Msi or Asus for a amd build

[medichawk1]

Ok so if anyone can add there advice I would greatly apriciate it. I have 2 mb picked out an asus m4a87td evo and a msi 870a-g54. They both are very similar. What I was wondering is one better than the other. As in oc,ease of use,etc. Will put in a x6. So if any of you have one or had one give me some input. The last build I did a few years ago was my first and it was an asus but it did not offer really any oc. Thanks and I look forward to reading your input

 

[mb103051]

m4a87td evo looks good with plenty of voltage regulation but the only thing that bothers me is no mosfet cooling via a heatsink...these amd 6 core has burnt some boards mosfets..i dont think it was this board though..i think it was boards with 4 or 6 regulators...this evo board looks pretty stout...if i was buying this board i honestly would think about putting an aftermarket heatsink on those mosfets...if cost is high enough then you might consider a 890 board...
looking close at the board now a cooler is not going to fit due to a cap being in the way..
reviews are pretty good on this board...kinda up to you but if your going to o/clock i believe i personally would would go with a 890 board..running stock the evo would be fine...do a search to see what guys are saying about running a 6 core on this board....

 

[medichawk1]

Thanks for your help cause I really didn't think about that.

 

[superccs]

I am using a MSI 890gx with much success and it performs very well for teh very little cash I paid for it.

 

[Jadow]

I have teh 870a-g54 and it is solid. Works great, no complaints

 

[medichawk1]

Thanks guys for your help. superccs and jadow im sure i know the answer but are you over clocking those and what cpu do you guys have on those

 

[flexcore]

m4a87td evo looks good with plenty of voltage regulation but the only thing that bothers me is no mosfet cooling via a heatsink...these amd 6 core has burnt some boards mosfets..i dont think it was this board though..i think it was boards with 4 or 6 regulators...this evo board looks pretty stout...if i was buying this board i honestly would think about putting an aftermarket heatsink on those mosfets...if cost is high enough then you might consider a 890 board...
looking close at the board now a cooler is not going to fit due to a cap being in the way..
reviews are pretty good on this board...kinda up to you but if your going to o/clock i believe i personally would would go with a 890 board..running stock the evo would be fine...do a search to see what guys are saying about running a 6 core on this board....

This is good advice. Some boards had issues when OCing due to either poor quality or insufficient VRMs. I have read about MSI being one of the biggest offenders. That is not to say all their boards have these issues, they don't. I think the Asus, installing aftermarket VRM HS, is what I would pick if only those two were my options.

 

[medichawk1]

im starting to look at the 890 boards now instead. reading more about them seems to be a better way to go. any real difference in a 890gx v 890fx. And now who to pick asus or gigabyte lol. thanks

also i see the 980 but no 6gb sata or 3.0 usb just wondering if this one whould be better than the 890's and sacrifice the sata and usb.

 

[flexcore]

I would stay away from 980, thats nvivia chipset, unless you need sli support. the FX has IOMMU support for hardware vitrualization in VMs whereas the GX don't. I have heard some say they can sometimes get a little extra OC with FX, but I love the one i got.

 

[medichawk1]

after a long look im going with the asus 890gx.(now if anyone can get the wife to let me build another lol)

 

[superccs]

I OC'ed a 1055T on stock voltage with turbo enabled to get a FSB of 243Mhz. That gets me 3.4Ghz and 4.0Ghz with turbo. No stability issues at all with a Arctic cooling Freezer.

 

[denis280]

Both are good.but my opinion i whould go with asus

 

[flpxjs]

Biostar TA870+ IS GOOD