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Motherboard recommendation for AMD 8350 piledriver processor

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  • 06-11-2012 6:06pm
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    thebourke
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    Can anyone recommend a good motherboard for the new AMD 8350 piledriver processor..


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    Eboggles
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    Care to give a bit more information? Budget? Where you're going to be buying from?


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    thebourke
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    I will be buying from hardwareversand.de website


    i will be using the pc for virtualisation etc....
    i want a good spec motherboard that will be upgradeable for future processors/ram down the line...budget up too 200euro for the motherboard...
    any recomendations?


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    Kevinf63
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    thebourke wrote: »
    i will be using the pc for virtualisation etc....
    i want a good spec motherboard that will be upgradeable for future processors/ram down the line...budget up too 200euro for the motherboard...
    any recomendations?

    GA-990FXA-UD3 is a great motherboard with plenty of features and its about 120 quid now on Dabs, however, depending on the revision, it may not work and if your buying from them I suggest you get in contact and request for a Rev 3.0 (I think) version of it which brings piledriver support.

    If you want more "umph" I suppose you could try the UD5/UD7 or even an Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 board which all look great. The ud3/5 gigabyte boards have one up on the Sabertooth in the pcie x1 department if say you have a soundcard however as the Gigabyte boards have one situated before the first pcie x16 slot which allows for easier dual graphic card configurations.

    Also another usually overlooked thing you should note for 990FX mobos is that they come with pcie 2 x16 (usually x8 x8 on Intel) by standard usually, which is an added bonus. All boards take DDR3 1866 Mhz RAM maximum but can be overclocked to 2000 and over on some boards. :o (catches breath) thats a lot of info!

    Good luck with the build,

    Kevin Finnegan.


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