ASUS M5A97 motherboard
Hi all,
Motherboard =========== ASUS M5A97 Pro seems out. Now "ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970,DDR3,USB3.0,SATA3 6Gb/s,ATX M/B" is on the market. What will be the difference in performance for working with; CPU - AMD 8-Core FX-8150 3.6GHz/16M RAM - Corsair Vengeance CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10 DDR3 1600MHz 32GB Kit (4x8GB) TIA B.R. satimis |
Both use AMD's 970 chipset, so the expected performance difference should be about 0%. The real difference for them realeasing the R2.0 was to add the "Windows 8 Ready" to it.
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+1 to TobiSGD, no real difference. To be a hardware nut....not quite.
M5A97 is the original version of the M5A97 R2.0. The R 2.0 version has more USB 3.0 ports (an extra header for x 2 ports), updated LAN from Rtk 8111E to F, and it got 'Network iControl' which I havent read up on (but sounds like something I wouldnt care less about). The M5A97 Pro has a different, better sound chip (Rtk ALC892) and jmicron JMB362 eSATA ports that the M5A97 doesnt have. IIRC its also got better voltage controls (wont matter to normal users). |
Hi all,
Thanks for your advice. What is the difference in performance between; ASUS M5A99X EVO AMD 990X,DDR3,USB3.0,SATA3 6Gb/s,ATX M/B and; M5A97 R2.0 M5A97 Pro M5A99X EVO is approx 50% more expensive satimis |
M5A99X Evo is a990X chipset, M5A97* are 970 chipset.
The 990X has more PCIe x16 slots (1 x16 or 2 x8, 1 x4). Support for nVidia SLI (multipule GPUs running together). JMicron JMB362 with 2 x eSATA ports and 2 x SATA-II internal ports. IEEE 1394 (firewire) controller. Rtk ALC892 sound chip. 990X chipset boards sometimes overclock a little better. If you arent going to be doign major overclocks, or running video cards in SLI/Crossfire, theres no real difference between 970 and 990X chipsets. |
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I'll go back to PRO, if not available then R.20. My only worry on R.20 is sound. Whether I can find driver for Linux. What is "jmicron JMB362 eSATA ports" and its use? Thanks satimis |
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There is a few 'R2.0' versions, M5A97 EVO R2.0, M5A97 LE R2.0 and M5A97 R2.0. Quote:
BTW, the newer FX-83XX CPUs are out. A little faster, a little more power efficent, probably worth getting over a FX-81XX. |
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http://wccftech.com/amd-fx8300-vishe...d-benchmarked/ clock of 3.3-3.9GHz NOT much increase compared to; AMD 8-Core FX-8150 3.6GHz/16M CPU [AM3+] Other advice noted. Thanks satimis |
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In general the FX-83XX and other 'piledriver' FX CPUs run faster, and use less power than the older 'bulldozer' FX CPUs- http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/t...-fx4300-tested http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...d-fx-8350.html FX-8300 is the bottom of the 4 module FX-83XX CPUs. FX-8320 is the closest to the FX-8150 in pricing. I'd get a FX-8320 over the FX-8150 any day. |
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