Looking for new motherboard to fit my FX 8350 Ocing

benjanini61

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Hey guys, 2 days ago my fx 8350 arrived and i wasnt that impressed with the performance and how well/easily it was to overclock. I was also getting a throttling problem even though all power saving features were disabled.

After much research i have found the culprit of these problems to be my motherboard, an Asrock 970 extreme 3.

I would like some advice and suggestions on which new motherboard would suite the fx 8350 at around 4.5ghz without breaking bank.

These are some boards ive seen;

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 1.2)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4001#ov

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (rev. 1.2)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4417#ov

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 (rev. 1.x)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3891#ov

SABERTOOTH 990FX
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FX/


My budget is around £120, but i can probably stretch is another £20.
At the moment im thinking that the Sabertooth is the best choice.
But is the cheaper 970/990 UD3 boards can handle it ill go for one of those.
 

benjanini61

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Also a quick question about mothebroards. When i got the fx 8350 i wasnt that impressed with it. Although in 3dmark 11 the Physics score went from 4800 to 7200. 4800 being my old phneom 965.

Even tho this is a nice boost i didnt get similar results during gaming. It seems exactly the same and in some cases worse. Could this be because of my crappy 970 extreme 3? would it have an effect on performance and will i see an increase once i get a higher level board??