Please help, Which mobo for FX 8320, Asrock extreme 3 or asus m5a78L-m, I can only choose one of this...

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Cecilio Chacon

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I cannot explain why I only have this two optios, long story, anyway, please some help here.

My new pc, is only missing the motherboard, so I need some help to choose the best option.

My build:

CPU: Fx-8320
Ram: Corsair vengaense 8 gb 1600 herz.
CPU Cooler: Cooler master 212 plus
HDD: 1 Tb WD Blue, 1 Tb WD Black
PSU: 600 Watts, dont remenber which.
Extra: Fan controller, and 5-6 fans.

Second issue: is secure to overclock my ram to reach 1600 herz on one of this cards?

If you consider I should really try to get another board; M5A97 which was the first option in place, but... long story.
 
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I just got the Asrock 990fx extreme 3 and am very happy. I algo got an 8320 processor and they both worked great right out of the box.
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Asus, Arock, Gigabyte, MSI are good brands. It all boils down to specs.

The Asrock 990FX Extreme 3 has mediocre power phase design. Therefore you can't achieve stable overclocking with it. Moreso, Overclocking will be limited. you can't push it that far.

You should've gotten the Extreme 4 at the very least.
 
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I got my processor OC to 4.3 and don't have any heat problems. Stable as can be.
 
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Sure we can always push whatever machine we got to its limits. But the question is, how long will your rig hold that OC? here's some of the discussions I found:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?217752-4-1-vs.-8-2(8-1)-Phase-Power-Design
http://www.overclock.net/t/1158019/phase-power-4-1-vs-8-2
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1692523/power-phases-motherboard.html
 
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