which one is better

big nath

big nath

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right guys what it is I'm building a pc for the first time (super noob)
I've been speced to different mobos and have done some light research
on both it seem like most people leaning towards the

ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0. WHICH IS HERE
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-502-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

And also I've been told to go with this mobo

Gigabyte 970A-UD3 WHICH IS HERE
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-351-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

i got told that the Gigabyte 970A-UD3 is better but also got told that i would
have to update the bioS But like i sed i'm a noob and i want to be able to
just put the pc together and play i don't want to playing around in the bios
but barring in mind i do eventually want to over clock

i'm running AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHzcpu
with this RAM Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

please can some one enlighten me or can anyone tell me a better board for around the same price cheers
 
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The 970's fine if you're not doing SLI/Crossfire. I'd go for the Asus EVO (970 or 990X) because it's got the much better reputation for overclocking on Piledriver CPUs. I think the Gigabyte 990X is being made EOL, as it's hardly available anywhere now.

(You can use SLI/Crossfire on 990 chipsets, but the slots are 16x4x, while on 990FX it's 16x16x)
 
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990FX can run at 16x/16x - 990X does 8x8x.

Some 970 boards do SLI, so I guess it must be capable of having 16x and 8x slots.
 
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