- AMD 970
- FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series
- DDR3 2000(OC) /1866
Good value
06/20/2013
This review is from: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Pros:
Great features for the price
Plenty of USB ports
USB 3.0, 2x external and 2x internal
Dual BIOS prevents BIOS flashing tragedies
Good for overclocking
Cons:
Terrible placement of SATA ports
NB and chipset run hot
Overall Review:
Been my main board for a year and a half, running an FX-4100 OC'ed to 4.2 GHz. It's been a champ. I did add a couple 40mm fans to keep the chips cool, but it hasn't let me down once.
The other commenters aren't exaggerating about the SATA ports though, if you have more than 1 HDD you practically have to disassemble the thing to get at them. That's REALLY annoying, enough to drop it an egg. But if you don't have a lot of drives, and never add/remove them, it shouldn't be much of a problem.
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- Kristofer R.
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