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July 26, 2014 12:34:33 AM

I was just paid and have been needing a new motherboard. I would like to play some pretty heavy duty games, so I have a water cooling setup waiting to be installed until I get a new motherboard. I'm not exactly sure what motherboard to get, as I'm not knowledgeable in these areas but I would really like a lot of fan ports, 4 RAM slots, full ATI size, and AM3 socket support. I don't know what else really pertains to my question about this, but thanks for your help if you can contribute something.

I have this motherboard chosen right now, but I feel like I could go cheaper if I knew what I was talking about...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Is that the best bang for my buck or is there something better?

(The reason I'm a bit iffy on that one is that I don't need 3-way SLI...I don't even know how to hook that up, so... I just run games with one PCIE gfx card.)

Thanks guys. :) 

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a b V Motherboard
July 26, 2014 12:42:37 AM

What's your budget? That's a very nice, high end motherboard, and I'd suggest it, but I can help you find something else if it's out of your budget.
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a b V Motherboard
July 26, 2014 12:57:09 AM

If you want to cut back a little, the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 is a pretty solid board as well. I know quite a few people running those and are happy with them. It runs cheaper than the Asus you linked. They also have a UD3 version that's a bit lower end than the UD5, but should be enough for most people.
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July 26, 2014 1:03:22 AM

That's well within my budget, I just wanted to know if it was worth what the price is advertised. Thanks for the replies. :) 
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a b V Motherboard
July 26, 2014 1:09:29 AM

I personally think the Asus board is worth the price. It's got good features, and Asus is known for making reliable motherboards. What are the specs of the rest of your system?
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July 26, 2014 1:40:07 AM

drumminandstuff93 said:
I personally think the Asus board is worth the price. It's got good features, and Asus is known for making reliable motherboards. What are the specs of the rest of your system?


I'm going to buy being 4gb ram along with this, so my specs will be:

AMD Phenom 2 Quad Core 3.4GHz
12GB RAM
(what else is relevant here?)
1TB HDD + 32GB SSD
AMD Radeon R7 200
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a b V Motherboard
July 26, 2014 10:53:09 AM

In the case of the system you listed, I'm not sure I'd shell out all the money on the Asus. It's a solid system, but I think something a bit lower end would be more fitting, unless you plan on upgrading to a high end FX processor or something like that. The Gigabyte boards would still be solid overclockers. Side note: What watercooling setup are you going with?
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July 26, 2014 11:26:03 AM

drumminandstuff93 said:
In the case of the system you listed, I'm not sure I'd shell out all the money on the Asus. It's a solid system, but I think something a bit lower end would be more fitting, unless you plan on upgrading to a high end FX processor or something like that. The Gigabyte boards would still be solid overclockers. Side note: What watercooling setup are you going with?


Ah, okay. I have no plans to really upgrade the processor, so what Gigabyte board would you recommend? I just need lots of ability to cool, 4 RAM slots, and AM3+ socket (not sure what else I need, this is pretty bad :p )

I'm not going with any crazy watercooling setup, it's just Corsair's H50.
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July 26, 2014 11:28:23 AM

orabrush said:


Ah, okay. I have no plans to really upgrade the processor, so what Gigabyte board would you recommend? I just need lots of ability to cool, 4 RAM slots, and AM3+ socket (not sure what else I need, this is pretty bad :p )

I'm not going with any crazy watercooling setup, it's just Corsair's H50.


Any of the boards we've discussed so far will work perfectly fine for that use. Good luck.

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July 26, 2014 11:53:57 AM

drumminandstuff93 said:
orabrush said:


Ah, okay. I have no plans to really upgrade the processor, so what Gigabyte board would you recommend? I just need lots of ability to cool, 4 RAM slots, and AM3+ socket (not sure what else I need, this is pretty bad :p )

I'm not going with any crazy watercooling setup, it's just Corsair's H50.


Any of the boards we've discussed so far will work perfectly fine for that use. Good luck.



I would go with the GA-990FXA-UD5, but I see it has 1 CPU fan header and then only 3 other headers whereas the ASUS I was looking at has 2 CPU fan headers (could use those for the watercooling radiator + pump, 3 chassis fans and 3 optional other fans which gives me the opportunity to seriously cool my case. Do you know of any other Gigabyte boards with extreme cooling capability?

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a b V Motherboard
July 26, 2014 12:15:18 PM

drumminandstuff93 said:

I would go with the GA-990FXA-UD5, but I see it has 1 CPU fan header and then only 3 other headers whereas the ASUS I was looking at has 2 CPU fan headers (could use those for the watercooling radiator + pump, 3 chassis fans and 3 optional other fans which gives me the opportunity to seriously cool my case. Do you know of any other Gigabyte boards with extreme cooling capability?



If you want to add all of those case fans, I would honestly suggest a budget fan controller. They're not that expensive and would allow you to change the speed in which your fans are operating at.
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July 26, 2014 12:19:57 PM

drumminandstuff93 said:
drumminandstuff93 said:

I would go with the GA-990FXA-UD5, but I see it has 1 CPU fan header and then only 3 other headers whereas the ASUS I was looking at has 2 CPU fan headers (could use those for the watercooling radiator + pump, 3 chassis fans and 3 optional other fans which gives me the opportunity to seriously cool my case. Do you know of any other Gigabyte boards with extreme cooling capability?



If you want to add all of those case fans, I would honestly suggest a budget fan controller. They're not that expensive and would allow you to change the speed in which your fans are operating at.


Do fan controllers have headers on them to plugin fans in then?
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a b V Motherboard
July 26, 2014 12:22:41 PM

orabrush said:
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Do fan controllers have headers on them to plugin fans in then?


Yes
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July 26, 2014 12:33:17 PM

OK, thank you. I will get a fan controller! :) 
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