Need Good Motherboard Recommendations for FX-8320

[Yhuzan]

Hello, I am building a new computer on a budget. It is centered around an AMD FX-8320 processor. What I need is an excellent motherboard to put it into.

The only thing I really ask for is a price below or around $100 USD, and has decent crossfire capabilities for the future. I don't care about bandwidth bottle-necking, x16 and x8 is fine, since it's only a 3-7% difference anyways.

Note: I do realize that for Crossifre, I should get the 990 chipset and so on, but again: budget. If I had it my way, I'd go with the Sabertooth, but money is money.

I want my computer to last for a while, so I'm nervous and would rather not just buy a motherboard without getting a second opinion. I can thoroughly say, before anyone asks, that this computer will be for moderate gaming and no plans for overclocking (3.5ghz with 8 cores... what more do I need?).

So far I have found these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-138-372
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-873
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-128-651
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-130-637

The reviews for them are relatively mixed, save for the GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P, which doesn't have very many. I am considering them and have researched them quite a bit, but I'm still unsure and want a second opinion, or other recommendations. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I will provide any information upon request that will help you provide an adequate answer.

Thank you for your time,
Yhuzan.

 

[maurelie]

For $10 above your budget you can get Asus M5A99X Evo R 2.0.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-M5A99E2&c=CJ

It is much better than all of the other motherboards you have picked. It will allow you more room for overclocking, great quality, SLI/Crossfire will run in dual 8X.

If you don't have the money, than the Asus M5A97 R2.0 is great board also. But for CF it will run only in dual 4x and it has phase power design of 4+2

 

[Yhuzan]

For $10 above your budget you can get Asus M5A99X Evo R 2.0.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-M5A99E2&c=CJ

It is much better than all of the other motherboards you have picked. It will allow you more room for overclocking, great quality, SLI/Crossfire will run in dual 8X.

If you don't have the money, than the Asus M5A97 R2.0 is great board also. But for CF it will run only in dual 4x and it has phase power design of 4+2

Thank you very much. I decided on the ASUS M5A97 R2.0, and got it through Newegg while on sale for way below my budget. My FX-8320 runs beautifully and stays cool with my Hyper 212 Evo.