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| View Poll Results: What mobo should I get for the FX 8 Core Bulldozer | |||
| CrossHair V Formula |
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9 | 47.37% |
| Asus 990FX Sabertooth |
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6 | 31.58% |
| Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 AMD |
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4 | 21.05% |
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Bulldozer mobo upgrade help
Im upgrading to the FX BD cpu. Atm I'm using a Crosshair IV Formula for my 1090T chip.
These are the mobo's Im interested in. Crosshair V Formula Sabertooth 990FX Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 Amd 990FX First off Im not a Two gpu kinda guy. I always run Dual on die Video cards so the pci-e x 16 and x8 slots dont bother me. Id like some input on the mobo you guys think I should buy. I already have the cash to order but Id like to go with what you all recommend.
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Going cheap or all out?
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Cheap but the best clocking potential. You often see top world clockers using slightly cheaper boards that clock like mad.
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Get the cheapest board out of those 3. Every 1 of those are very good clockers. It just all depends on how many and what kind of features are important to you. But if overclocking is the only important thing to you, definitely get the Sabertooth so you can save yourself some money.
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My. 02 : GaMa990x ud3.
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meh ID take the Asrock boards they look to clock well there cheap and oh yea there designers were pulled from Gigabyte and EVGA lolz
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What he said. If BD is worthwhile, I am DEFINITELY getting either that extreme4 or the fatality branded board. Very feature-rich and has a good phase power delivery system for all your overclocking needs
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Also why are you shopping at NCIX? their stuff is a rip off
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because hes canadian
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Bah, so am I, but newegg still has better prices.
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Gigabyte all the way...
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crosshair for me.
i hate the sabertooths color scheme. |
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New egg in canada such and takes forever to get your parts. I use ncix. They have price match so thats why I buy from them plus there fast
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the UD5 is a decent board and the price is hard to beat atm....
Canada Computers had it on sale as well but I think NCIX is still cheaper unless you can pick it up local. http://ncix.com/products/?sku=61546&...cture=Gigabyte it's what I got for Bulldozer, |
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I say wait for more reviews and see which one is giving the most overclocking potential, then get that one. I say this because you mentioned it above in one of your post. Best OC is going to be Asus and GIGABYTE followed by MSI and ASRock. Just avoid Biostar and ECS and you should be good.
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I love the colour scheam of the gigabyte board. The sabertooth has some neat features but the Crosshair V takes the cake as they say. It's just I had the CH3 CH4 and Im thinking I want to expand my options..
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What about The fatality asrock board? http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813157267
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correct Asrock is now its own company now, they have there own design teams etc
they actually took in some of EVGA and Gigabytes design teams and engineers who uses AMD overdrive to overclock the CPU, if you overclock you do it in the god damn bios, |
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The Crosshair V is better. Better electronics, better sound, better power delivery, better support, prompt bios updates when needed, better UEFI.
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I dont think in OC'ing via AMD Overdrive, was just pointing some issues, as the UEFI interface being a bit laggy and the voltage regulator was not that accurate. Quote:
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