PCI 3.0?! i cant find a motherboard for it!

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Rhavi Marques

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so i'm getting ready to buy the following parts when i visit the US in 2 weeks:

FX 6350
8gb gskill ripjaws
WD green 500gb intellipower 64mb cache sata 6.0gb/s
corsair buildier series 600w


those parts are fine, i think, what troubles me is:

the motherboard, MSI 970A-G46
and the video card, EVGA geForce GTX 650ti BOOST 1gb,

the gpu says its 3.0 pci express 16x, but the motherboard i think its a pci 2.0, will i lose out alot of power?

is there a similar-budget pci 3.0 motherboard with am3+ socket and SLI ready? cause i couldnt find any on newegg.

am i crazy?
 
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The current amd chipsets don't support pcie 3.0. Although there is one amd mobo I know with pcie 3.0 which is the asus sabertooth 990fx gen 3 (not to be confused with the regular sabertooth 990fx). But especially with a mid range card like a 650ti boost, you won't see a performance difference.
 
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Your concern should not be pcie version. You should be concerned with getting the best cpu/gpu you can get. You should always spend more on the gpu than the cpu on a gaming rig. Btw the 3570k is a generation old and on an obsolete socket which is counter intuitive to future proofing.
 
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Rhavi Marques

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honestly i havnt been hearing much good about the new 4th gen,
what would you have me do without blowing my budget? right now on my list i have 220 dollars for the processor and 124 on the motherboard (ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard)


 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($75.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Challenger-U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $625.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-16 02:34 EDT-0400)
 
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