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Asus M5A99FX PRO or Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z?

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The CVF is the obvious choice out of the two at least in my opinion, i go weak at the knee's for a good motherboard.

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Looking at getting a new Mobo but still in two minds over which one

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The Crosshair V is the best AM3+ mobo out there. Or at least in the top 3. If you don't intend to OC a lot the M5A99FX PRO will be just as good.

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The CVF is the obvious choice out of the two at least in my opinion, i go weak at the knee's for a good motherboard.

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Looking at getting a new Mobo but still in two minds over which one

. Well I would say crosshair v formula z because it's a better built board and has a nice colour scheme to match asus GPUs
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. Well I would say crosshair v formula z because it's a better built board and has a nice colour scheme to match asus GPUs

 

 

The CVF is the obvious choice out of the two at least in my opinion, i go weak at the knee's for a good motherboard.

 

 

The Crosshair V is the best AM3+ mobo out there. Or at least in the top 3. If you don't intend to OC a lot the M5A99FX PRO will be just as good.

 

Thanks all I did have that one in mind but wasn't to sure if it was worth it but I guess I will give it a shot!

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I'd just get the Gigabyte GA-990FX-UD3, good looks and value for the money, for $100 you can't ask for more. Formula-Z is an absolute waste of money if you ask me.

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I'd just get the Gigabyte GA-990FX-UD3, good looks and value for the money, for $100 you can't ask for more. Formula-Z is an absolute waste of money if you ask me.

u wanna know whats a waste of money building a pc with the maximus vi extreme... For your grandma

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