Suitable motherboard for FX-8320 and R9 280X Toxic

Arteezy

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Jun 1, 2014
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Hi, I am building a new system with these basic specifications:

AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz
Sapphire Toxic R9 280X 3GB
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3
WD 1TB Caviar Blue

I was thinking about buying a decent budget motherboard, but still not decided, wanted to get more opinions about it. Currently, my main choices are:

Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0
Asus M5A97 R2.0

I was thinking about buying Gigabyte 970A-DS3P, but after some search, I am now thinking about Asus M5A97 R2.0 for a bit higher price. What are your thoughts on this? Also, you can suggest other motherboards.
 

vklyvis

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You should get a gigabyte 990fx UD3 if you think you are going to be overclocking, otherwise I have a m5a97 evo r2 and its pretty good, though northbridge heatsink is too small IMO.