Is an Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard good?

[marcoandrade]

I recently bought a new computer and the motherboard i had didnt work twice, so i decided to order the Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard. i was wondering if this was any good ? Please respond asap

 

[i7Baby]

No. Its the worst of the M5A97s. It does not have a heatsinked VRM. You need a real good CPU cooler to overclcok with it.

 

[marcoandrade]

i have a cooler master hyper tx3 evo, what speeds do you think i could get with a amd fx 8320

 

[i7Baby]

I wouldn't overclock at all with such a cheap CPU cooler. In fact I wouldn't even put an 8 core CPU on it to start with.

 

[marcoandrade]

what mobo would you reccomend with the 8320 thats less than £80

 

[i7Baby]

Any of these - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20%2Cgigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3%2Cgigabyte-motherboard-ga990xaud3%2Cmsi-motherboard-970gaming/

 

[marcoandrade]

So i ordered the msi 970 gaming board.. what speeds can i get with my cooler on that

 

[jakegroves]

I've used that motherbaord before, and i managed to get my 8350 to 4.8ghz at nice temperatures ... it's cheap and the worse in that range now, compared to a couple years ago.

That cooler isn't the best ... but could allow you to overclock from 3.5ghz to 4-4.3ghz max seeming as the board is not so good anymore.

 

[i7Baby]

At least 4.2GHz

 

[jakegroves]

So i ordered the msi 970 gaming board.. what speeds can i get with my cooler on that

It is an 'ok' motherboard, nothing to thrive about.
z97 used to be awesome but now for amd they are thermal nightmares D;
A 990FX would be a good board to overclock now.
if you can afford it:
great for overclocking. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-sabertooth-amd-990fx-sam3plus-ddr3-pcie-20-(x16)-quad-sli-quad-crossfirex-atx
That was out of your budget it seems so i would go for something like this in your budget:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-990fxa-gd65-amd-990fx-sam3plus-ddr3-pcie-20-(x16)-2-way-sli-2-way-crossfirex-atx ... but msi has poor quality check.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-990fx-extreme3-amd-990fx-sam3plus-ddr3-pcie-20-(x16)-quad-sli-quad-crossfirex-gigabit-lan-2x- would be ideal for you i think ... but if you can spare an extra £20-30 ... http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-990fx-killer-31-amd-990fx-s-am3plus-ddr3-pcie-20-(x16)-2-way-sli-3-way-crossfirex-plususb-31-
hope that helps.