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August 1, 2013 6:04:09 PM

I bought the amd a10 6800k apu and for now ill just use the integrated graphics. My question is will there be any problems if I were to use a discrete gpu like a radeon HD 7770, 7790, 7850 or a 7870? I've heard of the apu bottleneck a gpu. Please help

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August 1, 2013 6:47:40 PM

To a degree yes, a regular CPU is more powerful and a better match for a higher end discrete GPU, but the APUs can still be good gaming systems with a discrete card
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August 1, 2013 7:03:26 PM

There won't be any conflicts. But as tradesman said, a regular cpu works better but the A-10 will work ok as well, just nowhere near the level of a regular cpu. In terms of bottlenecking, it should be fine up to about a 7850-7870 but beyond that... (GTX 660-660 ti)

honestly it might have been better for you to go with an FX-6300 (or 6350) and pick a cheap graphics card until you could get a better one. If you can return your then consider it, if not then oh well, it won't be a HUGE deal and games will still run well enough.
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August 1, 2013 7:16:33 PM

So a cpu has a huge difference in performance over a apu? Hm ill try and return if I can.
ethereal essence said:
There won't be any conflicts. But as tradesman said, a regular cpu works better but the A-10 will work ok as well, just nowhere near the level of a regular cpu. In terms of bottlenecking, it should be fine up to about a 7850-7870 but beyond that... (GTX 660-660 ti)

honestly it might have been better for you to go with an FX-6300 (or 6350) and pick a cheap graphics card until you could get a better one. If you can return your then consider it, if not then oh well, it won't be a HUGE deal and games will still run well enough.


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August 1, 2013 7:25:25 PM

builder13 said:
So a cpu has a huge difference in performance over a apu? Hm ill try and return if I can.


Let me rephrase that, price vs price you'll get more performance out of a cpu. the reason is that the real estate on the chip is shared between the cpu and the graphics processor so that means few total cores and no L3 cache.

spending just 20.00 or so less would net you an AMD FX-6300. This cpu has L3 cache (which does affect gaming performance slightly) and 6 cores rather than 4. While most games don't use up more than 4 cores now, you'd still have 2 cores free to run windows on and other open applications.

Its not like the A-10 is a bad chip, so don't worry if you can't return it, you'll be fine with it. But the APUs aren't really meant for gaming. They are a versatile processor which offer good value for computers that gaming is a secondary concern on, like laptops or just someone who wants something for school work, media, and web browsing with a little gaming thrown in (with lower graphics not being an issue). The A-10 is overkill for home theater pcs but the A-6 performs this greatly. Using the A-10 for gaming isn't optimal but far from horrible.

I hope this helped
August 1, 2013 7:33:22 PM

Ah ok yea that did clear things up more. So would over locking the 6800k help any on games? I should have done a little more research lol. Hopefully newegg let's me return with no stock fee. I haven't opened the apu. What good motherboard would you recommend for like a fx 6300-6350 with hdmi and a optical audio?
ethereal essence said:
builder13 said:
So a cpu has a huge difference in performance over a apu? Hm ill try and return if I can.


Let me rephrase that, price vs price you'll get more performance out of a cpu. the reason is that the real estate on the chip is shared between the cpu and the graphics processor so that means few total cores and no L3 cache.

spending just 20.00 or so less would net you an AMD FX-6300. This cpu has L3 cache (which does affect gaming performance slightly) and 6 cores rather than 4. While most games don't use up more than 4 cores now, you'd still have 2 cores free to run windows on and other open applications.

Its not like the A-10 is a bad chip, so don't worry if you can't return it, you'll be fine with it. But the APUs aren't really meant for gaming. They are a versatile processor which offer good value for computers that gaming is a secondary concern on, like laptops or just someone who wants something for school work, media, and web browsing with a little gaming thrown in (with lower graphics not being an issue). The A-10 is overkill for home theater pcs but the A-6 performs this greatly. Using the A-10 for gaming isn't optimal but far from horrible.

