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Windows 7 - Opinions on my new mobo that i am getting please. |
10-24-2011
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Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1 |
Opinions on my new mobo that i am getting please.
Please post your opinions on this mobo, that i am purchasing soon. Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard [] | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customised
OS Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1
CPU AMD Phenom II X5 955 @ 3200 Mhz
Motherboard Asus M5A99X EVO
Memory G.Skill 12GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card Palit GeForce GTX 550 Ti OC Sonic 1GB
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays LG 32" HDTV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard ADVENT Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse Genius
PSU Colors-IT 750w BLACK 12CM Silent
Case Xigamatek CPC-T45UB-U01 Asgard Chassis
Cooling 4 120mm Fans In Total
Hard Drives Internal 250GB SATA 3.0 Western Digital WDC WD25 00AAKX-001CA0
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Seagate ST350041 3AS
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Western Digital WDC WD50 00AAKS-00WWP
External 1TB USB 2.0 Western Digital
External 2TB USB 2.0 Buffalo
Internet Speed 30MB
Other Info CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler
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10-24-2011
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#2 | |
Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8 |
I don't know much about the board, but the specs look good. Hope you are happy with it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew - Always under construction
OS Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8
CPU intel i7-2600K
Motherboard Asus P8Z68 V-Pro/GEN 3
Memory 8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-2133 (2X4GB)
Graphics Card EVGA 670 2GB
Sound Card Asus Xonar
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD VW246H
Screen Resolution 1920X1080
Keyboard Logitech G510
Mouse Logitech G500/Logitech Wireless
PSU CORSAIR HX850W
Case Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling Corsair H100 w/ 4 noctua fans in push/pull.
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB,Crucial M4 64GB,Samsung HD103SJ 1TB, 1TB WD FAEX,Samsung 1.5TB, EXTERNAL HD- 2X Rosewill case esata w/ 1TB Samsung spinpoints & Black X esata 1TB Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Spinpoint, Seagate GOFlex Pro 500GB & 750GB USB
Internet Speed Foot Messenger speed
Other Info 2nd Computer- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" Laptop i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64.
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10-25-2011
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#3 | |
Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by essenbe  I don't know much about the board, but the specs look good. Hope you are happy with it. To be honest, i really like the specs. I really want to get a better PC than my current one. 
Does it look like it can do SLI? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customised
OS Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1
CPU AMD Phenom II X5 955 @ 3200 Mhz
Motherboard Asus M5A99X EVO
Memory G.Skill 12GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card Palit GeForce GTX 550 Ti OC Sonic 1GB
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays LG 32" HDTV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard ADVENT Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse Genius
PSU Colors-IT 750w BLACK 12CM Silent
Case Xigamatek CPC-T45UB-U01 Asgard Chassis
Cooling 4 120mm Fans In Total
Hard Drives Internal 250GB SATA 3.0 Western Digital WDC WD25 00AAKX-001CA0
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Seagate ST350041 3AS
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Western Digital WDC WD50 00AAKS-00WWP
External 1TB USB 2.0 Western Digital
External 2TB USB 2.0 Buffalo
Internet Speed 30MB
Other Info CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler
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10-25-2011
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Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8 |
It only has 1 piceX16 slot. Just buy a better card and run 1. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew - Always under construction
OS Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8
CPU intel i7-2600K
Motherboard Asus P8Z68 V-Pro/GEN 3
Memory 8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-2133 (2X4GB)
Graphics Card EVGA 670 2GB
Sound Card Asus Xonar
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD VW246H
Screen Resolution 1920X1080
Keyboard Logitech G510
Mouse Logitech G500/Logitech Wireless
PSU CORSAIR HX850W
Case Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling Corsair H100 w/ 4 noctua fans in push/pull.
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB,Crucial M4 64GB,Samsung HD103SJ 1TB, 1TB WD FAEX,Samsung 1.5TB, EXTERNAL HD- 2X Rosewill case esata w/ 1TB Samsung spinpoints & Black X esata 1TB Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Spinpoint, Seagate GOFlex Pro 500GB & 750GB USB
Internet Speed Foot Messenger speed
Other Info 2nd Computer- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" Laptop i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64.
