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Help Finding A Motherboard (AM3+, PCI-e 3.0)

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  • Socket
  • Motherboards
  • AMD
  • PCI Express
  • Graphics Cards
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August 15, 2013 8:05:41 AM

Hello
I am trying to find a motherboard that supports the AMD AM3+ Socket (For the AMD FX 6300) but also supports PCI-e 3.0 for a graphics card that I already own. I have not found any so far, and I am wondering if there are any motherboards that meet this specification. If so, could you list some for me?
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Edit - Is it absolutely neccesary to have PCI-e 3.0 for my graphics card (XFX Radeon HD 7750)? Will it work with 2.0?

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August 15, 2013 8:15:29 AM

No. PCI-E 2.0 x16 is more than enough for every card (Titan included).

The only board for AMD AM3+ with PCI-E 3.0 is Asus Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3 R2.0. But it doesn't make sense to pay extra for something that you don't need.
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August 15, 2013 8:17:27 AM

Bejusek said:
No. PCI-E 2.0 x16 is more than enough for every card (Titan included).

The only board for AMD AM3+ with PCI-E 3.0 is Asus Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3 R2.0. But it doesn't make sense to pay extra for something that you don't need.


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August 27, 2013 7:09:10 AM

It a shame they don't make it on cheap mb's :( 
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December 28, 2013 2:10:13 AM

Unfortunately its not absolutely necessary that the PCI-e 3 card will work in the older mobos. Many are experiencing freezing at BIOS (me included) even if you flash the BIOS. I have the older ASUS sabertooth 990fx R2.0 mobo and its doesnt support my EVGA GTX760 4gb card in the primary pcie slots (only the pcie x4 slot)
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August 7, 2014 3:56:07 AM

I have the Asus M5A99x EVO R2.0 with an EVGA GTX 760 4Gb in the pci-e 2.0x16 slot and it runs beautifully. I'm getting a second 760 and I don't know what performance I'll expect to see. The mobo only does x8 for both slots in SLI.
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