Asus M5a97 vs. ASRock 970 Extreme 4

Pineapple20 · Jan 4, 2014

Which one is better for this this:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/mileycyruslover/saved/3jRM

edit:

my overall build budget is £650

Neverrazor · Jan 4, 2014

neither ..... get the Asus m5a99x ..

970 chipset got their problems already ...

realchaos · Jan 4, 2014

As Neverrazor said, if you can, grab a 990FX chipset motherboard. It's better than 970 chipset for overclock, especially on the higher TDP of an eight core.
Of course, if you can't grab a 990FX motherboard, then either of those 970 chipset motherboards are fine.

Calnin · Jan 4, 2014

If the 990fx is out, I'd go with the ASUS board.

Pineapple20 · Jan 4, 2014

Sorry, I forgot to add that my overall build budget is £650. If I picked the 990fx it would be over my budget. I'll add it to the main.

MDXX · Jan 4, 2014

No problems with my m5a97 r2.0

Neverrazor · Jan 4, 2014

Pineapple20 .. i said m5a99x not m5a99fx

its like 25$ more than the 970 ...

Pineapple20 · Jan 4, 2014

Neverrazor :

I just seriously can't go over my budget, even if it's £20 more.

realchaos · Jan 4, 2014

It's fine then. Either the Asus or the ASRock you listed are fine options.

Outlander_04 · Jan 4, 2014

The 970 chipset is an identical piece of silicon to the 990X and FX .
Some are graded higher and become 990's and some become 970's

The 970 chipset in the Asrock extreme 4 should be incapable of SLI a or crossfire , but it can do both because Asrock configure it as a 990X .

So there is no performance difference between 970 and 990 , and only those people who will use two graphics cards should pay for a 990 chipset board .

In this instance where your choices are a 970 board , or a 970 board configured as a 990X you need to decide if you might want to add a second graphics card . It opens an upgrade pathway , but one that is usually poor value since by the time you want to upgrade graphics you can often buy a single newer generation card that would be better than an crossfire set up .

Of the two boards the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 is higher quality and will OC marginally higher . The asrock opens crossfire as an option , but has [ in my experience ] a mildly flakey BIOS , but can SLI/crossfire .
For one card I'd buy the ASUS

Pineapple20 · Jan 5, 2014

Outlander_04 :

The 970 chipset is an identical piece of silicon to the 990X and FX .
Some are graded higher and become 990's and some become 970's

The 970 chipset in the Asrock extreme 4 should be incapable of SLI a or crossfire , but it can do both because Asrock configure it as a 990X .

So there is no performance difference between 970 and 990 , and only those people who will use two graphics cards should pay for a 990 chipset board .

In this instance where your choices are a 970 board , or a 970 board configured as a 990X you need to decide if you might want to add a second graphics card . It opens an upgrade pathway , but one that is usually poor value since by the time you want to upgrade graphics you can often buy a single newer generation card that would be better than an crossfire set up .

Of the two boards the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 is higher quality and will OC marginally higher . The asrock opens crossfire as an option , but has [ in my experience ] a mildly flakey BIOS , but can SLI/crossfire .
For one card I'd buy the ASUS

I won't be overclocking any time soon and is it possible to upgrade my mobo in the future?

Calnin · Jan 5, 2014

You can assuming there are 990FX motherboards still available which there should be i believe.

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