Budget Board for the FX 8350

[TomLibertini]

So i'm looking up some parts for a friend and i don't really have experience with AMD things.

The Processor i've picked is the FX 8350: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-fx-8350-black-edition-vishera-8-core-s-am3plus-40ghz-16mb-total-cache-125w-retail

The board im currently looking at is the Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (On a budget with the board max of £70) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3p-amd-970-s-am3-am3plus-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-20-(x16)-atx

Would this one work and is there any better for around the same price?

Thanks

 

[jaraldo]

Hey, that board is ok, but this one is the best budget board which room for crossfire and it can handle Overclocking pretty well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £64.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-05 19:03 BST+0100)

Edit: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=3

If you look at the chart, you will see VRM/Phase count. The ds3p only has 4+1 while the ud3p has 8+2, this means there is less chance of overheating. For the 8350, you should really have 8+2 VRM in my opinion.

 

[Scampi]

This one is supposed to be very nice, as it's specs allow for decent overclocking.

Gigabyte 970A-UD3P : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p

Also the FX 8320 is just as good for the CPU, and saves some money:

FX 8320: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8320frhkbox

 

[sora]

The FX8320 is just as strong as the 8350 and can reach the same overclocking speeds.