970 vs 990FX

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I am looking to overclock a Fx-8320 and i am trying to keep the budget on the motherboard low.
Is it really necessary to get a 990FX motherboard or will a 970 one do fine for overclocking?

Motherboards i am looking at(these are just what i have seen, i am keen for different ones)

990FX:
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?r=p&partid=15234
http://www.pp.co.nz/products.php?pp_id=AA47223&ref=pricespy

970:
http://www.pcforce.co.nz/gigabyte-ga970aud3-amd-970-sb950-atx-socket-am3-p-2539.html
http://www.playtech.co.nz/afa.asp?idWebPage=39235&CATID=26&ID=18451&SID=29014994&ref=pricespy

As you can see, the motherboards vary in almost $100. This is where i am asking myself, do you need to get 990FX? Will i get the same overclocking results out of a 970?
 
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Sakkura

The power phase design has nothing to do with the chipset. It's just that high-end boards with good power phase designs also tend to use more high-end chipsets.

Edit: In this case, the Gigabyte 970A-UD3 has the same number of phases as the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, and more than the Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0.
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990FX supports more features like more SATA III ports, multiple corssfire or SLI and more phrases design for extreme overclocking. If u don't overclock or just OC a little bit and have no plan putting up dual or three gfx just go straight to 970 mobo.
 
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The power phase design has nothing to do with the chipset. It's just that high-end boards with good power phase designs also tend to use more high-end chipsets.

Edit: In this case, the Gigabyte 970A-UD3 has the same number of phases as the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, and more than the Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0.
 
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I think i will go with the GA-970A-UD3 as i only plan on single card. If not, i can always go the 990FX version. Thanks for help :)

 
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