Difference between Gigabyte GA-970A-UDP and GA-970A-UD3P?

[vabchin]

I'm building my first gaming computer and the motherboard I wanted (GA-970A-UDP) is sold out on Newegg. The next one, GA-970A-UD3P is still available and is $15 less than the motherboard I wanted, which leads me to believe it isn't as good.

Tried comparing the two products at Gigabyte's website and though the differences were minor, I don't know if any of them are potential deal breakers... Help?

GA-970A-UD3:
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4417#ov

GA-970A-UD3P:
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4717#ov

 

[iceclock]

none of these boards support the new fx series, id go for something else. whats ur budget?

 

[laviniuc]

none of these boards support the new fx series, id go for something else. whats ur budget?

yes they do:
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4717

even the 760 supports them. the amd sockets haven't changed since the am2. these old boards (760 - the 970 is relatively new) are not designed for the new fx and won't overclock but the cpu is supported, they can run it.

 

[vabchin]

none of these boards support the new fx series, id go for something else. whats ur budget?

No more than $115. My processor is an AMD FX-4350 and my video card is an ASUS HD7770.

 

[vabchin]

I referenced these two pages and concluded that despite the lack of many reviews, the UD3P is better or at the very least on the same level as the UD3.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1885110/gigabyte-970a-ud3p-amd.html

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/85233-gigabyte-ga-970a-ud3-vs-ga-970a-ud3p/

 

[iceclock]

Us get the udp3 yar