Replacing Motherboard need suggestions

Nov 25, 2015
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Hi, so backstory - I'm fairly certain my motherboard is dying out due to a plethora of reasons (I've been having a lot of issues). My current is a GA-990FXA UD3 rev.3.0, and after contacting gigabyte about some issues I was having and asking if I could maybe get a replacement they basically said they can't do anything to help me, so I guess I'll just buy a new one.

I'm not looking to upgrade or anything major I just want a working motherboard. I'm running a AMD FX6300
GTX 960
Kingston HyperX Blu ram
and a Corsair CX500
Budget is around £100, any suggestions are appreciated.
 
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The GA-990FXA UD3 rev.3.0 is one of the best boards you can get in the AM3+ line, so it is suprising it hasn't been reliable and that Gigabyte won't help. Out of all the hardware you listed above the CX 500 is by far the most prone to failure, are you positive your issue isn't power related?

Diagnosing your issue aside, a good alternative to your current board is the Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0:

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£103.92 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £103.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-10 13:40 GMT+0000

Won the 'Highly Recommended' award from TechPowerUp, full review here...

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The GA-990FXA UD3 rev.3.0 is one of the best boards you can get in the AM3+ line, so it is suprising it hasn't been reliable and that Gigabyte won't help. Out of all the hardware you listed above the CX 500 is by far the most prone to failure, are you positive your issue isn't power related?

Diagnosing your issue aside, a good alternative to your current board is the Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0:

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£103.92 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £103.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-10 13:40 GMT+0000

Won the 'Highly Recommended' award from TechPowerUp, full review here: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/M5A99X_EVO/13.html

Also won the 'Great Value' award from Hardware Journal, though that is a German review site so you'll need something like Google Translate to read the full article if you're not fluent: http://www.hw-journal.de/testberichte/mainboards/1762-test-asus-m5a99x-evo-r2-0?showall=&start=7
 
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