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December 8, 2013 12:40:31 AM

I'm building my first PC for gaming! Yey!
I know most of my stuff but I'm on motherboards and I don't know jack. I'm thinking about these two for my micro atx case. I'm just using one graphics card so I just need one PCI 3.0 slot. What is the difference between these two? They look exactly the same but one is way more money. Can I just go with the cheaper or will the more expensive one be better somehow?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Or should I go for something else completely?

Thanks!

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December 8, 2013 11:02:09 AM

babernet_1 said:
I would get this, it will allow you to overclock your CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

If you can swing it, this is a top quality one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Note that these are z87 ones that allow you to overclock and have other advantages.


And if If I don't do any overclocking should I go for the cheaper one? I'm upgrading from the jurassic xbox 360 and an old laptop still running vista so this computer I'm making will be such a huge upgrade that I wont even recognize the small jump overclocking will do. I got an i5 4670k, r9 270, 240 ssd, 8gb ram so far. I'm not gonna be doing any crossfiring either. Just one mid range graphics card at a time.
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December 8, 2013 9:47:24 PM

JungleWalrus said:


And if If I don't do any overclocking should I go for the cheaper one? I'm upgrading from the jurassic xbox 360 and an old laptop still running vista so this computer I'm making will be such a huge upgrade that I wont even recognize the small jump overclocking will do. I got an i5 4670k, r9 270, 240 ssd, 8gb ram so far. I'm not gonna be doing any crossfiring either. Just one mid range graphics card at a time.


Of course it is up to you. I like to have my rig upgradeable for the unknown future.
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December 8, 2013 10:22:53 PM

Ok. Thanks for helping me out. I think I'll go for the $129.00 option

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December 8, 2013 11:15:42 PM

JungleWalrus said:
Ok. Thanks for helping me out. I think I'll go for the $129.00 option



Great choice, have fun.
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August 30, 2014 5:19:57 AM

shatarupa said:
babernet_1 said:
I would get this, it will allow you to overclock your CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

If you can swing it, this is a top quality one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Note that these are z87 ones that allow you to overclock and have other advantages.


Thanks.This helps.


I am a big fan of mobos that offer inbuilt sound and help save money for budget sensitive customers. I recently picked up a Z97 mobo from Biostar..initiall skeptical given the feedback I had been getting about Biostar brand I am very happy with the performance of this mobo.

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