Budget motherboards amd3+

[huganater3]

i will being using a AMD FX-9370 this i will be overclocking to 5 mhz[liquid cooling] just i'm still wondering what motherboard i will need preferably around $100

 

[Eduello]

This is what I'd get: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-sabertooth990fxr20
This is closer to your budget, but it might not get you to 5GHz: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20

 

[prit87]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3

these are two motherboard which is around your budget dont go light on motherboard you have a power hungry CPU.

 

[Jake Fister]

I got an ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 for like $90. Been working great for me. No issues. Play Civ 5, Forged Alliance, Titanfall, and Crysis 3 with graphics all on max with no issues so no bottlenecking is taking place.

 

[Eduello]

I got an ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 for like $90. Been working great for me. No issues. Play Civ 5, Forged Alliance, Titanfall, and Crysis 3 with graphics all on max with no issues so no bottlenecking is taking place.

That board has poor thermal design. It might be enough for your CPU, but an 8-core 220W thermal nightmare like the FX-9370 can only run on higher-end 990FX motherboards.

 

[Jake Fister]

What do you mean by poor thermal design?

 

[Eduello]

It has 4+2 phase VRMs with no heatsink.

 

[prit87]

I got an ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 for like $90. Been working great for me. No issues. Play Civ 5, Forged Alliance, Titanfall, and Crysis 3 with graphics all on max with no issues so no bottlenecking is taking place.

you are using fx 4100 processor max TDP 95 watt and the CPU OP has or getting is fx 9370 tdp of 220 watt so there are only few selective boards which can handle a processor like that or the mobo with the processor will be fried.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your choices for the FX9000 series:

ASRock 990FX Extreme9
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.