Hello, I'm new to the forum and I joined to get opinions of others on these two motherboards. I am going to build a new PC on a budget, and I want to know what the best choice of motherboard is between the ASRock 970 EXTREME3 and GIGABYTE GA 970A DS3. Or if there are any better out there at a similar price.
I already have a power supply and graphics card I am going to continue using, so I am looking to buy a new Motherboard, Processor and RAM to finish my new computer.
I'm from the UK, so forgive the .co.uk website
ASRock 970 EXTREME3
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...+PCI-Express+ATX+Motherboard+?productId=48564
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?model=970 extreme3
GIGABYTE GA 970A DS3
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...+PCI-Express+ATX+Motherboard+?productId=48467
http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4122#ov
Future specs of the new system:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
PSU: OCZ ZS Series 550W 80+ Bronze
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-6100 3.30GHz (3.90GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 6 core
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black LP (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz 1.5v (going to eventually buy another 8GB for 16GB total)
Motherboard: ?
I'll be gaming with the system like I do with my current quite old system... as well as general use, photoshop etc..., In the future I might decide to Crossfire if games become more demanding. But that isn't essential.
Advice/Opinions?
Thank you in advance. , and I appreciate any help.
I already have a power supply and graphics card I am going to continue using, so I am looking to buy a new Motherboard, Processor and RAM to finish my new computer.
I'm from the UK, so forgive the .co.uk website
ASRock 970 EXTREME3
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...+PCI-Express+ATX+Motherboard+?productId=48564
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?model=970 extreme3
GIGABYTE GA 970A DS3
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...+PCI-Express+ATX+Motherboard+?productId=48467
http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4122#ov
Future specs of the new system:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
PSU: OCZ ZS Series 550W 80+ Bronze
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-6100 3.30GHz (3.90GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 6 core
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black LP (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz 1.5v (going to eventually buy another 8GB for 16GB total)
Motherboard: ?
I'll be gaming with the system like I do with my current quite old system... as well as general use, photoshop etc..., In the future I might decide to Crossfire if games become more demanding. But that isn't essential.
Advice/Opinions?
Thank you in advance. , and I appreciate any help.
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