which is better gigabyte ga-970a-ud3p OR asus m5a97 r2.0

[siddharth007]

cant decide b/w gigabyte ga-970a-ud3p and asus m5a97 r2.0
i will be using fx 6300
with r7 260x and i will be OC that cpu......

 

[rockie_]

gigabyte ga-970a-ud3p is better
it has 8+2 power phase design

 

[unknownofprob]

6+2 phase vs 8+2 Phase, if your wanting to overclock higher and have better stability go for the Gigabyte UD3P.

 

[rockie_]

The Asus has only 4+2 power phase design .
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/specifications/

 

[unknownofprob]

The Asus has only 4+2 power phase design .
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/specifications/

Thought of wrong board (EVO)! Thanks for the correction.

 

[siddharth007]

gigabyte ga-970a-ud3p is better
it has 8+2 power phase design

now can anybody explain me what is this.... power phase design....
is this something that gives power to the GPU.....

 

[rockie_]

gigabyte ga-970a-ud3p is better
it has 8+2 power phase design

now can anybody explain me what is this.... power phase design....
is this something that gives power to the GPU.....

Both motherboards are good for overclocking . But you just asked which is better . If you desire to possess one of the two brands , just get it .

As for the phases
Let take 4 power phase design

The voltage regulator will have 4 circuits working in parallel to provide the same output voltage .They do not work at the same time . With four phases, each phase will be working 25% of the time.

In general, more phases is good, because:
1. it means each component does less of the work . Thus longer lifespan and therefore better reliability. It also means less heat generated
2. better voltage stability , thus can achieve higher overclocks