(AM3+) Is this motherboard worth the extra money?

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Hi! I'm making a budget upgrade which includes a FX-6300 processor. This needs a new motherboard, being a new socket for my build. I'd like to know, please, if I will notice any substantial difference between these two motherboards (including overclocking, BIOS, audio, all the good stuff).

MSI 970A-G43 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130679&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=)

or

ASRock 970 EXTREME4 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=)

I'd like headroom for maybe crossfiring another 7870 XT or 7950 (whichever one I end up picking out) and overclocking the GPU and processor (maybe by half a gigahertz for the CPU and a couple hundred MHz for the GPU's memory and clock speeds.)

Thanks so much!
 
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No, they have the same chipset and will overall not have noticeably different performance at all (besides the PCIE lanes), in my opinion ASRock boards are of higher quality though as well as having the better pcie layout.

Jaxem

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No, they have the same chipset and will overall not have noticeably different performance at all (besides the PCIE lanes), in my opinion ASRock boards are of higher quality though as well as having the better pcie layout.
 
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Thanks for that part answered :)

How about overclocking, the BIOS and audio?


 

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Will they have any overclocking differences?

 

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Thanks so much! I think I'll go with the ASrock. I selected your answer as the solution!