CPU Compatibility with Motherboard

Avik_b123 · Oct 15, 2014

Hi,

I have AMD FX 8350 CPU and currently looking for a good budget motherboard. I have my eyes on the Gigabyte GA-970A but apparently there are three versions of the motherboard in the market namely Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3, Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P and Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P. So I'm confused which one would be better for my CPU?

N.B. I have a SAPPHIRE R9-270X 2GB GDDR5 256BIT DUAL-X BOOST & OC and 2 Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM...

Please guide me through this....Peace...!!!!

ImDaBaron · Oct 15, 2014

The difference is going to be minimal. There will probably be audio differences but the features will remain relatively the same. I would be the cheapest one.

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

If you want a good motherboard for overclocking the processor then get the 990 fx chipset board.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3

clutchc · Oct 15, 2014

The GA-970A-UD3 would be the best if you want to OC: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=3

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4396#ov

Calvin7 · Oct 15, 2014

GA-970A-DS3 does not support the FX-8350.

GA-970A-DS3P has Split Power Plane, 4+1 phase VRM design.

GA-970A-UD3P has Split Power Plane, 8+2 phase VRM which is Gigabytes best power design.

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