What is the best gaming motherboard?

Cole1128 · Nov 18, 2014

What would the best gaming motherboard for under $100 be?

Wisecracker · Nov 18, 2014

AMD or Intel ?

In the US or overseas ?

Cole1128 · Nov 18, 2014

Wisecracker :

Intel. And I'm in the US

boosted1g · Nov 18, 2014

Under $100 is pretty low price, increase that budget to $130 and you have many more options.

In budget I would go for this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97pro3

Out of budget I would do one of these:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fatal1tyz97killer
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaming3

Tradesman1 · Nov 18, 2014

What CPU?

Cole1128 · Nov 18, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Either the i5-4590 or i5-5690 I haven't decided yet.

Tradesman1 · Nov 18, 2014

Need to know the CPU to provide info those two run in different sockets the X5690 is a xeon for socket 1366 while the 4590 is a 1150 socket CPU

Cole1128 · Nov 18, 2014

Tradesman1 :

I'm probably going to end up going with the 4590 because it's cheaper and I've heard it's not that different from the 4690 performance wise

FirstTime101 · Nov 18, 2014

How about a GA h97 D3H: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97d3h
Its a great MoBo for price.

Or an ASUS h97 plus: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h97plus

They are both under or just $100

Tradesman1 · Nov 18, 2014

Might look at the Rock's H97 Fatal1ty Performance ($99) or maybe their H97 Pro 4 ($83)