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pcpartpicker shows an issue with the ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ and the AMD FX-8320, stating that "Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs."

Is this of any concern? Mind you, I know less than that of an average Wild Boar when it comes to PCs and how they function.
 
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It is not a good board for it better alternatives Gigabyte GA970A UD3P or Asus M5A97 R2.0 with the gigabyte better.
The warning is old and out of date since all boards shipping from manufacturer the last year and a half have supporting BIOS.
 
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Thanks guys for clearing that up. I just wasn't sure and didn't want to order it if it was going to have issues.


This build is on a $800 budget. It's not going to be used for the highest quality gaming, just some Steam titles and games like LoL or WoW. It's also going to be used for college and small video editing, but still nothing really high class.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3oKHW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3oKHW/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3oKHW/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($151.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Sandisk 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($59.99 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $712.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 11:21 EDT-0400)

This is it so far. I looked into the GA970A UD3P, couldn't find too much as far as reviews. What I did find about the D3P was mostly bad, but I found good general stuff about the UD3P. I may switch it out, it's only $20 more.
 
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