Which: Asus M5a78l-m or Gigabyte 970a-ds3p for a FX 8350 [SOLVED]

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Good afternoon everyone, i'm in quite problem here

I'm currently using a Athlon x4 640 with a GTX 1060 ( yes, i know this is horrible. )

I wanna update my cpu to benefit more from the video card, but tech things where i live are so extreeeeeeemely expensive. It's like 5x or more of the NewEgg/Amazon's price. ):

I'm looking to buy an FX 8350 which seems for me the best cost/benefit cpu to try not to bottleneck so much the 1060. I'll accept any advice on similar price/perfomance of an Intel cpu + mobo tho, it just have to be the cheapest combo possible

My question is, of two mobos in the title, which one would be the best for the 8350?
Thank you very much in advance!
 
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The ds3p you mentioned, an fx 6300 , a decent aftermarket cooler & a 4ghz+ overclock.

That will give you workable performance on a small budget.

Ultimately it wouldn't be what I'd pair with a 1060 on a new build but if budget is tight & you already have ddr3 ram to use it will work on a budget

Ideally a skylake i3 6100 & any cheap h110/b150 board would be preferable but you WILL have to buy new ddr4 ram aswell.

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Oops, sorry. It's the ds3p. Both are bad? :/
 
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The cheapest the i found of the mobo is like R$700 ( my country money ). This case it's like 10x more expensive than NewEgg. Do you know any other? Or maybe a Intel combo that's cheaper.

I just don't wanna bottleneck the 1060

 
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The ds3p you mentioned, an fx 6300 , a decent aftermarket cooler & a 4ghz+ overclock.

That will give you workable performance on a small budget.

Ultimately it wouldn't be what I'd pair with a 1060 on a new build but if budget is tight & you already have ddr3 ram to use it will work on a budget

Ideally a skylake i3 6100 & any cheap h110/b150 board would be preferable but you WILL have to buy new ddr4 ram aswell.

 
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Brazil, but just found one being about 7,5x more expensive... It looks affordable.
If you're interested in international currency, the minimum salary here is R$890 and that mobo is about R$ 650 that's more than half of it :/ That's why i was looking for a cheaper option.

I've never done any overclocking and i'm actually scared of burning something up.

But thank you very much for the advices, will look them up!
 
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^ compared to earnings yes that is shocking admittedly.
Unfortunately in countries like yours the rich are very rich, the poor are very poor :-/

Overclocking an fx 6300 is very very easy if this is worrying you.

Bearing in mind I'm running a 6300 on that Asus board paired with a gtx 970 (very very close to a 1060 IMO) & performance is good enough.

The ds3p is a better board though, if you have an atx case you should pick it over the asus!!

Should you go this route I can walk you through it easily (an aftermarket cooler is still 100% necessary though - you live in a hot climate)

The i3 would still be preferable but likely way out of budget for you.
 
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