I bought this motherboard because I recently bought a FX 8350 which is meant for an AM3+ socket but the mobo I had at the time was an ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ to accommodate the A10 7850k APU I was using which was an FM2 socket. I was wondering if this was a bad decision in the end because I see that a lot of people are saying the MSI 970A-G43 is not a good mobo but there is nothing on the MSI 970A-G43 Plus.
Is the MSI 970A-G43 Plus motherboard good?
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cin19
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From the pictures, you can see they are same except the color, and they have the same power phase count 4+1, which is not good enough for the fx8350. If you can return it, just return it and buy the GA-970A-UD3P http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5194#ov If you can't return it, and recommend to use the cooler with a top-down blowing design, and not either the tower or the water cooler. Or even add the small fan on the VRMs section, because like the water cooler don't help to cool down the VRMs at all. More info check the links.
MSI 970A-G43 https://asset.msi.com/resize/image/global/product/five_pictures2_2743_20140408171856.png62405b38c58fe0f07fcef2367d8a9ba1/600.png
MSI 970A-G43 Plus https://asset.msi.com/resize/image/global/product/product_3_20151217140709_5672510d66f77.png62405b38c58fe0f07fcef2367d8a9ba1/600.png
Custom VRM/VCORE and Motherboard Cooling is it worth it? http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/720295-Custom-VRM-VCORE-and-Motherboard-Cooling-is-it-worth-it
cooler with a top-down blowing design, something like this http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5079/1e9j.jpg
MSI 970A-G43 https://asset.msi.com/resize/image/global/product/five_pictures2_2743_20140408171856.png62405b38c58fe0f07fcef2367d8a9ba1/600.png
MSI 970A-G43 Plus https://asset.msi.com/resize/image/global/product/product_3_20151217140709_5672510d66f77.png62405b38c58fe0f07fcef2367d8a9ba1/600.png
Custom VRM/VCORE and Motherboard Cooling is it worth it? http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/720295-Custom-VRM-VCORE-and-Motherboard-Cooling-is-it-worth-it
cooler with a top-down blowing design, something like this http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5079/1e9j.jpg
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