delee_123 :
I'm building a new pc and i need a motherboard for my amd fx 8320e. I want to get a cheap motherboard because i have a low budget. Please recommend my with any motherboard that supports the amd fx 8320e CPU and the price is below $100 US.
Motherboards that i'm thinking of getting: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard
ASRock 970M PRO3 Motherboard
I'm sure you have bought your board by now, but I Wanted to add something for anyone who is still looking for their board. Although the 970 chip-set says it supports the AMD 8 core CPUs, in reality they don't. I had a gigabyte GA-970A and a MSI 970A-G43 and I bought the FX-8320 Back Edition. Both boards say they support the AMD 8 core CPUs with their newest BIOS (both needed an upgrade). Those boards crashed and burned in minutes of turning them on. Turns out the MSI boards can't handle the 125 watt processors. the socket temp goes nuclear, and the system crashes. The Gigabyte boards had the same issue but instead of crashing it would automatically down clock the the CPU to try and save it self. It would run, but I didn't buy it to run at 2 GHz. All FX CPUs from the 8300 up should run on the 990FX chipset. There are a few really nice 990 boards that will fit a tight budget like the ASRock 990FX Extreme series. The extreme 3, 6, and, 9 are all solid boards. Depending on what features you want, they price from about $110 for the Extreme 3 to $175 for the Extreme 9. the ASUS m5a99fx is another solid board and runs about $125, this is a great alternative to the saber-tooth which runs $200+. Finally I recommend the GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3. This is a great board for the money minded. It has a ton of features (32 gigs of ram SLI with 2 PCIE slots running true x16 in both) and you can find it all over the place for $99. I hope this helps some people avoid the mistakes I made, and hopefully save them some money in the long run.
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