thought i knew which mobo to buy, it was removed from new egg

[Thornton]

idk if the ASRock 990FX EXTREME3 mobo i was looking at is only out of stock or if its gone, but i have to go back and ask for help, i was looking at gigabyte boards. but i need some specifics and asthetics counts...

am3/am3+
preferably 3 pcie 16
2+ pcie 1
atleast 1 pci
quad channel ram, but if possible but not rquierd, i like being able to go to 32 gb of ram
usb 3.0 and 2.0
sata 3.0 6gb/ps
prety decent heat sinks
i like matte gunmetal and charcole black

but heres the kicker, i need this under $160

to be honest, if the ASRock 990FX EXTREME3 is worth 140 from somewone else instead of 120 from new egg, ill go for it, but i dont get the point in spending money if its not worth it in the long run.

another board i looked at was ASRock 990FX EXTREME4 the extreme 4 model looked interesting but i need more black and less blue and white.i can MAKE it work but i would need a little bit more assurance its worth the money

 

[Britton30]

It's still there... Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Motherboards, AMD Motherboards, ASRock, AM3+

Sorry, it's the ASRock 990FX Extreme4, the 3 has been deactivated, no longer available.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281

 

[Thornton]

It's still there... Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Motherboards, AMD Motherboards, ASRock, AM3+

Sorry, it's the ASRock 990FX Extreme4, the 3 has been deactivated, no longer available.
Newegg.com - ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

yep... and thats my problem, they sold it for 120, everywhere else sells it for upwords of 150-180. so if anyone knows of a board within my requierments. or if anyone knows if it would be still worth getting the 990fx from someone else. or if the 990fx EXT.4 is worth the money youd spend on new egg...

 

[stormy13]

This is likely why they are getting hard to find,

AMD 1090FX and 1070 Chipsets Disclosed, No PCI Express 3.0 | techPowerUp

new chipset coming soon so old gets discontinued, making it a matter of supply and demand.

Also,

quad channel ram, but if possible but not rquierd

Hope you meant 4 slots and not quad channel, as there isn't an AMD CPU made (yet, and no idea if there will be) that supports running ram in quad channel.

 

[Thornton]

This is likely why they are getting hard to find,

AMD 1090FX and 1070 Chipsets Disclosed, No PCI Express 3.0 | techPowerUp

new chipset coming soon so old gets discontinued, making it a matter of supply and demand.

Also,

quad channel ram, but if possible but not rquierd

Hope you meant 4 slots and not quad channel, as there isn't an AMD CPU made (yet, and no idea if there will be) that supports running ram in quad channel.

no i know, its a "marketing gimmick" as of now doesnt exist, but sounds cooler than just saying 4 slots

 

[Britton30]

I think going with the 990X or 990FX chipset will make you a bit more future proof.

 

[whs]

With NewEgg you have to be patient. They revamp their site every day. Could very well be that the board is back next week. I assume you get their email feed. If not, subscribe.

 

[Britton30]

Good point whs, in this Christmas they are updating more often. If you subscribe to their emails you'll get access to more deals then too.

 

[Thornton]

Good point whs, in this Christmas they are updating more often. If you subscribe to their emails you'll get access to more deals then too.

sounds good, thank you, and thank you WHS, you said the 990fx would make me a bit more future proof... the EXT3, ore the EXT4? just to get clarification

 

[Britton30]

ASRock 990FX Extreme4

 

[Thornton]

ASRock 990FX Extreme4

ok ty very much

 

[Thornton]

ASRock 990FX Extreme4

ok ty very much

so heres what my builds going to look like...
*means i already own it

990fx board
amd 1100t processor
16gb of 1866 G-Skil ram
creAtive soundblaster X-Fi Titanium
*ATi 6970 2gb
H100 water cooling
im going to sleeve almost all the cables UV active orange myself

 

[Britton30]

Looks like a great setup. You might compare reviews for the H80 vs the H100. Some have found the single fan H80 cools better.

Post up some pics of the build.

 

[Thornton]

Looks like a great setup. You might compare reviews for the H80 vs the H100. Some have found the single fan H80 cools better.

Post up some pics of the build.

will do, will check out those reviews also

 

[Britton30]

Hmmm, I guess there is Quad-channel memory after all:shock:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS P9X79 DELUXE

 

[stormy13]

Notice I said AMD.

 

[Thornton]

Hmmm, I guess there is Quad-channel memory after all:shock:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS P9X79 DELUXE

but does it really exist... alot of people online say there is no such thing, and that its just a marketing term. i kndof knew it was, i had never heard the term till i heard someone else use it, and it snowballed, but people online say its just a prettier way of saying 4 slots

 

[stormy13]

Calling the memory quad channel is marketing, but the new socket 2011 CPU's do support running quad channel,

Intel® Core

Of course it will cost you close to $1000.00 for the motherboard and CPU,

Newegg.com - ASUS P9X79 DELUXE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K

 

[Britton30]

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, ASUS, Intel Motherboards, LGA 2011 See the ROG version, $469:shock: The new Intel chips support 32GB memory and the boards, 64GB.