I hope this helped


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August 1, 2013 7:34:37 PM

OCing can seldom ever hurt anything, so sure, give it a try, take it up slowly
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August 1, 2013 7:43:02 PM

HDMI is found on the video card, not the motherboard with the AM3+ boards (as they don't have integrated graphics). I'd recommend a 990FX board but you have to fit it to your budget. If your budget for a motherboard is around 150 this board is a solid choice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

if it is closer to 100.00 then this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


about overclocking... overclocking requires a good board. make sure to take your time and learn all you can before even thinking about going into your bios to overclock :) 

An overclocked A-10 will run games well, and the overclock will help it just like any other processor. but you have to be careful. You'd want to get a good board with a good bios and a good VRM (both boards I listed have an 8+2 power phase VRM which will be able to handle increased voltages better). I'm not too sure how well those boards overclock though.

Keep in mind that you shouldn't be scared to overclock, but make sure you learn what you are doing before you do it. If you don't you can make a very costly mistake.

I'd also recommend you ask on here and overclockers.net about how well those boards overclock and ask for recommendations there about good boards in your price range that will overclock well.
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August 2, 2013 11:37:29 AM

builder13 said:
I bought the amd a10 6800k apu and for now ill just use the integrated graphics. My question is will there be any problems if I were to use a discrete gpu like a radeon HD 7770, 7790, 7850 or a 7870? I've heard of the apu bottleneck a gpu. Please help


The bottleneck will depend on the game played, very few games bottleneck a AMD CPU even as old as the Athlon II's are still copious for today's titles. I have a 6800K, I run a discrete graphics card for demanding titles but haven't felt that I am being held back as much as what people try convince happens. I play BF3 on the ultra preset at 1080 and runs into the same GPU limitation that a 2500K and 8150 did so its a matter of title. SC2, Civ5 and Skyrim are notorious on AMD hardware for everything else you should be quite fine paring a APU with anything upto a 7870GE before costs become stupid.

August 2, 2013 11:43:58 AM

Oh cool that's good to hear. Yea people are telling me I should just get like a fx 6300 with a really cheap gpu for now until I can get a better gpu like a 7870 because after that the prices are just ridiculous . What discrete gpu do you use for demanding games?
sarinaide said:
builder13 said:
I bought the amd a10 6800k apu and for now ill just use the integrated graphics. My question is will there be any problems if I were to use a discrete gpu like a radeon HD 7770, 7790, 7850 or a 7870? I've heard of the apu bottleneck a gpu. Please help


The bottleneck will depend on the game played, very few games bottleneck a AMD CPU even as old as the Athlon II's are still copious for today's titles. I have a 6800K, I run a discrete graphics card for demanding titles but haven't felt that I am being held back as much as what people try convince happens. I play BF3 on the ultra preset at 1080 and runs into the same GPU limitation that a 2500K and 8150 did so its a matter of title. SC2, Civ5 and Skyrim are notorious on AMD hardware for everything else you should be quite fine paring a APU with anything upto a 7870GE before costs become stupid.



August 2, 2013 11:51:30 AM

I have a A10-5800k and its great with my HIS 7870 2gb Gddr5 :) 
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August 2, 2013 11:55:39 AM

builder13 said:
Oh cool that's good to hear. Yea people are telling me I should just get like a fx 6300 with a really cheap gpu for now until I can get a better gpu like a 7870 because after that the prices are just ridiculous . What discrete gpu do you use for demanding games?
sarinaide said:
builder13 said:
I bought the amd a10 6800k apu and for now ill just use the integrated graphics. My question is will there be any problems if I were to use a discrete gpu like a radeon HD 7770, 7790, 7850 or a 7870? I've heard of the apu bottleneck a gpu. Please help


The bottleneck will depend on the game played, very few games bottleneck a AMD CPU even as old as the Athlon II's are still copious for today's titles. I have a 6800K, I run a discrete graphics card for demanding titles but haven't felt that I am being held back as much as what people try convince happens. I play BF3 on the ultra preset at 1080 and runs into the same GPU limitation that a 2500K and 8150 did so its a matter of title. SC2, Civ5 and Skyrim are notorious on AMD hardware for everything else you should be quite fine paring a APU with anything upto a 7870GE before costs become stupid.





