I have a Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 motherboard. I recently purchased an FX 8350 and a Zotac GTX 980 TI Amp Omega. Is the motherbo

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Mathew6877

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Would this motherboard work better? ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 8 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS Also, I have never installed a new motherboard. This is my first time putting a computer together. My friend built me a low-budget gamer a few years back and I wanted to upgrade it. Is it just plug in and turn on the machine or what?
 
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Yes, but you could get away with the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P for cheaper. It will run and overclock that 8-core chip just fine. The 990's are better, but they're a lot more pricey.

Changing a motherboard usually requires a full Windows re-installation because much of the hardware devices in Windows will have changed and it'll probably blue-screen on startup.
 
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Ok, I am going to review the Gigabyte board. My psu has a 4 pin connector at the end and a 8 pin connector in the middle of the lead that goes to power the cpu. Is this the only lead that can be used yo power the cpu? Also, i am using Win 7 ultimate. I only play wow. Would it be a good idea to upgrade to Win 10 and would i be able to use my 32 gbs of ram?
 
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What the heck do you need 32 GB of RAM for?

Windows 10 should run fine. Think it has an 8 pin connector for the CPU power.
 
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One time use unless you buy an enterprise license. You should be able to upgrade your existing W7 key though.

Choice is up to you - I like Windows 10 and it is faster, but it's not a huge mind-blowing difference. I still use 7 at work and love it.

http://www.ricksdailytips.com/windows-memory-limits/
 
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dudeman509

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Use the Windows 10 media creation tool. Run from your existing MB, burn to DVD/jump drive, install new components, boot from DVD/USB, install fresh Windows 10 instance.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install

Yeah, you could probably still use your Windows 7 key for a Windows 7 installation if you haven't activated in the last 6 months.
 
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Mathew6877

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I choose the Asus 990fx board. I installed it successfully and my current version of win7 ultimate booted and is up and running. The 8350 is now showing 4.3 ghz instead of 2.0 ghz. I think that is a substanial performance gain. The only issue I have noticed is I have 32 gbs of Gskill ram. It is 1866 and is being run at 1333. Is there a way to set it ip to run the correct speed? Also, I really dont understand how to set up a bios for gaming. Are there any performance gains from enabling or disabling settings?
 
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Alright, I ended up setting the OC tuner to DOCP and the OC profile to custom 1866. I ended up getting 933 on the memory tab in CPU-z. I didn't know that had to be multiplied by two to get 1866, so it worked out. Thanks for the help everyone!
 
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