Biostar A960D+ Micro ATX AM3+ worth the cheap price?

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Hey guys, I'm making a new build and thinking of putting this motherboard in. I looked around at it and it has everything I need to make this thing happen. Since I found it at such a great price ($35.99) I was wondering why they would make it so cheap. It doesn't look bad, but there is probably something I am missing. I just want to know if it is good (especially at the price) or if I should go for something better. Any help and advice is appreciated, thanks!
 
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Well some of the downsides I can see to the board, that may be okay to you are:

3+1, unheatsinked, VRM section probably isn't robust enough for 125w CPUs, this may cause performance issues due to heat and throttling.

16GB max ram support, though that isn't too much of a problem really as most users don't need 16 let alone more than that.

No USB 3.0 on board header.
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Not to sure yet, will probably change some things, but:
AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
16gb (2x8) DDR3-1600 RAM
Asus GeForce GT 640 2gb video card
Xion 700w ATX PSU

Those are some of the parts. I plan on using this to do a lot of medium gaming and 3d animation. Not the best, but I have a budget, also :p
 
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Well some of the downsides I can see to the board, that may be okay to you are:

3+1, unheatsinked, VRM section probably isn't robust enough for 125w CPUs, this may cause performance issues due to heat and throttling.

16GB max ram support, though that isn't too much of a problem really as most users don't need 16 let alone more than that.

No USB 3.0 on board header.
 
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