Trade in my gigabyte for a asus?

stefan mackey

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Jul 3, 2013
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Hello all so I currently have the 990fx-UD5 motherbored it's a great MB and all but I just cannot figure out the bios and overclocking! It's so frustrating! So I did some reviewing and walked around akihabara(I'm in Japan) and found the asus formula -z V 5 AM3+ for 150$ I've read alot of reviews and supposedly this is the best MB for the FX8350 and over clocking? Should I trade in my gigabyte? Thanks in advance.
 
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Seems like a waste of $150. $150 just for hopes you get a better OC? You have an unlocked FX chip, so OCing should be as simple as raising the multiplier. Make sure the chip is cooled as well as you can. You probably have a non great OCing chip, not a bad board.

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Seems like a waste of $150. $150 just for hopes you get a better OC? You have an unlocked FX chip, so OCing should be as simple as raising the multiplier. Make sure the chip is cooled as well as you can. You probably have a non great OCing chip, not a bad board.
 
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stefan mackey

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Jul 3, 2013
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Ok, so it's not worth it? I've been researching OC'ing and it's seems everyone who has this bored uses the old style bios? It uses the UEFI interface would It make a difference to switch to legacy?