Mobo for fx 8350

[anon7mous]

Hi,

What would be a good mobo for fx 8350 considering I intend to overclock it eventually? My budget is up to 100 euros

Thank you in advance

 

[dudeman509]

GA-970A-UD3P

 

[madmatt30]

^ yup what he said.

Also I'm repeating myself again here BUT any interest in overclocking at all buy the 8320+ an aftermarket cooler rather than the 8350 - it will cist about the same in total ,you'll be good for overclocking from the word go & you will end up with exactly the same results as you would with the 8350.

 

[DHFF]

I am use the Asus M5A99X. Its a good board with plenty of room to grow but I dont know how much it goes fore in Europe.

EDIT: I agree with madmatt30, get the 8320 and over clock that. it is the same chip as the 8350 and it is on general 17%-20% cheaper.

 

[junkeymonkey]

to be honest any board with less then a 8+2 phase vrm may not be your best choice [opinion]

 

[Wisecracker]

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3: £107.99 Inc VAT

The 970A-UD3P is £72 Inc VAT.

Roughly the same 'electricals' but half the PCIe lanes and no 2x eSATA.

edit: The FX-8350 is 'binned' higher than the FX-8320 and will generally OC 2- to 300MHz higher --- it also has a substantially higher base clock.

 

[junkeymonkey]

my buddy uses that 990fx ud3 and seems good with it its a lot of board for its price these days in am3+ and popular [more opinion]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

 

[DHFF]

Yeah I am happy with it. its been going strong for about 3 or 4 years now.

 

[madmatt30]

Don't believe for one minute theres any actual 'binning' done on any amd chips apart from a select minority for use as the fx 9*** range.
The 8320/8350 are imo exactly the same chips from the same production line from the same batches.
Amd know full well any of their chips are capable of a good 10% overclock - the boost speeds prove that.
The 8350 comes with a lot more voltage than is actually required for that 500mhz clock increase.
8320's generally come with a stock volt of 1.3-1.33- the 8350's tend to come with in excess of 1.35+

I've never come across a 8320 that won't do a minimum of 4ghz on a lot less than that.
Mine took a whopping voltage of 1.2875 for a solid 4ghz!

The ud3p's only real niggle is a lack of sli - in all honesty if youre considering that you should be going intel in the first place.

 

[DHFF]

My 8320 hit 4Ghz right out of the gate before I even did any "real" over clocking. I tested the turbo feature in the BIOS and instantly had 4Ghz. with some fine tuning I run stable at 4.2

 

[dudeman509]

I've run 4.7 on my 8320 without issue, but run stable with a minimum voltage increase @ 4.5. Great OC'ing chips.

Get a good cooler. The stock one is basically a leafblower.

 

[DHFF]

Indeed. my goto cooler is the CM 212. It is a good "little" cooler.

 

[dudeman509]

Indeed. my goto cooler is the CM 212. It is a good "little" cooler.

I have the same one - fantastic for the price, but is a bit bulky in a cramped case. I recommend checking the dimensions of whatever case you'll buy (and RAM).

 

[DHFF]

oh absolutely, hence the quotes on "little". It is in fact Gozilla. You need at least 160mm of space between your CPU base and the side of the case. (for anyone looking to buy one) and if you use anything other then low profile RAM you will need to mount the cooler sideways. Most people mount it this way anyway, I however like to mount might for up draft because I use a top vented case.

 

[anon7mous]

Thanks for your help guys