Building an AM3 rig, but i'm stuck between these 2 motherboards, the ASUS M4A79T and the MSI 790FX-GD70.
Similarities
They have the exact same I/O set up.
Both have the AMD 790FX chipset.
They both come with 4 crossfire enabled PCI express 2.0 X16 slots
Differences
MSI is $20 cheaper
MSI has DDR3 2133 OC Memory Standard (I think the Asus DDR3 1600 can be OCed to rival that)
MSI has an PCI or PCI-E Slot between separating each of the 4 PCI-E 2.0 slots allowing more air flow between cards if I choose a crossfire X4 configuration in the future. (2 Dual slot card w. 2 singles or 3 dual slot w. 1 single)
MSI has 8 sata ports vs the Asus 6.
MSI is lookin' pretty good, but it seems that Asus is a more reliable brand. Please reply and vote on which you think is better.
Similarities
They have the exact same I/O set up.
Both have the AMD 790FX chipset.
They both come with 4 crossfire enabled PCI express 2.0 X16 slots
Differences
MSI is $20 cheaper
MSI has DDR3 2133 OC Memory Standard (I think the Asus DDR3 1600 can be OCed to rival that)
MSI has an PCI or PCI-E Slot between separating each of the 4 PCI-E 2.0 slots allowing more air flow between cards if I choose a crossfire X4 configuration in the future. (2 Dual slot card w. 2 singles or 3 dual slot w. 1 single)
MSI has 8 sata ports vs the Asus 6.
MSI is lookin' pretty good, but it seems that Asus is a more reliable brand. Please reply and vote on which you think is better.