Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question
Solved

Asus Mobo or MSI mobo?

Tags:
  • Asus
  • Overclocking
  • MSI
Last response: in Motherboards
Share
September 18, 2014 4:59:00 PM

Would you choose:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpr...
or
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-990fxagd65...

Disregard prices. Both have EXACTLY what I need. I do not care about onboard headers. I will be overclocking. Any extra information you need, do not hesitate to ask. Thank you for any and all help!

More about : asus mobo msi mobo

a b Ĉ ASUS
a b K Overclocking
September 18, 2014 5:28:45 PM

The Asus are probably the best motherboards for overclocking. I wouldn't touch MSI due to their terrible QC. But IMO, Asus are the best then Gigabyte then ASRock. :) 
m
0
l
a c 389 Ĉ ASUS
a c 427 K Overclocking
September 18, 2014 5:33:26 PM

For the FX lineup of motherboards ASUS is the BEST choice.
m
0
l
Related resources
a c 79 K Overclocking
September 18, 2014 5:48:34 PM

If you're going to overclocking, the ASUS is superior. I do not believe that even that GD80-variant of the MSI 990FX boards has options for controlling the Load Line Calibration - something that is nice to have for obtaining stability when overclocking.

The MSI is still nothing to sneeze at, though.
m
0
l

Best solution

a b K Overclocking
September 18, 2014 6:42:25 PM

If it was an Intel board I would highly recommend MSI as they have quality products that I have been using for years and have had absolutely zero problems with. I find that they tend to have less quirky issues than Asus and Gigabyte. I love my Z87 Mpower in my gaming machine. MSI has some great overclocking boards that can really allow you to push a CPU to its limit.

However, I generally find that Asus makes a better product when it comes to being socketed for AMD. Out of these two choices I would choose the AMD, although if you like the looks of the MSI more, it is still definitely a great product.
Share
September 18, 2014 7:42:34 PM

Thank you all for the help :)  I decided to go for the MSI board even though most choices were Asus. The reasoning is simply that I feel as though the msi will better fit my needs, although I will be going with the amd fx-8350. I won't be overclocking it too much, so I see no problem in the msi as I will probably only go up to 4.5. Thanks to everyone who helped!
m
0
l
a c 389 Ĉ ASUS
a c 427 K Overclocking
September 18, 2014 7:48:09 PM

FX 8350 Boards , ASUS , Asrock , Gigabyte and MSI in that order.
m
0
l
a b K Overclocking
September 18, 2014 7:50:14 PM

If you are going with the FX-8350 I would recommend the Asus board. I love MSI but I would definitely recommend Asus when it comes to the FX lineup. The price is honestly negligible and it is a featured board that should have everything that you want.

The Asus has one less fan header on it so if you want to have many fans, I would recommend the Silverstone CPF01 PWM fan splitters. I use them in all of my builds and they function perfect while looking good as they are sleeved.
m
0
l
!