Looking for Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 but nothing found...

dgothi · Oct 20, 2014

I am search Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 anywhere online shopping but nothing found. I want PCI-e 3.0 with AMD FX 8370 for future proof... I always thought about buy Intel i7 but after I learn about SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 which it support pci-e 3.0. Because AMD FX 8370 cpu is more afford ha!

Did Asus decide to stop make this (SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0) motherboard?Just wonder! If so, I guess I will buy Intel i7 4790k instead...

LMK Thanks!
-DG

junkeymonkey · Oct 20, 2014

that may be a good thing

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/all.html?refine=sabertooth

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/all.html?refine=sabertooth+light

06yfz450ridr · Oct 20, 2014

my r2.0 has been just fine, you cant really future proof that build anyways since its already kind of outdated. you really dont need 3.0 for a single card either

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 20, 2014

PCIE 2.0 and 3.0 are pretty much equal.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/
Impact of PCI-E Speed on Gaming Performance

junkeymonkey · Oct 20, 2014

you will never see the diff between 2 and 3 as black bird stated

dgothi · Oct 20, 2014

I see... ok.

Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 is not stable? ok
I think I better get intel because of better feature I guess.

One thing, I just wonder why not AMD make FX 8370 for FM2+ socket? This will help customer choice any of those cpu's (APU, non-APU CPU and CPU FX type) I don't understand AMD's way.
I read some article about PCI-e 4.0 rumor... does this mean nothing? look at PCI-e 2.0 and 3.0 are in similar performance.

Thank you for replied!

Calculatron · Oct 21, 2014

Yeah, the third generation of the 990FX Sabertooth was a limited run, where they had to jerry-rig the PCIe 3.0 into functionality.

Like someone said, PCIe 2.0 isn't even fully saturated yet; PCIe 3.0 yields minimal gains.

rishiswaz · Oct 21, 2014

dgothi :

FX series processors have TDPs of between 95-125W. The flagship A10 8890K APU yet to be released is rumored to have a 95W TDP. The FM2+ socket can't supply the FX chips with enough power even if the pin-outs matched. The AM3+ socket is designed for backwards compatibility with AM3 CPUs as well like AM2/AM2+. Eventually the FX line and APUs might use the same socket but probably not for a while. Also PCIe3.0 won't make a difference unless you are going 3 or 4 way Crossfire/SLI.

dgothi · Oct 21, 2014

rishiswaz :

dgothi :

FX series processors have TDPs of between 95-125W. The flagship A10 8890K APU yet to be released is rumored to have a 95W TDP. The FM2+ socket can't supply the FX chips with enough power even if the pin-outs matched. The AM3+ socket is designed for backwards compatibility with AM3 CPUs as well like AM2/AM2+. Eventually the FX line and APUs might use the same socket but probably not for a while. Also PCIe3.0 won't make a difference unless you are going 3 or 4 way Crossfire/SLI.

Make sense...

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