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Review on ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AMD AM3+ Motherboard with DDR3 1600 Support by Xavier Xavier (Xavie ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Everything in the purchase suits, a very necessary product.

I work sys. admin for 11 years, I took this motherboard in a working car, under the AMD X8 FX-8320 3500MHz processor. Satisfied, did not lose. Good is when nothing bad is noticeable. Works great, no complaints. Just in case, I self-made installed a small cooler on the northbridge radiator. Well, cheap plastic has not yet pleased; at the very first installation of the video card, the part fixing it in the slot shamelessly broke (I guarantee that it was not the fault of crooked hands). Otherwise, it would be foolish to quibble. ### Less than five years have passed, the motherboard is alive, it works with a bang, and therefore I bought this very motherboard again, now for personal purposes, I assembled a computer for my nephew on the AMD FX 8350. I immediately installed the cooler on the northbridge heatsink and, using hot glue, installed aluminum heatsinks from a faulty power supply unit to mosfets, this moment was ignored by the manufacturer. However, he did it more to clear his conscience, because for five years already his mother has been working without radiators and living perfectly. Once again I recommend, a good model.

Pros
  • Excellent, functional mother.
Cons
  • Indeed, the northbridge heats up thoroughly, but this is already common with ASRock motherboards.