ASRock a good company for AMD?

Mikesiorsin · Jun 13, 2014

I have been looking around going between the FX and the AMD Athlon; and decided to go with the Athlon. My thing is that I have never heard of them and I am kind of hesitant. I here good reviews but at the same time I here bad reviews. I plan on going with this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157462&nm_mc=AFC-C8 as of how I have a 750TI. For this price the board seems to be to good with PCI-E 3 and other stuff for that price.

cin19 · Jun 13, 2014

Asrock is good but not the best one. If you want to use the pcie3.0X16, then you have to buy the FM2+ CPU, not the Athlon. But the difference performance between 2.0 and 3.0 that will be about 10%, here is review. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/1#.U5tMsXZ5Jc0

And when you buy the PC component, don't cut corners on PSU ( related to the GPU) and the MB ( related to the CPU), Like for MB you need think about you need upgrade the CPU later or not, want to OC or not, how many cpu or case fans you need, because the MB has limit fan headers, etc.

Dark Lord of Tech · Jun 13, 2014

Go with FX:

The Asrock Extreme 9 is one of the BEST on the market , and the Killer from Asrock is the best deal right now.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $119.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 15:50 EDT-0400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme9 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($169.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $169.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 15:50 EDT-0400

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