Best Motherboard for overclocking a FX-6300?

jpsulisz

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I love my computer to bits, but when I bought my processor it came in a bundle with a number of things; one of these things was a motherboard. The Gigabyte 78lmt-s2p, it is not a bad board, but it's barebones. I need a power fan control, more sata connections, and another pci express 2.0 x16 or x4. I've owned the computer for about a year now, since then I've added a nice water cooler, and I want me money out of it! :p

So I've done some Googling and found 2 board I like under the $100 range that can overclock, here are my options:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130790&cm_re=am3%2b-_-13-130-790-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627&cm_re=GA-970A-D3P-_-13-128-627-_-Product

Please do tell me if you think a other motherboard is better, i've placed my options based on reviews and specifications.

Thanks, -JP
 

jpsulisz

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I went with what you guys thought, I got the Gigabyte 970A-UD3P. I found out they had some at the Microcenter near me on sale! I was surprise how small my old board is compared to this huge thing! I've had to wipe my entire hard drive in order to use the board, but have overclocked it to 4.3Ghz. This is a great board for the money! I had a little trouble getting my H55 Corsair near the CPU Power connector, but everything went fine.
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