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That was a real problem with AM3+. A lot of the boards weren't equipped to deal with the newer FX chips that came out, even on [H] and other places there were reports of boards catching on fire.As it stands, I'd rather have an FM2+ based rig if I was going ITX (since finally some decent options exist for it), but the platform doesn't support ECC. Actually, I don't even know if those 2 specific AM3+ motherboards you guys mentioned above even support ECC, despite the fact the CPUs will.Some FM2+ boards got new revisions to support the 7870K (Godaveri or Kaveri Refresh chip), like the MSI A88XI AC V2 to make sure they could handle the chip - even though AMD stated the same TDP as the 7850K they are now wary based on the problems with AM3+.
That was a real problem with AM3+. A lot of the boards weren't equipped to deal with the newer FX chips that came out, even on [H] and other places there were reports of boards catching on fire.
As it stands, I'd rather have an FM2+ based rig if I was going ITX (since finally some decent options exist for it), but the platform doesn't support ECC. Actually, I don't even know if those 2 specific AM3+ motherboards you guys mentioned above even support ECC, despite the fact the CPUs will.
Some FM2+ boards got new revisions to support the 7870K (Godaveri or Kaveri Refresh chip), like the MSI A88XI AC V2 to make sure they could handle the chip - even though AMD stated the same TDP as the 7850K they are now wary based on the problems with AM3+.
