GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 1.0) or ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Andrej997

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Hello im deciding between these 2 MOBOs for my new PC build and i was wondering which of these do u recommend ?

My build will be:
FX 8350 ( I dont plan on OC im just using it until Zen arrives ) ,
ASUS STRIX RX 480 8GB
16GB 1866 MHz Kingston Hyper X RAM
1TB of HDD and 240GB of SSD
Thermaltake Smart SE 630W PSU
 
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the Asus would be better.
though for the same price you could get a much more capable i5 based system - don't be a fanboy.
Also, there are better quality PSUs in the same price range.

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Im getting the FX 8350 for some personal reasons and im not an AMD fanboy by any means as for the PSU in the store i that i plan to buy there is the ZALMAN ZM700-LX 700W which i think is a bit better but i have never heard of the brand before ( what do u think about it ? )
 
it is hard to find any reliable info on those PSUs.
some of them might be decent enough. though in 50-60 euro range there are few good (proven) units like those:
http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/550-Watt-XFX-Pro-Core-Edition-Non-Modular-80--Bronze_729911.html
https://www.caseking.de/antec-high-current-gamer-80-plus-bronze-520-watt-nean-007.html
those are german prices as i'm not familiar with serbian online stores (that's why i asked to link a store or two :)), but pricing shouldn't be very different.