Asus maximus vii hero or sabertooth z97

nash17 · May 30, 2014

hi i am planning on building a new pc. I wont be overclocking it. I live in canada and was confused between the asus maximus vii heo or the sabertooth Z97. Any advise?

unknownofprob · May 30, 2014

both are great boards and both are as good as each other, I would suggest the one choose the motherboard that you like the look of best (colour), as that may play a role in your decision.

nash17 · May 30, 2014

So it does not matter that i wont be overclocking right?

unknownofprob · May 30, 2014

nope, if you aren't overclocking and you don't plan to go multiple GPU configurations later on, you can get a motherboard for far less that'll do the exact same job.

nash17 · May 30, 2014

I liked the hero because of the in built sound card as well. Which other boards will give me the same performance?

unknownofprob · May 30, 2014

others will if you buy an internal PCIe sound card.

nash17 · May 30, 2014

So is it better to just go with the hero? despite me not overclocking? or buy another motherboard and a sound card. can you suggest any?

unknownofprob · May 30, 2014

Your choice, Some would say the Hero, I would stick with the Hero also. If you even decide to overclock down the road if you have a "k" processor, it will be an even better choice.

For a motherboard and even better audio you'd want this;

ASRock Z87 Extreme6

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157371&cm_re=asrock_z87-_-13-157-371-_-Product

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Rx 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102063&cm_re=pcie_sound_card-_-29-102-063-_-Product

nash17 · May 30, 2014

Thanks for the advise. i think ill stick with the hero then.

unknownofprob · May 30, 2014

I update the previous post, check out the other option.

nash17 · May 30, 2014

I will go for the hero with the z97 chipset. Can u recommend me any good decently priced SSD?

unknownofprob · May 30, 2014

All in all, i would also still prefer the HERO, a solid choice.

if your looking for a 120GB SSD, then get this;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247

Samsung are one of the best suppliers of SSD's, and they don't tend to corrupt as easily.

nash17 · May 30, 2014

Thanks a lot that was a lot helpful i will get that as well. Any other advise to avoid pc bottlenecks?

unknownofprob · May 31, 2014

never get a poor primary component if you have other stronger primary components, i.e. Never get a poor CPU with a powerful GPU.

nash17 · May 31, 2014

I will be going for the sore i7 4790 devils canyon or the newer one if its released soon.

unknownofprob · May 31, 2014

that won;t be an issue with bottlenecking.

nash17 · May 31, 2014

thanks for all the advise mate.

unknownofprob · May 31, 2014

no problem

feelingtheblanks · May 31, 2014

HERO's SupremeFX is just a marketing gimmick. It's actually a renamed Realtek ALC 1150. Both MSI and Gigabyte use the same audio codec. And actually they use better quality Nichicon caps like the ones on the professional sound cards. Performance wise they are all similar in terms of snr which is around 100-115. Actually only MSI manage to hit 115db snr with this codec atm. So they do a bit better. But not like a day&night.

If you want a better audio solution Gigabyte G.1 Sniper z97 offers by far the best audio. It has a quad core Creative sound core 3d audio processor and nichicon caps. Others are not comparable with this one. It's also cheaper than HERO, since Sniper's VRM is tad less powerful. But it's enough for air/water overclocking. But since you don't plan to overclock it's not important.

So all in all buy G.1 Sniper z97 if you want great audio and good overall quality.

nash17 · May 31, 2014

thanks ill check that out as well

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