Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard and Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8.1 Pro

Blitzclank

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Is this mobo good or should i change it. I plan on overclocking a little in the future would this be good? If its bad suggest a better one, i dont want to pass $110 but if its really good i will here is the rest if my build. Side question Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8.1 Pro?


CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor $149.98
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard $73.98
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory $110.91
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $57.24
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card $299.99
Power Supply: CoolMax 800W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer $14.99
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) $144.98
Total: $912.06
 
Solution
SLI \ CROSSFIRE ready \ 6+2 power phase design.

Coolmax power supplies are poor.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $244.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-05 23:58 EDT-0400


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Blitzclank

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Whats so good about this mobo?