Best ASUS AM3+

[PCGaming247]

I am building a PC with the fallowing hardware, and im looking to find a good ASUS AM3+ Motherboard because I am very happy with the ASUS I have now, however; I would like all the help that I can get since this is my first full hand build.

Im getting:
1) AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition
2) Dynatron G950 Desktop Universal CPU Cooler
3) PC Power and Cooling Silencer 910W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
4) 2TB HGST 0F12455 - SATA HDD 2TB Ultrastar 7K3000 Enterprise SATA 6.0GB/s 7200rpm 64MB 3.5-in Bulk
5) 2X ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

I have 16gb ram that im putn in there for a bit but will be increase it to 32gb after a bit.
I have win 7 64 bit home pre that will be going on there but when I get the new RAM and Win 7 64bit Ultimate Ill do a clean install and add the new ran and OS.

I need the motherboard to have at least 2x PCI-e 16 pin slots and would like them to be version 3, also I do not know what case to use? so if you could help me there too. Also; the PSU from OCZ says compatible with i3,i5,i7, and AMD Phenom which fits ether a AM2+ or a AM3 Socket, and i dont know if it will still be compatible with the AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition and the SLI build i am doing with this build. SO any help there would be great.

I will be using the computer for video pre and post production, music creation, photo editing, and 3D animation. The main software I use is Adobe CS6, Protools 8, and Autodesk Maya. I will also be gaming on this pc of coarse.

Thank you.

 

[PCGaming247]

Thank you; that last question was dumb on my part the first case I asked about is a mid tower case lol.

 

[Ahmadjon]

Thank you; that last question was dumb on my part the first case I asked about is a mid tower case lol.

No problem 😉 and you're welcome

 

[EasyLover]

Thank you; that last question was dumb on my part the first case I asked about is a mid tower case lol.

No issue dear.

 

[PCGaming247]

Ok i've been looking every where and I can not find a AM3+ MoBo with a PCIe 3.0 they all have 2.0 even the Crosshair this is a problem. Is there a MoBo, AM3+ that has a 3.0 PCIe? I was dead set on getting the Crosshair but after looking at the proformance gains on the PCIe 2.0 vs 3.0 for the GTX 770 Gigabite Windforce 4g ddr5?

 

[Ahmadjon]

Ok i've been looking every where and I can not find a AM3+ MoBo with a PCIe 3.0 they all have 2.0 even the Crosshair this is a problem. Is there a MoBo, AM3+ that has a 3.0 PCIe? I was dead set on getting the Crosshair but after looking at the proformance gains on the PCIe 2.0 vs 3.0 for the GTX 770 Gigabite Windforce 4g ddr5?

There is no graphics card which can bottleneck PCI-E 2.0 X16 slot so you can even get GTX Titan and your mobo won't bottleneck that card, But if you want mobo with PCI-E 3.0 X16 look for that mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131969

 

[PCGaming247]

Thank you and I did think the the GPU could out preform the 2.0 I just saw a post here on the forums that showed the gains in preformance from using a 2.0 PCIe vs a 3.0 PCIe slot with the 700 GTX card and there is much improvements.

Also; is this the only card that has the 3.0 PCIe slots?

 

[Ahmadjon]

Thank you and I did think the the GPU could out preform the 2.0 I just saw a post here on the forums that showed the gains in preformance from using a 2.0 PCIe vs a 3.0 PCIe slot with the 700 GTX card and there is much improvements.

Also; is this the only card that has the 3.0 PCIe slots?

If you mean about mobo with PCI-E 3.0 then yes Sabertooth 990FX Gen-3 Rev 2.0 is the only board which has PCI-E 3.0 X16 slots!
And if you meant about GPU, all GPU's from GTX 600 series supports PCI-E 3.0 revision

 

[PCGaming247]

Thank you I was talking about the CPU. After doing all this research I am going to make a build with the i7 4770k it will handle everything I do better and I won't need to do a upgread for a bit. With that said what size Case would I need for the ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME MoBo? is it Mid or Full?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It will fit in a mid or a full , depends on your needs.

 

[PCGaming247]

Thanks