PC Configuration HELP

[RiGOD]

^^With better IPC and power management features Piledriver series will perform better than FX series for sure.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

Exactly Piledriver is a successor of the Bulldozer right?

 

[ArjunKiller]

Yes. Also look at the Gigabyte Ga-970-UD3 over the Asus motherboard since the gigabyte board has 8+2 phase vrm while the asus board has 4+2 phase vrm. Vrms are essential if you are overclocking.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

Thanks Arjun but i will not be OC'ing more than 3.6 GHz and the Asus should suffice for me

 

[ArjunKiller]

Get the M5A88-M then.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

I want an ATX mobo with Dual PCi-e x16 slots

 

[ArjunKiller]

M5A97 doesnt have dual pci x16. it has x16-x4

 

[CarlonSamuels]

and the M5A97 is the cheapest AM3+ ATX mobo with UBS 3.0 ,SLI/CrossfireX support and 4 Memory Slots.

Nope it has 2 generation 2.0 PCIe x16 slots,my friend is using it to SLI two GT 520 's

 

[the_conqueror]

and the M5A97 is the cheapest AM3+ ATX mobo with UBS 3.0 ,SLI/CrossfireX support and 4 Memory Slots.

Nope it has 2 generation 2.0 PCIe x16 slots,my friend is using it to crossfire two GT 520 's

Crossfiring an Nvidia card ! WTH ! I'm sure you meant SLI. And he has SLIed gt 520, for what, watching HD movies, HUH ! SLI is good when you use 2 high end cards like gtx 680, gtx 670 or 2 mid range cards like gtx 560ti.
You should think over getting a good single gpu instead of a SLI setup with 2 entry level gpus.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

Typo sorry i meant SLI

No i am not going to SLI two GT 520's i said my friend has done it.
I only said it because Arjun had said it does not have 2 PCIe x16 slots

 

[the_conqueror]

I think you are talking about the M5A97 Pro motherboard. Because, AFAIK, M5A97 supports only xfire at x4 speeds.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

ASUS M5A97 Motherboard | Motherboard | Flipkart.com

I am talking about this one Flpikart shows two PCie x16 slots but picture shows x4

yes x16 slot with x4 speed

 

[the_conqueror]

It'll support Xfire only, no SLI. Go for gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 @ 6.6K. It has better feature set.

 

[Cilus]

But mind it that the Gigabyte motherboard will also not support SLI, only CF.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

Are there any limitations to performance if i CF with one x16 slot and one
x4 slots

 

[RiGOD]

Check this post. It should clear the air.

 

[Cilus]

Are there any limitations to performance if i CF with one x16 slot and one
x4 slots

Ya, you can. AMD Crossfire is supported @ X16-X4 setup but Nvidia SLI isn't. For that you need minimum X8-X8 configuration. So bare minimum is 990X chipset based AMD motherboards.

 

[avinandan012]

X16-x4 Imo is not worth it.

Then go for ASUS ROG series boards otherwise be gone with a single high performing card

 

[d6bmg]

Are there any limitations to performance if i CF with one x16 slot and one
x4 slots

If you don't have plans to run corssfireX setup, then buy any board having 16X-8X slots.

 

[Cilus]

Asrock 990FX Extreme 3 is available at 8.5K in Primeabgb. That one is a good option if you want to go for Multi-GPU setting.