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Asus M5A99FX PRO vs. ASRock 990FX KILLER vs. Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

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September 21, 2014 5:12:36 PM

Hello,
I can't decide which motherboard, from models mentioned in title (Asus M5A99FX PRO vs. ASRock 990FX KILLER vs. Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5), should I pick.

ASRock suffers northbridge overheating problems and it doesn't have PCI slot, but it looks nice and its well equipped.
Asus is the cheapest one, however it has less PCI-E x16 slots to use for SLI then Gigabyte, and power phase is 6+2 instead of 8+2.
Personally I prefer Asus brand and I am looking for OC stable and reliable mobo.

I would be very grateful if anyone could share any advices with me :) 
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September 21, 2014 5:29:39 PM

What CPU are you using
What GPU are you using
Do you need sli

My pick is the Asus because I have one but its overkill for most rigs on am3
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a b V Motherboard
September 21, 2014 5:38:06 PM

What does the rest of your rig look like? What will be the intended use?
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September 21, 2014 6:04:05 PM

My CPU is FX-8320 + Thermalright HR-02 - Macho cooler, and now I'm running on single GPU - Geforce GTX760, but its likely possible that ill get second one to run in SLI in the future.
As i mentioned before, I am looking for stable motherboard with good OC capabilities for gaming as well as other use (multi-thread software, code compilation etc.)
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September 21, 2014 6:11:08 PM

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 is the best board of the 3.
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September 22, 2014 1:01:55 AM

Yeah, but is it worth to pay 30 euro more for Gigabyte? Is the difference big enough?
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a b V Motherboard
September 22, 2014 1:03:31 AM

If you don't know why you'd want it, you probably don't need it. The power is perhaps better but the Asus is solid
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