Asus Z87-A vs MSI Z87-G45

SWAGMASTER · Oct 30, 2013

Hey i will be buying my new gaming pc in a few days. I'm wondering which of the two motherboards i should go with. I've heard that asus are better and i was going to go with that but the msi one comes with a free cooler master Seidon 120M Water Cooler!!!

So whats your opinion. there around the same price...btw I will have an i7 4770k so I'm guessing having that water cooler will do me good!!!

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

Asus without a doubt.
MSI should be you last option as it has poor Quality Control and support.

1-Asus
2-AsRock/Gigabyte
3-MSI

SWAGMASTER · Oct 30, 2013

IAMEXTREME :

even though it comes with a 50 euro cooler?

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

Even though it comes with gold coins (I'll throw the board away and keep the coins)

Immaculate · Oct 30, 2013

I know they have some extreme cooling here but, MSI motherboard did break some world records recently.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7444/msi-master-overclocking-arena-2013-the-final

Check to see how close you live to a Microcenter. They have the cheapest prices on CPUs/Mobos

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

Immaculate :

It looks like it was MSI vs MSI which isn't really a competion.

However,if you are talking about OCing, the current world record holder is Asus with some ~9 GHz OC on a AMD cpu.

Asus z87-A is far much better than the msi z87-G45.

Surya Mylvahanan · Oct 30, 2013

But also don't forget the MSI board has integrated Sound Blaster Cinema and Killer Ethernet while the z87 A doesn't have either features. Both these features on the MSI board are beneficial in gaming.

although

MSI's boards have some QC issues

I would personally go with the Asus Z87-A to be safe

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

integrated Sound Blaster Cinema and Killer Ethernet

These are NOT essentional for gaming.
But quality control/support and OCing is more important for gaming, which are sincerely offered by the Asus.

SWAGMASTER · Oct 30, 2013

Surya Mylvahanan :

but i still cant handle the fact that i would be getting a 50 euro cooler master liquid cooler for free with the msi mobo!!! and i would also save about 35 euro!!!

Surya Mylvahanan · Oct 30, 2013

IAMEXTREME :

I said "beneficial" not essential
ben·e·fi·cial
adjective
1.
favorable or advantageous; resulting in good.

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

What's the use of that water cooler when the board itself is poor at handling your cpu??? That'll be a waste.
Get the Asus mobo and later a cheap CM hyper 212.

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

Surya Mylvahanan :

And what I'm pointing at is essential plus points of the asus mobo:
adjective
1.
absolutely necessary; extremely important

Y0GI · Oct 30, 2013

SWAGMASTER :

I have an MSI MB that I am very happy with and MSI has excellent support, in my opinion.

Yogi

Tradesman1 · Oct 30, 2013

I'll agree with others, I won't touch MSI mobos for builds, as is have to many problems with them trying to fix tham, and end up having to replace with Asus, the Rock of GB, and if the liquid cooler is a H80 or lower would be better off with a Hyper 212 EVO anyway

Surya Mylvahanan · Oct 30, 2013

IAMEXTREME :

Surya Mylvahanan :

And what I'm pointing at is essential plus points of the asus mobo:
adjective
1.
absolutely necessary; extremely important

Anyway we still both agree the Asus z87-A is the better choice

IAMEXTREME · Oct 30, 2013

Tradesman1 :

Surya Mylvahanan :

Agreed.

Immaculate · Oct 31, 2013

After a BIOS update my haswell temps dropped with the MSI GAMING 45. Im not sure but I think the ASUS board has the old ALC889 audio as compared to ALC1150 on other boards.
As far as that record goes. How you going to talk about AMD OCs when their clearly going with Intel. If you go ASUS, get a ROG board,

Knock · Mar 20, 2014

with one is a better bang for your buck ASUS Z87-K or MSI Z87 - G45 ?

Y0GI · Mar 20, 2014

Knock :

HERE is a side by side comparo on Newegg. The MSI has more and better features but the Asus is cheaper. You decide.

Yogi

Knock · Mar 20, 2014

problem is i can get Z87-K, Core i7-4770K, 16GB Vengeance Pro 2400MHz & Corsair H75 Cooler for 620 bundle deal or i could go the msi g45 , i5 and a cpu cooling fan and ram for 540 for the 80 difference i dont mind is the better cpu bundle a better choice overall i know i7 isnt necessary for gaming but would it run better for the future i have r9 r280x toxic already bought opinion?

Knock · Mar 20, 2014

670 is the bundle deal 150 is the difference

Y0GI · Mar 20, 2014

Knock :

Why buy an i7 when an i5 will prolly suit your purposes adequately? Likewise, why buy 16 GB of RAM when most ppl only need 8 GB? All of this with a lesser featured MB. The 620 bundle doesn't make much sense to me.

Yogi

Knock · Mar 20, 2014

1st pc build now with our advice i will save a good buck ty

Immaculate · Mar 20, 2014

You should just wait for Z97.

Knock · Mar 20, 2014

when will it be realised ?

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