ASRock Also Announces 970M Pro3 Micro-ATX Socket AM3+ Motherboard

btarunr · Mar 26, 2015

In addition to the high bang-for-buck Fatal1ty 970 Performance, ASRock announced one of the very few AMD 9-series chipset based socket AM3+ motherboards in the micro-ATX form-factor, the 970M Pro3. Based on the AMD 970 chipset, and built to be priced well under $99, the 970M Pro3 supports AMD FX processors with TDP of up to 125W (that excludes FX-9000 series). Drawing power from a 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS, the board offers a 5-phase CPU VRM. Expansion slots include one PCI-Express 2.0 x16, one PCIe 2.0 x16 (electrical x4, wired to the southbridge), and one each of PCIe 2.0 x1 and legacy PCI. Storage connectivity on the 970M Pro3 includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. 6-channel HD audio with ELNA capacitors, gigabit Ethernet, and four USB 3.0 ports (two on the rear panel, two by header), make for the rest of its modern connectivity. The board is driven by UEFI BIOS.

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TheinsanegamerN · Mar 26, 2015

Speak of the devil, I had just commented on the other story on the complete lack of micro atx 900 series boards
"4 + 1 Power Phase design"
Goddammit.......

btarunr · Mar 26, 2015

It should look better with Crosshair VI Gene.

TheinsanegamerN · Mar 26, 2015

btarunr said:
It should look better with Crosshair VI Gene.

Has that board ever been officially confirmed? I remember polls for an AMD ROG mATX board two years ago, but nothing has come of it.

btarunr · Mar 26, 2015

TheinsanegamerN said:
Has that board ever been officially confirmed? I remember polls for an AMD ROG mATX board two years ago, but nothing has come of it.

C6Fmla, C6Gene, MSI 990FXA Gaming 7, and I think Gigabyte G1Gaming are in the pipeline, IIRC.

Source is my magic ass, of course. You'll have to take my word for it.

GAR · Mar 26, 2015

Amd needs new chipsets and new cpu's, this chipset been around since 2009

hojnikb · Mar 26, 2015

I bet we're gonna see some "new" boards, based on 760G chipset (yeah, thats a chipset from 2007).

Talk about beating a dead horse.

Chaitanya · Mar 26, 2015

Has anyone else noticed, this motherboard has the stupidest placement of USB 3.0 front panel header right near the rear panel audio connectors.

ManofGod · Mar 26, 2015

Chaitanya said:
Has anyone else noticed, this motherboard has the stupidest placement of USB 3.0 front panel header right near the rear panel audio connectors.

Actually, considering where everything else is, that is a good place for the USB 3 header to be. Otherwise, the only other place to put it would block the primary PCIe slot. This is a mATX board afterall.

peche · Mar 26, 2015

ManofGod said:
This is a mATX board afterall.

the point here....

ManofGod · Mar 26, 2015

My only disappointment with this board is that it was not developed a lot sooner. I recall hearing folks saying they did not buy AMD because there were no mATX FX boards available. Now, this board is only worth it for me as a new, secondary build. However, I can no longer buy an FX 8300 or 8310 cheap anymore.

peche · Mar 26, 2015

ManofGod said:
My only disappointment with this board is that it was not developed a lot sooner. I recall hearing folks saying they did not buy AMD because there were no mATX FX boards available. Now, this board is only worth it for me as a new, secondary build. However, I can no longer buy an FX 8300 or 8310 cheap anymore.

what about Fx6300?
also this board:
Asus M5A78L-M:

im waiting mine. for crunching !

ManofGod · Mar 26, 2015

peche said:
what about Fx6300?
also this board:
Asus M5A78L-M:

im waiting mine. for crunching !

Except, at least for me, without 8320 or 8350 support, that board made no real sense at all.

peche · Mar 26, 2015

you were looking for a cheapss amd chip and motherboard?

ManofGod · Mar 26, 2015

peche said:
you were looking for a cheapss amd chip and motherboard?

mATX does not have to be cheap. That said, I am not going to spend $40 more for a cpu that was on sale at a cost of $89 when I do not need a new build. Someday, eventually, I am going to build a separate machine that I will install Linux on but for now, I do not need it.

peche · Mar 26, 2015

ManofGod said:
mATX does not have to be cheap. That said, I am not going to spend $40 more for a cpu that was on sale at a cost of $89 when I do not need a new build. Someday, eventually, I am going to build a separate machine that I will install Linux on but for now, I do not need it.

my bad,

lastcalaveras · Mar 27, 2015

ManofGod said:
Actually, considering where everything else is, that is a good place for the USB 3 header to be. Otherwise, the only other place to put it would block the primary PCIe slot. This is a mATX board afterall.

also the 970 chipset does not have native USB 3.0, so it'd be a lot of trouble from the USB 3.0 controller near the rear i/o to run traces past the northbridge on this board to the front.

Mr B · Mar 27, 2015

GAR said:
Amd needs new chipsets and new cpu's, this chipset been around since 2009

If it ain't broke why fix it?

Frick · Mar 27, 2015

Mr B said:
If it ain't broke why fix it?

They're not broken, but they sure are old.

Chaitanya · Mar 27, 2015

ManofGod said:
Actually, considering where everything else is, that is a good place for the USB 3 header to be. Otherwise, the only other place to put it would block the primary PCIe slot. This is a mATX board afterall.

I really like the right angled USB 3.0 header found on MSI boards. It doesn't come in the way of any add-in card on the motherboard also there is little chance that connector can come off . On the other hand the one near the rear panel will be a headache with aftermarket Tower styles CPU coolers and AIO water cooling kits(120mm and 140mm which mount to rear of case).

micropage7 · Mar 27, 2015

i like that, black and white looks classic and the board looks pretty normal, no bling-bling hsf, no oversize fans

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Mar 27, 2015

peche said:
what about Fx6300?
also this board:
Asus M5A78L-M:

im waiting mine. for crunching !

@peche I have one of those crunching and 2 of these. The Gigabyte matx boards I use seem to a better board and oc my fx8350's pretty good.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4602#ov

peche · Mar 28, 2015

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
@peche I have one of those crunching and 2 of these. The Gigabyte matx boards I use seem to a better board and oc my fx8350's pretty good.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4602#ov

i listed that board because @Knoxx29 gifted me that setup!
i will come in like 22 days, so thats its going to be my next rig!

Mr B · Mar 29, 2015

Frick said:
They're not broken, but they sure are old.

So when something is old is has to be replaced irrespective of whether it would be actually worthwhile?

Frick · Mar 29, 2015

Mr B said:
So when something is old is has to be replaced irrespective of whether it would be actually worthwhile?

Obviosly no, but this is a 2015 motherboard with 2009 technology. In practice it doesn't matter much because it has USB 3 and SATA 6gbps, but still.

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