Need help from motherboard expert

chippymonkey · Aug 11, 2014

Yea,uhm,uhm,uhm,hmm,hum,uhm,pff... Anyway ive got some questions and im comparing 2 very similar motherboards thinking which 1 to purchase, both seem pretty similar but prices differ quite a lot they are ASUS M5A97 and ASUS M5A97 LE ,I notced or idk atleast the shop i went to the LE version was like way cheaper like 30$ cheaper, obviously there must be something what creates this huge (for me) gap. I wanna how they differ, most importantly is the non LE version any better performance-wise? if not then why should I buy it instead of obviously cheaper LE one? Performance-wise i meant like browsing,multitasking,gaming,durability,stability etc.

byza · Aug 11, 2014

M5A97 is better. The LE is not very good, for about the same price as the LE look for the Gigabyte UD3P.

xxisubzeroixx · Aug 11, 2014

You can compare then here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&chrome=false&gid=4

The LE has no heatsink for the VRM's and only has a 4 pin CPU power header, if you don't plan on overclocking and your CPU is ok with a 4 pin then the board would be fine.

chippymonkey · Aug 11, 2014

@ byza WHY WHY i looked at parameters,they look almost identical and price differs so much, why LE is worse? cmon whats wrong with it.. im looking to save etc..

you just said non LE is better and LE sucks..without arguments.. ,so I am not certain.

edit:
@: isub ,tyvm for the help,since im going to use FX-6300.. i think i'll need to overclock,so what would happen if id try overclock on LE? it would melt or something?

chippymonkey · Aug 11, 2014

also what are VRMs? is it very bad if they do not have heatsink? sorry.. im very green when it comes to tech.

bradsctt · Aug 11, 2014

VRM means Voltage Regulator Module. They control the voltage provided to the CPU.

If the CPU is overclocked, it requires more voltage, and providing more voltage makes the 'VRM' get hot. Heatsinks are used to keep them cool, so that you can provide more voltage to the CPU without them overheating.

xxisubzeroixx · Aug 11, 2014

If you want to overclock go with the board with the heatsink, the VRM's (Voltage regulator module's) will need extra cooling on the LE in order to overclock, they will get too hot and cause instability otherwise.

chippymonkey · Aug 11, 2014

thanks for explanation brad!

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