asus M5A97 R2.0 :http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873

Link for Asus M5A97 LE R2.0: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=335&item_id=051994

Would definately go with this over either of those GA-990FXA-UD3

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Would definately go with this over either of those GA-990FXA-UD3

Will look into it.

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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Would definately go with this over either of those GA-990FXA-UD3

Thanks you! It sold me when it said SLI!!1

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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Sorry I gave you the american pcparticker link, here is the canadian one.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3

I found it on Newegg http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514 :)

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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The ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 is also a good choice if you can spend a bit more but the Gigabyte one is not bad. Like Asus boards because of their features, UEFI used in most overclocking tutorials which makes it easy to follow, and their reliability that they offer.

 

Hey, if anyone could help that would be great. How good is the WiFi on the Asus Z87 PRO LGA 1150 Motherboard?

Please do not steal people's threads and create your own thread in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory. Never used Asus' wifi so don't know how good it is.

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