Good AMD Budget Overclocking MOBO

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Hello! I'm looking to get an AMD FX 8320 sometime. I want to overclock it to 4.5ghz. Do you guys have any suggestions for a good budget motherboard that should be able to overclock the 8320 to 4.5 ghz? I'd like it under $100 but if there is none under $100 that's okay.
 
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I have the Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard myself with an FX-6350. I can overclock my CPU to 4.5 GHZ on stock voltages just by raising the multiplier, and it works great for me. However, it is a 970 chipset board, but the R2.0 version does feature pretty good VRM heatsinks, and if you have a decent CPU cooler and case with good airflow, you could probably reach 4.5 GHz with some tweaking. It's pretty hard to find a decent 990FX chipset board for $100 or less, however I saw a good cheap Gigabyte one for around $140. If that is too much though, the M5A97 R2.0 or the EVO version are both pretty good options that I trust from personal experience.
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I have the Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard myself with an FX-6350. I can overclock my CPU to 4.5 GHZ on stock voltages just by raising the multiplier, and it works great for me. However, it is a 970 chipset board, but the R2.0 version does feature pretty good VRM heatsinks, and if you have a decent CPU cooler and case with good airflow, you could probably reach 4.5 GHz with some tweaking. It's pretty hard to find a decent 990FX chipset board for $100 or less, however I saw a good cheap Gigabyte one for around $140. If that is too much though, the M5A97 R2.0 or the EVO version are both pretty good options that I trust from personal experience.
 
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Thanks man! This was the same mobo I was looking to get, I just wasn't sure if it actually would work well with overclocking.
 
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