Confused and need advice guys.

Damianhype

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Guys i plan to get into overclocking and i am trying to get the right mobo, i am currently using the gigabyte GA-78LMT with my FX8320 CPU, i was told that board is not good enough to OC my cpu so yeah fine time to upgrade my budget is a 120bucks and i have seen so many different boards with negative and positive comments so i really am not sure which to get. The ones i reviewed are as follows- gigabyte 990fx/gaming, asrock 990 and the MSI 990 with all good and bad comments so i was wondering if you guys could help me decide or refer something else in my budget that can get the job done.

Other pc components are-
Rx480 red devil gpu
16gb hyper fury x rams 1866mhz
Sentei 725 watt psu
Corsair 100r tower
Crucial mx 300 275gb ssd
Stock cooler (yeah i plan to get the hyper 212x as soon as u guys help me decide on the right board).

 
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I don't recommend spending money on a "new" motherboard just to overclock your FX8320. The current board should be able to do basic overclocking already. Save your money and spend it on the new R3 or R5 Ryzen processors coming out in 2 months. You have some time and you can reuse some parts like your graphics card, power supply, case, and ssd. So I'm think it might cost you around $350 if you buy the R3 Ryzen, a new motherboard, and new DDR4 memory.

gasaraki

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I don't recommend spending money on a "new" motherboard just to overclock your FX8320. The current board should be able to do basic overclocking already. Save your money and spend it on the new R3 or R5 Ryzen processors coming out in 2 months. You have some time and you can reuse some parts like your graphics card, power supply, case, and ssd. So I'm think it might cost you around $350 if you buy the R3 Ryzen, a new motherboard, and new DDR4 memory.
 
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i don't like asrock, having said that, msi and gigabyte are good, asus is good too, 990 is ideal for overclocking that cpu but remember that yours is a e model, meant to use less watts and the overclocking capability is limited

the sentei, no idea if it is good or bad, some say good, i never used one, so can't say if it will serve you well or not

about the stock cooler, most people say to get another one, the evo not, there is better, i think this one is the most popular atm

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