Looking for a good benching mobo

[computernerd]

Hey all, I'm currently in the market for an AM2/AM2+/AM3 mobo with DDR3 capability, and that scales well with OC'ing. Anyone have any personal recommendations?

And don't worry about budget, I'm working on that

 

[RGone]

So the board you buy does not have to be upgradable to later FX series processor?

 

[computernerd]

Well, it couldn't hurt I suppose.

 

[RGone]

Well the suppose part would make a LARGE difference in what a knowledgeable suggestion would be. If a BDozer enters the mix then I would only be able to suggest the cheapest version of a GigaByte board since their more premium price boards do not have LLC yet. This means to me Asus 990 boards and Asrock 990 boards would be all I would look at. However if there is NO thought of upgrade to BDozer, then the suggestion route may change a good bit.

Such variances in making recommendations make the task and results sometimes daunting.
RGone...ster.

 

[computernerd]

Well, atm I'm not necessarily looking for upgrade-proofing, so-to-speak, I'm mostly looking for a secondary board that I can use aftermarket CPU sinks on for reviews.

But again, I'm still working on saving up the extra cash for this.

 

[RGone]

ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
AM3+ Ready w/ UEFI BIOS, DIP2, SLI/CrossfireX

Pretty good mobo and works with BDozer for sure. If you go to Newegg and AMD mobo and Asus and AM3+ you will see that Asus "claims" to have some 890 chipset boards that will work with BDozer(FX) cpus and makes them a little cheaper. Myself, I likely would go with 990x chipset board to make sure I could upgrade to BDozer when the next release of BD type comes.