Asrock 990fx extreme3 or gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

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Well I really can't choose between these two. The price is with both about the same so that doesn't matter. I want to oc like 800mhz max or 600mhz ( Fx-8350). I have read something about steamroller i don't know if it has something to do with the chipsets or the whole mobo or if it matters. Please help me.


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Neither of these are great boards to overclock a 8350 due to the not robust enough power delivery. I have an 8350 with the GA-990XA-UD3. I am lucky to have the Rev. 1.1 board. The Rev. 2 and 3 boards have some options taken out of the bios that hinders overclocking. This causes thermal throttling. The revision 4 boards seem to have this fixed. If you can afford a Asus Sabertooth for like $50 more you will be much, much happier. To get a 600 Mhz or 800 Mhz overclock you would need a Sabertooth or a UD7 or other top flight board and a very good cpu cooler like a Noctua DH14 or an H100i. If you cheap out on a board or cpu cooler the 8350 will not shine and you would be much better off with a 6300 which generates less heat.
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Neither of these are great boards to overclock a 8350 due to the not robust enough power delivery. I have an 8350 with the GA-990XA-UD3. I am lucky to have the Rev. 1.1 board. The Rev. 2 and 3 boards have some options taken out of the bios that hinders overclocking. This causes thermal throttling. The revision 4 boards seem to have this fixed. If you can afford a Asus Sabertooth for like $50 more you will be much, much happier. To get a 600 Mhz or 800 Mhz overclock you would need a Sabertooth or a UD7 or other top flight board and a very good cpu cooler like a Noctua DH14 or an H100i. If you cheap out on a board or cpu cooler the 8350 will not shine and you would be much better off with a 6300 which generates less heat.
 
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I understand what you mean but i am on a budget. And that just goes out of my limit. I saw that the gigabyte had a 8+2 power supply and the asrock 4+1. So the gigabyte would be the better solution for a minor overclock or just no overclok?
 
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