I have tested a APU from HD6670 in Dual Graphics to a GTX Titan and I would say anything up to the HD7870GE or GTX660ti makes perfect sense on price and performance which the APU can still drive, the sweet spot is the HD7790 or 7850 alternatively the GTX650ti Boost. Right now I am testing the catalyst 13.8 drivers and paring the 6800K with Crossfired HD6850's but also have a few HD6970's around and a 7850 for Nvidia Cards I have a 660ti laying around all these cards are perfectly fine with a APU.


I understand why people advise the FX6300 notably because of running a discrete option but running FM2 has a few perks to it;

- AM3+ is four years old and hence runs like four year old technology, everything from connection features to controllers is antiquated and in dire need of a refresh. FM2 is very feature rich for a modest cost. Exclusive APU features like steady stream are priceless to have.

- Windows 8 and DX11.1 benefits the APU a lot along with the compute landscape moving towards HSA the APU utilizes this even running a discrete solution.

- In most titles the FX6300 is only marginally faster, the 6800K with 7970 runs as fast as the FX4300/965BE with the same card.

I would recommend a FX6300 on a Gigabyte GA-970A UD3 or alternatively a A10 6800K/A8 6600K on a Gigabyte FM2A85X UP4 either paired with a HD7790 or GTX650ti Boost.

August 2, 2013 12:17:19 PM

oh ok yea the motherboard i got is a asrock fm2a75 pro4. is my motherboard a huge stepdown from the fm2a85x motherboard that you said? would the motherboard that i have be ok to overclock the 6800k? not crazy OC but some. i was going to try and return the 6800k and motherboard i have for a fx 6300 and a compatible motherboard and just buy a really cheap gpu for now until i can get a 7870 but my fear is that if i just end up staying with what i have if there will be a problem with the 6800k running with a 7850-7870 later on. by your answer there seems to be no problem with it so thats good. with my MB, 6800K and future 7870 gpu would i be able to run like crysis 3 or other games as demanding as that one?
sarinaide said:
builder13 said:
Oh cool that's good to hear. Yea people are telling me I should just get like a fx 6300 with a really cheap gpu for now until I can get a better gpu like a 7870 because after that the prices are just ridiculous . What discrete gpu do you use for demanding games?
sarinaide said:
builder13 said:
I bought the amd a10 6800k apu and for now ill just use the integrated graphics. My question is will there be any problems if I were to use a discrete gpu like a radeon HD 7770, 7790, 7850 or a 7870? I've heard of the apu bottleneck a gpu. Please help


The bottleneck will depend on the game played, very few games bottleneck a AMD CPU even as old as the Athlon II's are still copious for today's titles. I have a 6800K, I run a discrete graphics card for demanding titles but haven't felt that I am being held back as much as what people try convince happens. I play BF3 on the ultra preset at 1080 and runs into the same GPU limitation that a 2500K and 8150 did so its a matter of title. SC2, Civ5 and Skyrim are notorious on AMD hardware for everything else you should be quite fine paring a APU with anything upto a 7870GE before costs become stupid.





I have tested a APU from HD6670 in Dual Graphics to a GTX Titan and I would say anything up to the HD7870GE or GTX660ti makes perfect sense on price and performance which the APU can still drive, the sweet spot is the HD7790 or 7850 alternatively the GTX650ti Boost. Right now I am testing the catalyst 13.8 drivers and paring the 6800K with Crossfired HD6850's but also have a few HD6970's around and a 7850 for Nvidia Cards I have a 660ti laying around all these cards are perfectly fine with a APU.


I understand why people advise the FX6300 notably because of running a discrete option but running FM2 has a few perks to it;

- AM3+ is four years old and hence runs like four year old technology, everything from connection features to controllers is antiquated and in dire need of a refresh. FM2 is very feature rich for a modest cost. Exclusive APU features like steady stream are priceless to have.

- Windows 8 and DX11.1 benefits the APU a lot along with the compute landscape moving towards HSA the APU utilizes this even running a discrete solution.

- In most titles the FX6300 is only marginally faster, the 6800K with 7970 runs as fast as the FX4300/965BE with the same card.

I would recommend a FX6300 on a Gigabyte GA-970A UD3 or alternatively a A10 6800K/A8 6600K on a Gigabyte FM2A85X UP4 either paired with a HD7790 or GTX650ti Boost.



