amd fx6300 which chipset motherboard

taylorjs37 · Nov 17, 2013

Hi all,

I am after some advice on which type of motherboard, chipset and brand to get for the amd fx6300 cpu with either a HD ati radeon 7950 or 7970 gpu.
I have purchased the 550W PSU, XFX 80 plus bronze and a midi tower case and two 4gb ddr3 ram chips so 8gb in total.

Which of the following motherboards do you advise on for non overclocking and if i was going to overclock?

chipset 990fx
Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X
MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990FX
AsRock 990FX Extreme3
Gigabyte SKT-AM3+ 990XA-UD3

or

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
MSI 970A-G46
Asrock Socket AM3+ 970 Extreme4
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P

Thank you all!

getochkn · Nov 17, 2013

none overclocking and not wanting to ever crossfire/sli, then the M5A97 is fine. It doesn't have good VRM's though for overclocking and it's crossfire is only 16x/4x.

overclocking, the M5A99X Evo is a great board. I have it, had the A97 first, and with the A97 couldn't overclock past 4.2 from 3.5. With the 99X, I can hit 4.6 easily and haven't tried for hard as that's enough OC for me. The 990X chipset allows 16x/8x crossfire or sli, and the 990FX is 16x/16x. 16x/8x is good enough for most modern day crossfire configs. The M5A99X has 6+2 digital controlled VRM's, which is way better for overclocking than the M5A97's 4+1 non-digital ones.

avjguy2362 · Nov 17, 2013

I am a bit biased, but my reason for preferring the Asus M5A99x has to do with their AI Suite. It is an excellent OCing utility that can over or under-clock your CPU and show you all the settings while running in windows. It can really help you learn how all the OC values can effect each other. I also use the M5A99x's EPU mode ( TPU is for overclocking ) which can dramatically lower the power consumption and heat when not gaming. It is very easy to switch it back to normal mode or the TPU mode without any restarts. Once the AI suite has OC'ed your system, you can then change any settings you like manually too!

taylorjs37 · Nov 17, 2013

Thanks guys very helpful I shall look into buying the M5A99X Evo

WaSquids · Nov 17, 2013

The m5a97 Evo r2.0 has 6+2 phases aswell i think & is a 970 chipset.

getochkn · Nov 17, 2013

WaSquids :

Correct, that's the only 970 board I would buy.

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