what rate would you give for GA-990XA-UD3 (rev. 3.0)

[Hamoodeh99]

what rate would u give for this motherboard out of 10
and what are the best features of it (please don't copy paste them from the manufacturer's website, I want your openion )
and what (AMD FX) motherboard would you give it 10 out of 10

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

No FX mobo gets a 10/10 in my book. FX CPU's are behind the time but if I had to pick the Gigabyte would be the highest (reliable brand). Why are you needing a FX mobo?

 

[TechiCanadian]

Pros:

- Chipset 990X meaning you can overclock safely
- Support up to 32gb of ram, so you won't have to upgrade you motherboard for a while
- 10 USB ports on the back (8 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0)
- 3 PCI Express X16 slots, you can never have enough of these
- 2 PCI Express x1 slots, this is great for for audio cards, network cards, usb 3.0 cards, etc...
- 2 PCI Express slots, this is great for those older sound cards you might have lying around.
- Supports both AMD CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI

Cons:

- Lack of EFI( rev 1.1), LLC causes vboost
- VRM heatsink heat (Overheating due to bad VRM)

Conclusion:

This board is great, i would give it a 9/10. The main reason that i give it a 9/10 instead of 10/10 is because I have heard many reports of voltage drops and extreme heat from the north bridge. Also the heat sinks have on the board are not attached very well and can be wiggled easily from the board. Regarding that this board is amazing with all of its features. From all the usb's to the amount of PCI slots available. Not to mention that the motherboard's chipset is 990x which is amazing for overclocking AMD FX series processors. Just in case you're still looking here is another great motherboard (Asus Sabertooth 990fx)

I hope I helped you with your decision and happy gaming

-Byron

 

[Hamoodeh99]

Well,I have this mobo paired with fx8350. It came as a present. I just wanted to know what rate would you give it! and I know AMD mobos are sh*tty compared to Intel but what I mean with ten out of ten is the best motherboard available right now for the FX CPUs. my mobo is would be 6/10 or even 5/10 if a x99 intel mobo is 10/10 (ddr4 slots, 4-way SLI/CF,using much better cpu with much better technologies and architexture, usb 3.1 but not all of them).

 

[Hamoodeh99]

Thank you so much for this review you really really (twice 😀) helped 😀
but the motherboard has only one 16x not three, the other two are just 8x and 4x in 16x phisically
and what you said about northbridges overheating and the wiggled heatsinks, you are so right of those.
but a question :
I didn't get the first con (the mobo is rev 3.0 if that helped (IDK)).
and thank you again 😀