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August 2, 2013 12:27:44 PM

You should be fine to overclock the A10 6800K on that board and the 6800K is plenty system. If you need to hold out a bit get yourself a $50 HD6670 GDDR5 card and run dual graphics, now that Catalyst 13.8 is out frame pacing and microstutter are largely fixed and Dual graphics will get you some nice performance until you get a better GPU. The other options would be a HD7730 1GB GDDR5 retails around $60 or the HD7750. I know on some FM2 boards dual graphics can work with a HD7750 but since the HD7730 is the update of the 6670 and its specs mirror that of the HD7660D/8670D if dual graphics works with the HD7730 you may get yourself some nice performance out of that for a low cost until you can flog for a higher end card.
August 2, 2013 12:58:41 PM

ok cool yea im just going to stay with the asrock fm2a75 MB and the 6800k. dont really wanna go trhough the hassle of return stuff to newegg because of their cpu return policy. i might just get a 6670 to pair it with the apu until i can afford the 7850 or the 7870 but if not ill just use apu integrated gpu. i looked for the 7730 but nothing came up, the 7750 did tho.
sarinaide said:
You should be fine to overclock the A10 6800K on that board and the 6800K is plenty system. If you need to hold out a bit get yourself a $50 HD6670 GDDR5 card and run dual graphics, now that Catalyst 13.8 is out frame pacing and microstutter are largely fixed and Dual graphics will get you some nice performance until you get a better GPU. The other options would be a HD7730 1GB GDDR5 retails around $60 or the HD7750. I know on some FM2 boards dual graphics can work with a HD7750 but since the HD7730 is the update of the 6670 and its specs mirror that of the HD7660D/8670D if dual graphics works with the HD7730 you may get yourself some nice performance out of that for a low cost until you can flog for a higher end card.


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August 2, 2013 1:17:18 PM

builder13 said:
ok cool yea im just going to stay with the asrock fm2a75 MB and the 6800k. dont really wanna go trhough the hassle of return stuff to newegg because of their cpu return policy. i might just get a 6670 to pair it with the apu until i can afford the 7850 or the 7870 but if not ill just use apu integrated gpu. i looked for the 7730 but nothing came up, the 7750 did tho.
sarinaide said:
You should be fine to overclock the A10 6800K on that board and the 6800K is plenty system. If you need to hold out a bit get yourself a $50 HD6670 GDDR5 card and run dual graphics, now that Catalyst 13.8 is out frame pacing and microstutter are largely fixed and Dual graphics will get you some nice performance until you get a better GPU. The other options would be a HD7730 1GB GDDR5 retails around $60 or the HD7750. I know on some FM2 boards dual graphics can work with a HD7750 but since the HD7730 is the update of the 6670 and its specs mirror that of the HD7660D/8670D if dual graphics works with the HD7730 you may get yourself some nice performance out of that for a low cost until you can flog for a higher end card.




Like I said, you should be fine with the a10. Just that if you could return it you should :) 

Yeah am3+ is old. It isn't too bad tho. As far as go. You might want to aim for the gtx 760. Best price vs performance there is. No sure if the a10 would bottle neck it tho
August 2, 2013 5:22:09 PM

alright....lol I went ahead and returned the a10 6800k and the asrock fm2a75 pro4 MB. Newegg was pretty cool no restocking fee and shipping :)  anyways now that I have more options I guess so if I get the fx 6300 with the asrock 970 extreme3 r2.0 or the asus m5a97 r2.0 MB? as for my gpu ill just whatever cheap thing I can get until I can afford the 7870
ethereal essence said:
builder13 said:
ok cool yea im just going to stay with the asrock fm2a75 MB and the 6800k. dont really wanna go trhough the hassle of return stuff to newegg because of their cpu return policy. i might just get a 6670 to pair it with the apu until i can afford the 7850 or the 7870 but if not ill just use apu integrated gpu. i looked for the 7730 but nothing came up, the 7750 did tho.
sarinaide said:
You should be fine to overclock the A10 6800K on that board and the 6800K is plenty system. If you need to hold out a bit get yourself a $50 HD6670 GDDR5 card and run dual graphics, now that Catalyst 13.8 is out frame pacing and microstutter are largely fixed and Dual graphics will get you some nice performance until you get a better GPU. The other options would be a HD7730 1GB GDDR5 retails around $60 or the HD7750. I know on some FM2 boards dual graphics can work with a HD7750 but since the HD7730 is the update of the 6670 and its specs mirror that of the HD7660D/8670D if dual graphics works with the HD7730 you may get yourself some nice performance out of that for a low cost until you can flog for a higher end card.




