ASRock 890FX Deluxe3/4 advice

[Bucknuts]

From the reviews I've read these are not bad MB's but OC'ing is a bit lower. Anyone have either of these 2 mb's because priced at $150/160 there cheap, and I'm not trying to build a high end PC so trying to sorta low end the prices as much as i can. Will be using a 1075T CPU, and Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1600 decided on that. Any help on these 2 MB's would be greatly appreciated. Would be useing these items from my curent setup.

COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Cooler Master V8/Cooler Master 90cfm fan
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 970/1150
EVGA GeForce GT 240 600/1400/1800 (PhysX)

 

[QuietIce]

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No experience with the ASRocks but, IMO, the Biostar is a better option and it's cheaper.
Biostar TA890FXE $140

This ASUS is a much better option, though it does cost a bit more.
ASUS M4A89TD $175

 

[Bucknuts]

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No experience with the ASRocks but, IMO, the Biostar is a better option and it's cheaper.
Biostar TA890FXE $140

This ASUS is a much better option, though it does cost a bit more.
ASUS M4A89TD $175

problem with the Biostar is if the 6870's come down in prics so I can CF, only lanes left are 2 pci's. The Asus board would be nice but only 2 pcie 16 lanes. So next step up would be Gigabyte or MSI. Thanks for the reply tho

 

[QuietIce]

???? I'm not sure what you're saying here. Both boards have 2x 16-bit PCIe.

The ASUS IS limited to only those two PCIe 16's but the Biostar has 4 PCIe 16's (slot size) plus a couple of PCI's.

Are you talking about running triple video cards or something? The Biostar can do that ...

 

[Bucknuts]

???? I'm not sure what you're saying here. Both boards have 2x 16-bit PCIe.

The ASUS IS limited to only those two PCIe 16's but the Biostar has 4 PCIe 16's (slot size) plus a couple of PCI's.

Are you talking about running triple video cards or something? The Biostar can do that ...

6870's are double slot card's so each card would take away a open pcie, trying to keep where if I CF later I can still use my PhysX card also, even tho i only have 3 games that suport it. It's a real pain wanting to go cheap but still have all the slots I want.

 

[Bucknuts]

By the way I really wish the Biostar would work for me for future proofing because it was my first choice because of here
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6076244&CatId=5541 even cheaper