New motherboard or keep the cpu

bad_eyes83 · Nov 11, 2013

I have a Crosshair V Formula and a 8350 and my motherboard is a POS, 3 things gone on it and ASUS tried to blame me for it and trying to find a good cooler, my ECO c240 can't OC my 8350 without overheating. Or should I go to Intel and get new cpu and motherboard. I mostly play bf4 1080 maxed settings and run teamspeak 3 as well at the same time download off bitrorrent, with gigabyte 7950 overclocked with 16gb of ddr3 1600.

If I stick with my AMD I was looking at a ASRock 990FX Extreme 9. I am not interested in ASUS anymore, that is the 2nd motherboard to have issues with.

As well has anyone had any luck with a good all in one liquid cooler, I think mine has had it lol.

thanks in advance.

Nikolay Savov · Nov 11, 2013

Hi
An year ago i was in you place - AMD or INTEL ....
After 10 years on "under-dog" AMD i sad "no more " i`ll go for it ...... Intel !
I don`t regret at all !
Take i5 46xx if you`r tight on the $ and watch the magic .....
Take i7 4770 and you gonna eat you AMD score like jelly-beens

I never have purchased Main board from other than GIGABYTE - UD3 and UD5 - you just need to choose good q-ty range - never go for low-end mobo
My advise on mobo is :
GIGABYTE > ASUS > ASROCK > MSI

Nismo1 · Nov 11, 2013

Well I suggest you stick with the AMD beacause:
1) BF4 is AMD oriented ( not that it makes such a huge difference )
2) Your CPU is very good for gaming. Apart from the fact that you don't need a monster CPU to play games on ultra graphics. GPU is more important for gaming overall and yours is pretty sweet!

Now about ASRock motherboard I don't know I have heard some things about ASRock which are not good but I do not have any personal experience so you might skip the next links cause the ASRock motherboard you are looking is very very good .
Some Giagabyte ( a very trusted company in my opinion) motherboards :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128509

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

( I didn't know your budget so I found some on the price range of the ASRock one )

And last but not least some pretty neat liquid coolers are :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103181

Edit: I'm pretty dump I put the link of the same cooler twice ... I correct it

tracker45 · Nov 11, 2013

I prefer AMD.

Their coolers are much easier to install, if this matters to you.

logainofhades · Nov 11, 2013

The gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 is a good budget choice. Coolermaster Seidon 240 and the Corsair H100i are both good all in one solutions.

bad_eyes83 · Nov 11, 2013

i usually spend around 200 CDN for a motherboard, usually get a high end board, I got a ASUS Crossahir V formula but I have had 2 cpu fan headers die and recently my network adapter onboard died.... at the time it was 270 bucks plus 50 bucks of gas lol I was bored. I do like the fact that the gigabyte boards have the UEFI bios now, I actually like it over the older bios screen. my tower is a haf 932 so the smaller motherboards look tiny in it lol.

Nismo1 · Nov 11, 2013

bad_eyes83 :

Both of the motherboards I linked you are ATX, they are not tiny

logainofhades · Nov 11, 2013

I have never spent more than $150 for a motherboard. I really don't see the value in the high end boards as they tend to not have features I am interested in anyway.

bad_eyes83 · Nov 11, 2013

I like the new gigabyte revisions, now i am thinking of new motherboard and new cooler but still deciding, so ill keep an open mind and see what others say

JOOK-D · Nov 11, 2013

Haven't had any problems with my ASUS board, sucks that it's gone wrong for you

Due to the vast amount of multitasking you do I'd say stick with the cpu and just get a new mobo.

Nismo1 · Nov 11, 2013

JOOK-D :

Yeap I'm really fond of ASUS too. OP was quite unlucky I guess..

bad_eyes83 · Nov 11, 2013

first ASUS board (A7N8X-E) I had for some very strange reason I could no put a aftermarket heatsink and fan on, it wouldn't start up I even took it to multiple pc shops and they were dumb founded and ASUS said no warranty replacement, then I got this Crosshair V and within 5 months the cpu fann headers died, tried to RMA the board 4 times, got run around galore and 3 of them said I did it and it was all my fault. Really I would kill the fan headers for the cpu and risk my cpu of overheating, so they said 250 and a new one. Then about a month and a half ago my onboard ethernet port died, the motherboard I bought in 2011. I really was hoping for a good experience, I had better luck with MSI with the socket A, in face its still running lol. I am glad some people are having luck with ASUS.

logainofhades · Nov 12, 2013

What power supply are your running with that system?

Nismo1 · Nov 12, 2013

I can't blame you man. If I had the same problems I would react the same. At least, I hope I helped you there

bad_eyes83 · Nov 12, 2013

I have a Cougar CMX 700 watt. I will be later on replacing it with a 850 watt psu since I want to get another 7950 and crossfire it. I think I will be getting the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 and keep my cpu I just got it in September and at the same time (hope its in the budget) a new cooler, Coolermaster Seidon 240M or Corsair H100i, see what happens. I appreciate all the help from everyone's input. Maybe next system I will cross over to the dark side and try intel out, I will see at that time to see what looks good to me, I came close to deciding on INTEL but something told me otherwise for now and reviews and mostly budget lol...... for now. I might even try to get a custom loop liquid cooling system see what money I have available.

logainofhades · Nov 13, 2013

I would suggest getting a Corsair or Seasonic for your next PSU. Rosewill gold and platinum rated PSU's are pretty good too. From what I understand, Cougar is kinda so so on quality.

bad_eyes83 · Nov 14, 2013

Yes, I discovered that after I bought it lol..... so far its been good (I have everything crossed that can be crossed as I typed this)

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