Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 and CoolerMaster X6

byron182

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I'm planning on upgrading my system in a couple of weeks and I'm kinda concerned whether my CoolerMaster X6 cpu cooler will fit the Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 because of its 2 tall chipset heatsinks. Have you guys tried these setup? any info would really help. Thanks

 

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no reason for it not to fit, but a word of wisdom, reconsider that mobo. i bought one couple days ago, 149.99$ and it doesnt even have uefi bios

 

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boosteeddc said:

no reason for it not to fit, but a word of wisdom, reconsider that mobo. i bought one couple days ago, 149.99$ and it doesnt even have uefi bios

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Oh no! The horror of arrow keys!

It should fit.

 

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It ought to fit just fine. The heatsinks aren't all that tall really.

When you get that thing the first thing to do is go into the BIOS (which I prefer to graphical UEFI things...) and turn off Core Performance Boost.

 

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• Jul 18, 2012

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I can't speak for the V6 from experience but a Thermalright Silver Arrow fits easy. The Silver Arrow does block the first 2 Ram slots so normal heatsinks ie. nothing sticking above the RAM PCB.

 

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boosteeddc said:

no reason for it not to fit, but a word of wisdom, reconsider that mobo. i bought one couple days ago, 149.99$ and it doesnt even have uefi bios

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Yeah, I know. But it doesn't really matter to me. I like the old school bios. How's the mobo? any issues I need to know about?

I was searching for some alternative mobos and the ASROCK 990fx extreme 3 gen3 looks good even if you have to flash the newer bios. It got some good reviews from newegg.com.

 

Knufire

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Newegg reviews are generally considered to be jokes here.

That being said, any ASRock, ASUS, or Gigabyte board is going to be solid.

 

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byron182

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Knufire said:

Newegg reviews are generally considered to be jokes here.

That being said, any ASRock, ASUS, or Gigabyte board is going to be solid.

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Well, that clears some things up. Who makes mobos with a 5%-10% defect and are still in business. Anyway. I'm now leaning to the ASROCK 990FXA Extme 3. Not a lot of boards to choose from where I'm at. The only 2 other alternative which is the MSI 990FXA-GD65 and the ASUS sabertooth

 

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I'm personally not a fan of Sabertooth boards, but everyone who has one absolutely loves it.

 

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It looks cool but Its more expensive though. I have to stay on budget with the processor and power supply I'm getting with it

 

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I just ordered the ASRock 990FXA-Extreme 3 mobo... Crossing fingers..

 

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Make sure your DDR3 ram has low profile heat sinks, I use Viper Extreme on a 990FXA-UD5, the V6GT has the clearance for these modules but not with the X6.