Is it safe to use a factory overclocked GPU in a $70-$100 motherboard?

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Hi, I'm new to the site and I tried google to find the answer to this question but found nothing. I'm building a gaming computer and here are my specs

NZXT Source 210 S210-001 Black “Aluminum Brush / Plastic” ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

EVGA 120-G1-0650-XR 650W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply

AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100364VXL Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support OC WITH BOOST Video Card

G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model

Seagate Hybrid Drive ST1000DX001 1TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

TP-LINK TL-WN951N Wireless N300 Advanced PCI Adapter, 300Mbps, w/WPS Button, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, WEP/WPA/WPA2

I was wondering since the card is factory overclocked, will the motherboard be stable with a factory overclocked GPU or do i have to get a more expensive motherboard?
 
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provided you have a good enough power supply, and you do not have strange settings on your computer, you should be fine, they make reasonable overclocks, not insane ones that the cards cannot handle. GPU overclocks are mostly dependent on the GPU itself, its cooling, and the powersupply and its connections to it, because the power is being fed directly into the GPU from the PSU, unlike the CPU which gets its power through a motherboard header, The way the GPU connects to the MOBO is through the PCIe that feeds the data transfer between components, not power transfer
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yes there is nothing wrong with it, all you need is a psu capable of running the card.
any reason why you decided to go AMD for a gaming Rig? dont be surprise if you get really bad FPS on MMo's, Starcraft, Dayz, and other CPU bound games and Emulators like Dolphin, PCxs2
 
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provided you have a good enough power supply, and you do not have strange settings on your computer, you should be fine, they make reasonable overclocks, not insane ones that the cards cannot handle. GPU overclocks are mostly dependent on the GPU itself, its cooling, and the powersupply and its connections to it, because the power is being fed directly into the GPU from the PSU, unlike the CPU which gets its power through a motherboard header, The way the GPU connects to the MOBO is through the PCIe that feeds the data transfer between components, not power transfer
 
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There should be no issue... The mobo you've selected is PCi-3 2.0 and will accommodate it and will not "overwhelm" your mobo. However, to get the most out of your CPU, you might want to consider bumping up to a 990FX mobo, if your budget will allow for it. You'll be doing your system a favor by doing so.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131851&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo

The attached is the next model up from yours and has some discounts along with the price.
 
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your question should be if the fx 8320 would be safe for that motherboard. the gpu will be fine but i can't say for sure regarding your processor.

IMO the FX 8 series and 9 series should be paired with 990 fx chips because of their high power draw. the motherboard should be strong enough to provide that amount of power to the processor or else you would experience lagging and low cpu usage due to the lack of power distributed by the mobo.

but if you are not overclocking that 4+2 power phase for the asus motherboard would be enough. (i think)
 
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thanks for the info and fast responses and yeah i was kinda worried because i heard that if your overclocking cpu or gpu you could have motherboard issues. It makes sense that people would have bsod or random shutdowns by the psu not having enough power. thanks again everyone.
 
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Yeah I'm not overclocking and don't plan on it. I look at the motherboard on the ASUS website and it says it supports it
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/HelpDesk_CPU/
 
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