MSI 970 compatibility

[Connor9898]

I'm looking to ditch my old motherboard but keep my CPU because I can't afford to upgrade both at the moment so will my old FX 6300 be compatible with an MSI 970?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CK-qxbmspcACFQqCfgodvyEAxQ&Item=N82E16813130790&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-AMD+Motherboards-_-N82E16813130790&ef_id=U-YTfAAAAQK2Gkcv:20140821215525:s

 

[tambeshakunt]

Yes absolutely.

 

[imadirtybirdy]

Please dont buy that board, it has thermal issues.. Your Motherboard under slight load will reach 60C + and then 70+ during gaming.. Ive tested 3 of them on seperate occasions... MSI Budget boards are garbage.

And yes the computer cases had good air flow.

 

[PIEapple]

Please dont buy that board, it has thermal issues.. Your Motherboard under slight load will reach 60C + and then 70+ during gaming.. Ive tested 3 of them on seperate occasions... MSI Budget boards are garbage.

And yes the computer cases had good air flow.

I use 970 gaming with FX4300,the temp is cool,maybe i think you should use ohter cpu cooler,or you can post your test,show me your problem

 

[imadirtybirdy]

its not the CPU, its the motherboard temps. I dont have them anymore either, ive since swapped them out for Asus and Gigabyte models.. They were for customers Gaming Rigs.. I build quite a few computers a month. I suppose its possible that i got 3 bad models in a row, i did receive them all from Microcenter.. Maybe there was a shipping mishap or something.. But i couldnt figure out what was causing such bad temps on these. Soon as i swapped out the motherboards temps went back to 40-42C and like 56C-60C on Max Loads.