ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

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ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70?

Poll ended at Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:22 pm

ASUS Crosshair III
5
83%
MSI 790FX-GD70
1
17%
 
Total votes: 6

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ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

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I'm getting ready to begin a new project and I cannot decide which of these two boards to use. The MSI board has room for 4 PCIe cards which could equate to one heck of a Crossfire setup later but may turn out to be completely useless.

The ASUS board has the ASUS name and quality reputation in addition to the better sound card of the two machines.

Which of the two boards do you guys like and why?
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Re: ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

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I have an MSI and and a few ASUS boards up and running but,
IMHO ASUS will be my first choice everytime!
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Re: ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

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Which Crosshair are you running?
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Re: ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

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Skippman wrote:Which Crosshair are you running?
First Generation!
ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)
AMD 3400G - 32G GSkill RipJaw V - {Win10} Pro 64bit, Win11 Update
Corsair H100i RGB PRO XT 240mm AIO Cooler
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ASUS 27" LED LCD monitor - Lepai 2x20W Amp - Dayton B652 Spkrs

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Re: ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

Post by camaroguy1998 »

So what board did you finally go with?
I am considering the Crosshair III Formula with an AMD 965BE
Not sure is there anything out there better?
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AMD 3400G - 32G GSkill RipJaw V - {Win10} Pro 64bit, Win11 Update
Corsair H100i RGB PRO XT 240mm AIO Cooler
Corsair RM750X PSU - Corsair Force MP600 M.2 2280 1TB SSD
ASUS 27" LED LCD monitor - Lepai 2x20W Amp - Dayton B652 Spkrs

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Re: ASUS Crosshair III vs. MSI 790FX-GD70

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I'm seriously considering the Crosshair III as well for my next upgrade it looks sweet.
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