What's better Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 or MSI 970 GAMING

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Ali Hamdi

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Hey guys ,
I'm new in gaming world .And I want to build a powerful gaming PC .
But First Let's agree ; I'm not planning to overclock any part .
So my question is ; what the best mobo will perform better with this build :
CPU : AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
Memory : Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage : Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card : MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card
Case : Thermaltake Commander G42 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply : Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive : Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

The only problem that I still can't Choose which mobo is better for this build :
Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 or MSI 970 GAMING

So guys I'm waiting your answers and thanks in advance .
 
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Ali Hamdi

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PS: I 'm not going to overclock the cpu .
And I heard that 2 TB Hard drives are not Compatible with that Asus motherboard . Is it true ?
 
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bmacsys

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The ASUS board. MSI is known for using lousy capacitors that have a nasty habit of bursting into flames or exploding. Especially in conjunction with power hungry FX cpu's
 
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Just check the ratings on any site, you will see the Asus board is way better. It is the best VFM board out there. Unless you go for the sabertooth or crosshair you wont find anything better
 
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I looking in getting a M5A99X EVO R2.0 so your saying that I can run a video card that's a 3.0 PCIe on this mother board ? So Sorry Ali Hamdi I just been looking up on every thing about this board.
 
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evo 2.0 will accept drives over to 2 terabytes you simply have to tell it that you have a drive over 2 terabytes , it will initially show up as 2 terabytes when you going to disc manager right click and convert to data disc. :). My. Spec Asus m5a99x rev 2.0 ,6 core amd fx 6100 @4.1GHz, 16 Gb Kingston beast @2400(oc) ,sapphire R290 X tri oc. Seagate 4tb (8g flash) data disk, Kingston 320G SSD , artic extreme cooler, aero cool strike X case with touch screen cooling system.
 
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