ASUS 870 vs 890FX

[Adrenalin33]

I'm pretty much set on getting the AMD x6 1090T chip and am a big ASUS fan. I see a lot of people picking up the Crosshair board but it is 2x the cost of an ASUS 870 board.

Aside from not being able to crossfire multiple GPU what am I missing out on with the 870? From what I have been reading I can't see a ton of other differences aside from the Crosshair being better for aggressive OC.

For the rest of my build I'm planning on buying GSkill Ripjaws 2x2gb DDR3 1600 and a single Radeon GPU for around $200 (not sure what yet). I have no intention of running dual cards at the moment and just have one large monitor (28" HANNS G 1900x1200). I will be running a 60gb SSD for my OS/Apps/StarcraftII and then 1TB WD Hardrive for my data.

ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131647

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131644

And lastly I will be buying Antec Three Hundred Black Steel case so not sure if space would be an issue with the Crosshair board.

Thanks,

PC

 

[nenforcer]

You can still crossfire just not at 16x16 only 8x8 which is really only percentage points difference since both slots are still PCI-E 2.0.

Other than that the only difference is stuff like the onboard sound and arguably higher quality components (capacitors, etc.)

I glanced at the 870 boards on NewEgg and I really like the ASSRock (ASUS subsidiary) 870 Extreme 3 since it includes FireWire and both optical and coaxial digital audio outputs.

Stay away from the iCafe 870 since it costs $9 cheaper but drops these features and has a lower quality audio CODEC.

 

[badboyeee]

If the 870 is considered budget, and the 890fx as high, this would be the mid-range:

Asus 890GX M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 @ $150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131631

Would still give you an option to Crossfire & do some moderate OC'ing..

 

[Adrenalin33]

given those responses I think I'm sticking with the 870. I'm picking up a Radeon 5850 so the integrated graphics on the m4A89GTD is just a waste of money and power since from what I've read it wont crossfire with any decently new boards. And I have a Audigy sound card so onboard audio isn't an issue. Thanks for the replies.

 

[badboyeee]

given those responses I think I'm sticking with the 870. I'm picking up a Radeon 5850 so the integrated graphics on the m4A89GTD is just a waste of money and power since from what I've read it wont crossfire with any decently new boards. And I have a Audigy sound card so onboard audio isn't an issue. Thanks for the replies.

Just don't overclock too high, if you plan to do any It doesn't have proper cooling for anything higher than moderate OC'ing, especially with a hex core..

 

[Face2Face]

How about an 880G ?? I had an ASRock 880G board i picked up for $113.00 off of Newegg months back. I loved it. First time using ASRock and I was very impressed.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-191-_-Product

 

[Rifter]

If you OC at least pick a board with cooling on the VRM's. or if you dont OC ignore that and buy whatever is cheapest.