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Which motherboard do you guys recommend?

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June 25, 2014 6:51:44 AM

Can someone tell me which motherboard to get out of these two:
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P

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June 25, 2014 6:57:49 AM

The Gigabyte board has a superior VRM design, making it better for overclocking; My vote goes to the Gigabyte board.
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June 25, 2014 6:59:05 AM

Eduello said:
The Gigabyte board has a superior VRM design, making it better for overclocking; My vote goes to the Gigabyte board.

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June 25, 2014 7:10:11 AM

Gigabyte has better phase power design, however lots of people recommend the Asus for it's overclocking capabilities. Probably not a lot of real world difference, so which ever looks better in your case.
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June 25, 2014 7:32:38 AM

I've used the GA-970A-UD3P and hit 4.950GHz stable on my FX6350. It has a good BIOS with multiple LLC levels and other options to support overclocking.

This should also be fine for a moderate OC on an FX 8350. As others have mentioned, it is one of a few 970 boards that has 8+2 phase power and a decent heatsink for the VRU.

Just bear in mind, 970 chipsets are not good for SLI or Crossfire setups. 970 can only do 1 PCIe slot at x16, with a 2nd PCIe GPU running at x4 or x8. You need a 990FX board for dual x16 PCIe support.
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