AMD Fx8320 with Asus M5A7LM or ASrock 970M Pro 3?

Moboman99 · Jul 21, 2015

Hi guys, noob pc builder here. First build actually..

I bought an Asus M5A7LM and connected it up to my AMD FX 8320 black edition cpu and got through to the bios, although I hear I will have to flash it to make it compatible. Is it worth sending back the M5A7L and buying a ASrock 970M?

I know the chipset on the Asus mobo is older, which I assume would affect the performance of the CPU? (Apparantly the recommended chipset is a 9 series?)

Theres only about £10 difference between them both and im pretty sure amazon would accept my refund for the Asus mobo as the packaging wasn't sealed anyway!

I have essentially no knowledge of the matter so would be very grateful for any help.

Thanks.

Tradesman1 · Jul 21, 2015

I'd go the Asus, both are close as far as mobos go

Moboman99 · Jul 21, 2015

Tradesman1 :

Thanks for the quick reply! Does the motherboard directly effect performance or is it more my cpu/gpu/ram?

Sorry for having so little knowledge haha.

Also any info about flashing the bios would be appreciated!

Tradesman1 · Jul 21, 2015

A mobo can, but beteen these two it's more how well they handle things, the Asus is better with DRAM and (to me) seems to run cooler

LoneKirov · Aug 2, 2015

For that board the BEST Bang for buck is the GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3. It has a 8+4 Power Phase which is Needed for the AMD FX 8xxx Series! those boards ur looking at have 4+2 and will bottleneck your CPU

Tradesman1 · Aug 2, 2015

The other boards won't 'bottleneck' an 8350, you might be able to achieve a higher OC with the newer chipsets, but that lies in the skill of the person OCing

LoneKirov · Aug 2, 2015

It wont "BottleNeck" per say but it will Throttle the CPU. Its a mistake iv made myself before. Need to make sure a motherboard you are looking at has an 8+2 or 8+4 power phase or it will Throttle your CPU. CPU throttling it when the Mobo Decreases the voltage and clock speed of your pc due for that lack of power it can support and the VRMs overheating.

Tradesman1 · Aug 2, 2015

LoneKirov :

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It can yes, if incorrectly set up, OCed to high, weak PSU or using overly high voltages, in general No it won't throttle an 8350 or even a 8370.

LoneKirov · Aug 2, 2015

Even out of the Box with a good PSU and Stock clock speeds it will do it. again iv been there

Tradesman1 · Aug 2, 2015

LoneKirov :

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Maybe a bad mobo/PSU?other or simply set up set up wrong, have both 8320 and 8350 on the ASrock 970M Pro 3 run and OC fine

LoneKirov · Aug 2, 2015

Possible i guess. had a M5A97_LE_R20 and Cosair CX 750M

Tradesman1 · Aug 2, 2015

The CX PSU jumps out, I won't use that line of PSUs, they use weak caps and aren't good for high end CPU based rigs, even worse if you think of OCing

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