is the amd 970 chipset good for gaming reason being i like the price point

russell_84

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looking at getting this off amazon Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-970A-DS3P since its got got all the express ports for my capture cards and tv tuner
 
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For gaming, you need a good CPU and GPU. So long as the motherboard supports those it really doesn't matter. While I prefer Intel CPUs for gaming, the AMD FX series that this supports work just fine.
ok thanks it says on the box im looking at it supports the fx series

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what makes the ud3p better? its just they look pretty much close to the same thing

 
8+2 power phasing ,better quality MOSFETs,better vrm heat sinking.
The ds3p is fine for over clocking on the 6300/6350 or stock clocks on the 8320/8350.
In the future if you have an 8 core & want to overclock the ud3p will do a far far better job.
Its generally $10/$15 more expensive but is money well spent IMO.