Like I said, you should be fine with the a10. Just that if you could return it you should :) 

Yeah am3+ is old. It isn't too bad tho. As far as go. You might want to aim for the gtx 760. Best price vs performance there is. No sure if the a10 would bottle neck it tho


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August 2, 2013 5:35:06 PM

depends on what you have for a budget for video cards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... for about 90.00 and will do ok for gaming at lower resolutions and settings while you wait for your upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... for about 120.00 will do much better. It is a great graphics card in terms of performance vs price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... for about 150.00 is even better and would probably be easier to sell off when you upgrade (provided you don't wait too long)


As for the motherboard, I'd recommend the asus.
August 2, 2013 5:43:33 PM

There's no like $30 gpu? lol just so I can for regular pc use . Ill have the money for the 7870 in like a month or 2 so I just need something just for regular use with no gaming for now. The 6300 seems really good for the price...do you think the 8320 would be a big difference from the 6300?
ethereal essence said:
depends on what you have for a budget for video cards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... for about 90.00 aNnd will do ok for gaming at lower resolutions and settings while you wait for your upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... for about 120.00 will do much better. It is a great graphics card in terms of performance vs price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... for about 150.00 is even better and would probably be easier to sell off when you upgrade (provided you don't wait too long)


As for the motherboard, I'd recommend the asus.


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August 2, 2013 5:51:09 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ask and you shall recieve :) 

in terms of gaming performance you won't notice much of an increase going up to the 8320. The biggest difference in the two (and the only noticeable difference between the two) would be in heavy multi threaded applications. Like rendering, video editing, video encoding etc.
August 2, 2013 5:57:31 PM

haha they do have $30 GPUs . Yea that's exactly what I'll get for now lol. Oh ok then I'll just stick with the 6300. I usually just browse and open like 10 pages at a time lol or edit a picture here and there on photoshop or edit a home movie once in awhile but nothing too special.
ethereal essence said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ask and you shall recieve :) 

in terms of gaming performance you won't notice much of an increase going up to the 8320. The biggest difference in the two (and the only noticeable difference between the two) would be in heavy multi threaded applications. Like rendering, video editing, video encoding etc.


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August 2, 2013 7:53:28 PM

Its not that the 6300 is bad at those things, just that the 8 core cpus are faster, noticeably, but not by THAT much :) 
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August 2, 2013 11:39:51 PM

builder13 said:
alright....lol I went ahead and returned the a10 6800k and the asrock fm2a75 pro4 MB. Newegg was pretty cool no restocking fee and shipping :)  anyways now that I have more options I guess so if I get the fx 6300 with the asrock 970 extreme3 r2.0 or the asus m5a97 r2.0 MB? as for my gpu ill just whatever cheap thing I can get until I can afford the 7870
ethereal essence said:
builder13 said:
ok cool yea im just going to stay with the asrock fm2a75 MB and the 6800k. dont really wanna go trhough the hassle of return stuff to newegg because of their cpu return policy. i might just get a 6670 to pair it with the apu until i can afford the 7850 or the 7870 but if not ill just use apu integrated gpu. i looked for the 7730 but nothing came up, the 7750 did tho.
sarinaide said:
You should be fine to overclock the A10 6800K on that board and the 6800K is plenty system. If you need to hold out a bit get yourself a $50 HD6670 GDDR5 card and run dual graphics, now that Catalyst 13.8 is out frame pacing and microstutter are largely fixed and Dual graphics will get you some nice performance until you get a better GPU. The other options would be a HD7730 1GB GDDR5 retails around $60 or the HD7750. I know on some FM2 boards dual graphics can work with a HD7750 but since the HD7730 is the update of the 6670 and its specs mirror that of the HD7660D/8670D if dual graphics works with the HD7730 you may get yourself some nice performance out of that for a low cost until you can flog for a higher end card.