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10-25-2011
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YTBOY83,
No SLI but yes on the Crossfire you have 1 x16 blue and 1 x4 black PCIe slots. You will take a performance hit with the 1 x4 slot and likely would be better as mentioned to upgrade mobo or stay with one premium GPU ! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU AMD 965 Phenom II X4 3.4 BE, OC'd stable at 4.1
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70
Memory 16 gb G. Skill Z Series 2133 DDR3 9-10-9-28 @ 1866
Graphics Card (2) Crossfired MSI R5770 Hawk's OC'd
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via hdmi/d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case Thermaltake Element V Black Edition
Cooling 15 case fans w/speed control,Corsair H100 in P/P, gpu fans
Hard Drives (2) 128 gb Crucial m4 SSD drive sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Seagate Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Seagate Freeagent go's/usb
(1) 80 gb Seagate Barracuda/sata
(1) 64 gb Crucial C300
Internet Speed Some where between the worst and bearable
Other Info 3 Noctua fans + 4 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Ultra 2.5 dual hot swap drive bays for SSD's
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Ultra MD3 media reader, IO ports & fan controller
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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10-25-2011
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Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1 |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customised
OS Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1
CPU AMD Phenom II X5 955 @ 3200 Mhz
Motherboard Asus M5A99X EVO
Memory G.Skill 12GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card Palit GeForce GTX 550 Ti OC Sonic 1GB
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays LG 32" HDTV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard ADVENT Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse Genius
PSU Colors-IT 750w BLACK 12CM Silent
Case Xigamatek CPC-T45UB-U01 Asgard Chassis
Cooling 4 120mm Fans In Total
Hard Drives Internal 250GB SATA 3.0 Western Digital WDC WD25 00AAKX-001CA0
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Seagate ST350041 3AS
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Western Digital WDC WD50 00AAKS-00WWP
External 1TB USB 2.0 Western Digital
External 2TB USB 2.0 Buffalo
Internet Speed 30MB
Other Info CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler
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10-25-2011
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Using its slightly bigger brother right now, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS M5A97 EVO
has a couple of more USB and SATA ports on it, and have been very pleased with it so far and had zero problems with it. It will run CrossfireX, but not SLI.
If you want SLI you have to go up to the other board you linked to, or any other 990X/990FX motherboard. And yes the second one you linked too does both. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me
OS Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Phenom II x4 955 @ 4 GHz.
Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850
Sound Card X-Fi Xtreme Music w/ Logitech X-530
Monitor(s) Displays Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Wave
Mouse Logitech G5 v2
PSU Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case Antec Three Hundred
Cooling Cooler Master 212 EVO
Hard Drives 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
Internet Speed 24000/1000
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10-25-2011
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#8 | |
Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by stormy13 Using its slightly bigger brother right now, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS M5A97 EVO
has a couple of more USB and SATA ports on it, and have been very pleased with it so far and had zero problems with it. It will run CrossfireX, but not SLI.
If you want SLI you have to go up to the other board you linked to, or any other 990X/990FX motherboard. And yes the second one you linked too does both. Thank you. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customised
OS Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1
CPU AMD Phenom II X5 955 @ 3200 Mhz
Motherboard Asus M5A99X EVO
Memory G.Skill 12GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card Palit GeForce GTX 550 Ti OC Sonic 1GB
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays LG 32" HDTV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard ADVENT Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse Genius
PSU Colors-IT 750w BLACK 12CM Silent
Case Xigamatek CPC-T45UB-U01 Asgard Chassis
Cooling 4 120mm Fans In Total
Hard Drives Internal 250GB SATA 3.0 Western Digital WDC WD25 00AAKX-001CA0
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Seagate ST350041 3AS
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Western Digital WDC WD50 00AAKS-00WWP
External 1TB USB 2.0 Western Digital
External 2TB USB 2.0 Buffalo
Internet Speed 30MB
Other Info CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler
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11-25-2011
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#9 | |
Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1 |
I eventually got my new mobo a few weeks back, it is brilliant. The best ever. It does everthing brilliant.
Mobo - Asus M5A99X EVO.
Thank you so much for all the advice. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customised
OS Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate Edition SP1
CPU AMD Phenom II X5 955 @ 3200 Mhz
Motherboard Asus M5A99X EVO
Memory G.Skill 12GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card Palit GeForce GTX 550 Ti OC Sonic 1GB
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays LG 32" HDTV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard ADVENT Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse Genius
PSU Colors-IT 750w BLACK 12CM Silent
Case Xigamatek CPC-T45UB-U01 Asgard Chassis
Cooling 4 120mm Fans In Total
Hard Drives Internal 250GB SATA 3.0 Western Digital WDC WD25 00AAKX-001CA0
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Seagate ST350041 3AS
Internal 500GB SATA 2.0 Western Digital WDC WD50 00AAKS-00WWP
External 1TB USB 2.0 Western Digital
External 2TB USB 2.0 Buffalo
Internet Speed 30MB
Other Info CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler
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