Help choosing a 990FX mobo

[lukart]

Hey guys, winter came.. and my unfortunately I think my MSI mobo died with the cold winter, before I had already soo many issues with it and as such I need a replacement.
Looking for a mobo with CF options, for my 2 290!
what do you guys suggest? Trying to stay out of MSI for a while ...

 

[xLegenday]

Good pricing for the specs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-576-_-Product

 

[ocer9999]

You can try a Gigabyte, Asus or Asrock if you want to avoid MSI, starts at just above $110 or so:

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-514-_-Product

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-479-_-Product

ASRock 990FX Extreme6 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-576-_-Product

ASUS M5A99FX PRO - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131851

 

[leedreamer189]

Prices are not bad, it was pretty expensive when these first came out.

 

[alkemyst]

I have a version 1 of the 990FXA-UD3 above that's still humming. I run my 955 Phenom at 3.8GHz on it.

 

[schmuckley]

Did i I mention CHV is really the only one?
if not..it is.
of notable mention: Sabertoof 990fx and TA990FXE
anything else and you're peeing into the wind.

 

[alkemyst]

Did i I mention CHV is really the only one?
if not..it is.
of notable mention: Sabertoof 990fx and TA990FXE
anything else and you're peeing into the wind.

Premium motherboards are not really needed.

If the OP has the budget/willing to spend nearly double what the other recommendations are, then could be an option.

 

[WT]

I was looking at both the Killer and the Extreme6, but to further confuse the issue, there is also a Professional that features 12+2 phase power for the best overclocks out of the higher wattage FX CPUs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157267

I agree with Alky as well. You really don't need a premium board, as most 990s are very similar, but for only $110-120, it trounces the prices we are seeing for the Intel X99 boards (albeit with additional features galore - get with the program, AMD !!)

 

[rancherlee]

Did i I mention CHV is really the only one?
if not..it is.
of notable mention: Sabertoof 990fx and TA990FXE
anything else and you're peeing into the wind.

If your trying to run 5.0ghz+ @ 1.5v or higher, than yes. No complaints about my FX pro r2 and the VRMs stay happy up to around 4.8 @ 1.45v in my experiance with them, after that they need a fan actively cooling the heatsink and behind the socket. We don't even know what chip the OP has to run on it.

 

[wangotango]

With many boards in the field, the Asus M5A99FX PRO is the best bang for the buck and is very stable. A lot of board for the money considering the chip-set. I am not a fan of ASRock or MSI boards for their flaky voltage regulation. Just my experience based on many builds and repair.

 

[lukart]

I was looking at both the Killer and the Extreme6, but to further confuse the issue, there is also a Professional that features 12+2 phase power for the best overclocks out of the higher wattage FX CPUs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157267

I agree with Alky as well. You really don't need a premium board, as most 990s are very similar, but for only $110-120, it trounces the prices we are seeing for the Intel X99 boards (albeit with additional features galore - get with the program, AMD !!)

Same here, I was more for the Xtreme 6 that in my price range...

 

[lukart]

With many boards in the field, the Asus M5A99FX PRO is the best bang for the buck and is very stable. A lot of board for the money considering the chip-set. I am not a fan of ASRock or MSI boards for their flaky voltage regulation. Just my experience based on many builds and repair.

I been told Asus had its own bad stories around their mobo, I think most of the companies when trying to innovate eventually they loss it somewhere along the way :ninja:

 

[nenforcer]

The ASSRock Extreme 6 is the newest member of the 990FX boards and has the latest Realtek ALC1150 audio CODEC and Qualcomm Atheros Ethernet.

However, I still prefer the older but 12+2 Phase ASSRock Extreme 9 with Realtek ALC898 and Intel Gigabit Ethernet especially if you are intending to run one of the 220W AMD FX 9370 / 9590.

It's what I'm using in my Windows 10 build next year. I've said it before if you can look past the power gulping chipset + CPU I think these AMD FX 8 core chips are going to have a longer than anticipated life since both of the consoles this generation (Sony PS4 / Microsoft XBONE) are using 8-core AMD Jaguar class cores.

 

[leedreamer189]

I checked around and seems that Newegg carries the Extreme 6 for $139, didn't really see this on other online shops.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[ocer9999]

If you're willing to shell out a little more, I'd suggest the Asrock Exteme9.

Lots of comments you can check out:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-358-_-Product

 

[slumbarr]

12+2 Phase on the ASRock Extreme 9 is nice and will last you awhile.