Like I said, you should be fine with the a10. Just that if you could return it you should :) 

Yeah am3+ is old. It isn't too bad tho. As far as go. You might want to aim for the gtx 760. Best price vs performance there is. No sure if the a10 would bottle neck it tho





Do NOT get the ASUS M5970 R2.0 board, we don't source that board anymore due to its endless problems, avoid at all cost.

PS you do realize for Adobe Premier Pro which is optimized for APU's the 6800K is aroung 400% faster than the 3770K in those workloads off loading to GPU to render images faster.
August 2, 2013 11:53:39 PM

Hm what about the asrock 970 extreme4
sarinaide said:
builder13 said:
alright....lol I went ahead and returned the a10 6800k and the asrock fm2a75 pro4 MB. Newegg was pretty cool no restocking fee and shipping :)  anyways now that I have more options I guess so if I get the fx 6300 with the asrock 970 extreme3 r2.0 or the asus m5a97 r2.0 MB? as for my gpu ill just whatever cheap thing I can get until I can afford the 7870
ethereal essence said:
builder13 said:
ok cool yea im just going to stay with the asrock fm2a75 MB and the 6800k. dont really wanna go trhough the hassle of return stuff to newegg because of their cpu return policy. i might just get a 6670 to pair it with the apu until i can afford the 7850 or the 7870 but if not ill just use apu integrated gpu. i looked for the 7730 but nothing came up, the 7750 did tho.
sarinaide said:
You should be fine to overclock the A10 6800K on that board and the 6800K is plenty system. If you need to hold out a bit get yourself a $50 HD6670 GDDR5 card and run dual graphics, now that Catalyst 13.8 is out frame pacing and microstutter are largely fixed and Dual graphics will get you some nice performance until you get a better GPU. The other options would be a HD7730 1GB GDDR5 retails around $60 or the HD7750. I know on some FM2 boards dual graphics can work with a HD7750 but since the HD7730 is the update of the 6670 and its specs mirror that of the HD7660D/8670D if dual graphics works with the HD7730 you may get yourself some nice performance out of that for a low cost until you can flog for a higher end card.




Like I said, you should be fine with the a10. Just that if you could return it you should :) 

Yeah am3+ is old. It isn't too bad tho. As far as go. You might want to aim for the gtx 760. Best price vs performance there is. No sure if the a10 would bottle neck it tho





Do NOT get the ASUS M5970 R2.0 board, we don't source that board anymore due to its endless problems, avoid at all cost.

PS you do realize for Adobe Premier Pro which is optimized for APU's the 6800K is aroung 400% faster than the 3770K in those workloads off loading to GPU to render images faster.


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August 3, 2013 1:05:04 AM

that board is fine or the MSI 990FX GD65
August 3, 2013 1:09:31 AM

Which of these would you recommend with the fx 6300 the asus m5a97 r2.0 or the asrock 970 extreme4? Maybe overclock the CPU to 4-4.2?
sarinaide said:
that board is fine or the MSI 990FX GD65


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August 3, 2013 1:11:00 AM

That ASUS board will likely fail on you out the box so that leaves the ASRock but I am going to recommend the Gigabyte GA-970A UD3, that board is one of the best boards I have ever used.
August 3, 2013 1:18:55 AM

The asus is that bad huh lol. How is the gigabyte board you said better than the asrock 970 ext4? Would that board be better to overclock the fx6300
sarinaide said:
That ASUS board will likely fail on you out the box so that leaves the ASRock but I am going to recommend the Gigabyte GA-970A UD3, that board is one of the best boards I have ever used.


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August 3, 2013 1:36:31 AM

builder13 said:
The asus is that bad huh lol. How is the gigabyte board you said better than the asrock 970 ext4? Would that board be better to overclock the fx6300
sarinaide said:
That ASUS board will likely fail on you out the box so that leaves the ASRock but I am going to recommend the Gigabyte GA-970A UD3, that board is one of the best boards I have ever used.




Better Caps and VRM's, better cooling and phase control. It also has more connectivity

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August 3, 2013 8:01:04 AM

Of those, I'd go w/ with the Rock's mobo, GB would be second, and wouldn't touch the MSI, poor QC and support, I see more problems w/ MSI mobo then with any 2 of the big 3 combined (Asus, the Rock and GB)
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