- Dec 9, 2013
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Hi all,
I'm building a new H87-based based system and am looking for a recommendation as to which motherboard to pick. This is for a video/photo editing station, so I want stability and reliability (over the potential extra power I may gain from overclocking); my CPU will be the i7 4770 (not K) and the video card will be a 4GB GTX 770. I do photo and video editing non-professionally, using Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Lightroom. I hardly ever game, but if I do, it's Skyrim, Dragon Age, and similar fantasy RPG stuff--I never play shooters or any kind of "army" games.
I don’t really care about the size of the motherboard (though MiniITX won’t do). ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI all seem to have similar offerings, but I'm having a hard time choosing. Is there anything I should stay away from? Are “Ultra durable” and “Mil Spec” just marketing gimmicks? I see that many H87 boards still include old PCI (not PCIe) slots.. is it a good idea to stay away from those, since they most likely just take up resources that could be better-used elsewhere?
Finally, for RAM, there is no reason to go above DDR3-1600, right? Will pretty much any "decent" 16GB dual-channel kit do? Thinking of getting a two-stick kit so I don't have to throw anything out in case I want to bump up to 32GB in the future.
Thanks a lot,
Dany
I'm building a new H87-based based system and am looking for a recommendation as to which motherboard to pick. This is for a video/photo editing station, so I want stability and reliability (over the potential extra power I may gain from overclocking); my CPU will be the i7 4770 (not K) and the video card will be a 4GB GTX 770. I do photo and video editing non-professionally, using Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Lightroom. I hardly ever game, but if I do, it's Skyrim, Dragon Age, and similar fantasy RPG stuff--I never play shooters or any kind of "army" games.
I don’t really care about the size of the motherboard (though MiniITX won’t do). ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI all seem to have similar offerings, but I'm having a hard time choosing. Is there anything I should stay away from? Are “Ultra durable” and “Mil Spec” just marketing gimmicks? I see that many H87 boards still include old PCI (not PCIe) slots.. is it a good idea to stay away from those, since they most likely just take up resources that could be better-used elsewhere?
Finally, for RAM, there is no reason to go above DDR3-1600, right? Will pretty much any "decent" 16GB dual-channel kit do? Thinking of getting a two-stick kit so I don't have to throw anything out in case I want to bump up to 32GB in the future.
Thanks a lot,
Dany
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