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joh06937

joh06937

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I think the main difference would be crossfire??

How about the cheap 870??

From the above list, I would opt out Asus, purely because it doesn't has USB 3.0
MSI/ Gigabyte, don't know which overclock better...
Personally would go for Gigabyte...
 
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ScottALot said:
but the cooling on this board is phenomenal.
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How do you figure that, cramming the northbridge and mosfets under the same heatsink to give more room for the PCIe slots dont seem to me to be a great way for better cooling. I'm sure if it cooled better they would have done it on boards years ago. Its just a space saving feature. Probable the reason the Asus board used two heatsinks. Plus the MSI has less power phase then the other two. The MSI is a 4+1, Asus is a 6+2 and the Gigabyte is a 8+2
 
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StrangleHold said:
How do you figure that, cramming the northbridge and mosfets under the same heatsink to give more room for the PCIe slots dont seem to me to be a great way for better cooling. I'm sure if it cooled better they would have done it on boards years ago. Its just a space saving feature. Probable the reason the Asus board used two heatsinks. Plus the MSI has less power phase then the other two. The MSI is a 4+1, Asus is a 6+2 and the Gigabyte is a 8+2
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I figure the sheer mass of the thing + MSi's quality = It's gonna cool well... plus, it's the mosfets... big deal.
 
MSI quality, MSI boards sucked untill the last few years. Not saying they are bad now but they didnt use to be nothing but problems. I have RMAed more MSI boards in the past then I can remember. MSI RMA used to be nothing but a hassle too. Dont touch them now no matter what reviews say.

It has the northbridge and mosfets under the same heatsink. And mosfets get (hot)! Other then bad caps, mosfets are the second most thing to burn out on a board.
 
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