A good Haswell board for non-overclocker, non-gamer

[Steve Black]

Hi

Can you suggest a good motherboard for a non-overclocker? This is for a home computer with Haswell processor. The computer is basically used for Adobe CS6 master collection work and as a media streamer with lots of storage attached directly or through Wifi.

I don't want to overclock. I do not play games, so multiple GPU is not needed either. I have a GTX470 Graphic card which I don't intend to change now as my CS6 usage is not too much.

At the same time I am willing to have the best chipset and board in other functionality. Price is no issue.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Tradesman1]

I'd stick to the Z87 and prob suggest the ASRock Pro3 or Pro 4 - good features, reasonable prices

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157370
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157381

 

[Steve Black]

Thanks Tradesman1, anything from Asus/Gigabyte?

I have been kind of staying off ASRock and others?

 

[Tradesman1]

I stick with the big 3 Asus, GB and the Rock and generally look to the Rock first, if not happy there then it's a tossup between Asus and GB, and of course, client preference takes precedence..one thing I sort of watch is sales, even with overall declining mobo /PC sales, the ROCK and GB are about the only 2 that continue to grow in sales, MSI has been dropping steadily for about 4 years and in 12 Asus dropped some while the ROCK and GB increased. with the 3 I think QC is pretty equal, and the Rock gets an extra nod on support...plus I throw everything at thei boards and no problems

 

[Steve Black]

I have been out of the PC building scene for a couple of years now, so this must be a lame question.

Is the cloud features of ASRock has (waken on/switch off over cloud) standard in other motherboards? I like the idea of IP control of gadgets and almost all of my Camera/Media center equipment are either IP controlled or by RF->IR control. The IR panel is also interesting, but not needed if IP control is standard. So do other Mobos have similar features these days?

 

[Tradesman1]

Don't really mess with that to speak of, would have to check

 

[Steve Black]

Thanks, Tradesman1...Let me do the search as well. IP control is something which I can make use of and has more practical use for me than having multiple GPUs or OC abilities. I like the fact that ASRock gives a lot of features than others. Need to read about them a bit.

 

[Tradesman1]

Keep us updated

 

[Steve Black]

Well Asus has Wi-Fi GO! on some models, which I think will do similar to Cloud features of ASRock. Not sure If Asus allows remote shut down, switch on etc. Cannot find anything similar on Gigabyte models. May be I have not looked enough.

 

[Tradesman1]

Will try and take a look later today as time permits