good mobo for 8320

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darroaxebender

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hi, i've bought a used pc which includes:
-8320 cpu
-msi 990fxa-gd65

i'm not really good with pc's. and heard that this mobo is a problematic one. i'm having fps drops where i shouldn't be having them (like counter strike, my old 7 years old pc was able to handle those drops better).

every other component seems to work ok but i'm having too high temps on the north bridge with almost default clocks.

can you suggest me an affordable motherboard to replace? i'm not after overclocking too much. i just want it to work stable and cool enough.
 
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Dblkk

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Asus M5A99FX Pro r2.0 board as suggested above. It offers great potential for overclocking, 8 pin for power, decent heatsinks on everthing that needs it. Plenty of sata plugs, I have it and would give it a 10/10. The only two boards that are better in my opinion are the sabertooth or the formula. But those are $180 and 210 espectively. The sabertooth adds some extra monitoring software and the formula adds another 2 pins for power and a better sound chip. But for $50+ more id recommend the pro. Gives you everything you need and then some, yet saves you some $ by not adding things you don't.
 
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Thank you both for the answers. At this moment, i'm running a 30 min Prime95 test and TMPIN1 (i think its NB) gets to 86 degrees in HWmonitor. Do you think that's not normal and i won't be having same results with Asus M5A99FX Pro r2.0?
 
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Well, as far as TMPIN1 goes, mine hits over 100 degrees. I just pay attention to actual cpu socket temp and package temps. But as far as the motherboard goes, the north/south bridges should be and run cooler than your seeing now, which is great news. Especially if your overclocking, motherboards without good cooling on the vrms can just pop, as the capacitors heat up to high and pop, taking out a good section of your motherboard as well as shorting out anything along the way. I've personally never had that happen, but have seen plenty of videos.

As for keeping cpu temps low, that's all cooler. I have my chip at 5.2 ghz now, haven't tried anything higher as temps aren't the problem, but voltage required for anything higher im afraid will ruin the longevity of my chip. Not that 5.2 isn't, but yea, just the same. But I will warn you that to hit 4.8 or higher you will need some major cooling. I had 4.8 on corsair h80i but even then things were getting toasty. Switched to full custom water, d5 vario pump, 180mm res, 360mm radiator, 240mm radiator, and raystorm cpu block, now im sitting 50's while full render/prime load for hours. Chip puts off some massive heat once you start putting 1.4v or higher.
 
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