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MSI 990FXA-GD65 vs Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

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November 15, 2013 11:31:17 AM

In Britain the MSI motherboard costs £83 compared to the £79 for the Gigabyte motherboard. I plan on over clocking the the fx 6300 and i was wondering which would be the best for this

here is my build so far :
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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£83.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£133.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case Fan: Akasa AK-FN062 89.5 CFM 140mm Fan (£11.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £430.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-15 19:31 GMT+0000)

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November 15, 2013 11:37:13 AM

I would stay away from the GB board, if you get a bad revision you will end up with horrible VRMs.
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November 15, 2013 11:38:38 AM

Asus M5A97 evo will be just fine for your FX 6300, i think it is £80
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November 15, 2013 12:00:14 PM

I'm still rocking a MSI 790fx gd-70 and I love it. That was 3 years ago. My whole family has MSI boards and video cards now, and we haven't had a single issue. I'd go for the MSI board personally.

I have to say one thing though. Usually when MSI motherboards first get released they have issues that need to be fixed by future bios updates, and they are fixed and supported properly. So early adopters may get mad when they first get it if it's still on the original bios. The biggest issue here is that reviews are usually written before the issues are fixed, which can make the board look particularly bad compared to the competition.

My board got pretty bad reviews when it first came out, but after some research I found out that bios updates had fixed the issues and it was now one of the best overclockers in its class in terms of stability and how far you could push the clocks.
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November 15, 2013 12:11:14 PM

Ok from what I've read and what you guys are saying i think i'll probably go for the msi mobo. I've read in quite a few places about the gigabyte boards overheating. Thanks for your help!
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November 15, 2013 2:50:58 PM

Alright! Tell us how the build goes after you are done building. (:
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November 15, 2013 3:21:25 PM

Hahaha ok thanks for your support! :D 
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June 3, 2014 6:27:26 AM

Raphalation said:
Hahaha ok thanks for your support! :D 


Well? How did the MSI board work out for you?
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September 28, 2014 1:17:06 PM

How did the build go and which mobo you ended up with ? thanks :D 
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