Best bang for your buck motherboard?

ArchBomb · Apr 3, 2014

Anyone know of a few good value -£80 AM3+ ATX motherboards?

I'm hoping to fit either an FX 8320 or FX 8350 with some 8Gb (2x4Gb) vengeance LP 1866MHz RAM. Also gonna be overclocking the CPU. -Just bought an R9 280X-

I'm pretty new to the PC scene, so if you got some advice/tips it would really be appreciated.

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 3, 2014

This is probably the best am3+ motherboard at only $129 usd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157479 It has 5 stars from every single website that I have seen

ArchBomb · Apr 3, 2014

Looks like a great motherboard but it's a bit out of my price range.
The cheapest I could find was £102.94 on Amazon

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 3, 2014

Hmm if you don''t want to go over that price point probably this would be the best https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-990fxextreme3

ArchBomb · Apr 3, 2014

I've look at this board before, I was going to get it but then someone said it wasn't too great for overclocking.

What do you think about this one?
http://www.ebuyer.com/630805-gigabyte-ga-970a-ud3p-socket-am3-hd-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-970a-ud3p

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 3, 2014

Gigabyte boards are really solid and they also stay really cool. They literately have no flex to them at all. They have good caps solid build quality but yes they do lack overclocking in some of their boards. The asrock that I linked you will probably be your best bet for a full atx motherboard. Fairly solid construction, and build quality. But it will also let you overclock a good amount.

ArchBomb · Apr 3, 2014

What's the difference between the Asrock 990FX Extreme3 and the Asrock 970 Extreme3?

Dark Lord of Tech · Apr 3, 2014

Asrock 990FX Extreme3 < Doesn't support the FX8320 or 8350.

Asrock 970 Extreme3 < Doesn't support the FX8320 or 8350.

Dark Lord of Tech · Apr 3, 2014

8 + 2 power phase design and a great fit for the 8320 or 8350.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £64.75
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-03 22:51 BST+0100)

sora · Apr 3, 2014

ArchBomb :

That's a solid motherboard for the price. You can't expect much with a 80 quid budget anyways.

ArchBomb · Apr 4, 2014

Asrock 990FX Extreme3 or Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P, what's the better motherboard?
Or something else?

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 4, 2014

Just get the gigabyte one I linked you the wrong motherboard by asrock by mistake. I thought I linked you a 970 chipset board but I guess not. but yeah go with the gigabyte one for the price

ArchBomb · Apr 4, 2014

Alright thanks, I'll get the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P.

You said you linked me the wrong board earlier. So does that mean the 970 chipsets are better than the 990?

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 4, 2014

the 970a is compatible is the difference. but the 970a you can get some really good overclocks on. Gigabyte also uses a really thick copper pcb which helps with temps a bit

ArchBomb · Apr 4, 2014

On a different topic, you got any tips/advice on overclocking?

As I said, I'm quite new to all this.

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 4, 2014

I would just start a new question in the overclocking section. I really never have overclocked an amd before, always intel for me. I do have an fx 6300 on my minecraft server. Just abouth the only amd processor that i have owned. I'm sure one of the amd nuts can help you more

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