Time to choose a right motherboard.

mDxLT · Dec 7, 2014

Hello everyone, so ive got my Crossair spec 2 case, Now I am looking to buy motherboard, up to 150eu. Want to keep as low$$$ As possible, I am currently looking at the GIGABYTE 1150 Z97X-GAMING 5, probably not the best, I want to put intel i5 4690K or without K. And probably GTX760 SuperClocked 2gb. I am not rly into MSI, ive heard they are bad.
Thank you for advice.

Tradesman1 · Dec 7, 2014

Take a look at the Asus Z97-A

mDxLT · Dec 7, 2014

looks nice, is there any more ? better rhan this

Tradesman1 · Dec 7, 2014

That's one of the better ones available in the price range, might see what the Asus Z97 Pro runs in your area, might fit the budget

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Looking by the review of Asus Z97 Pro isnt the best lol. out of 50 -20 are complaints.

Tradesman1 · Dec 8, 2014

Hmm, interesting, I've only done two builds on this board - the first had some minor issues that were easily rectified stability wise with DRAM adjustments and the last was just a week ago, (they released a BIOS upgrade at the end of November) and that went flawless and with higher end DRAM (16GB of 2666)...The latest BIOS upgrade speaks of Stability improvement and know they did fix the earlier DRAM settings issue. What does the Hero run in your area, I built mine at the initial realease and no issues at all, I've been using it for work and as a test bed for other components

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Tradesman1 :

M.. interesting... But other thing is it doesnt have 3 pin cooler thing, I have 3 of them and all are 3 pin damn, ill need to get 4 pin then if i get this

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Doesnt look like someone want's to recommend me anything else :/

Tradesman1 · Dec 8, 2014

Are you talking the fan headers? If so the 3 pin will run on a 4 pin header

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Yeah ive noticed it just now lol, so your telling me to take better z97 Pro than Asus z97-a Is there a specific reason?

Dark Lord of Tech · Dec 8, 2014

I agree the Z97-A is one of the best value's on the market right now.

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Are u saying best in the market for under 150eu?

Tradesman1 · Dec 8, 2014

It all depends on you and your budget, the Z97-A is a great mobo and rather than going Pro or Hero, you could take the price differential and put that money to a better GPU, set of DRAM, etc

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Thank you guys Brought Z97 A seen a lot of good reviews cheers

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

what's the best Ram to get for this Mobo? I am about to get 8gb but i want to change my mind and get 16gb depends on the money I have to spend?

Tradesman1 · Dec 8, 2014

I'd go the K CPU and then for DRAM look at the GSkill Tridents in 2400/10 for 8GB (2x4GB) these have been running less than 2133 sticks and less than many 1866 sets - great sticks

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Is it not suppos to be as low as possible like 1600 at 8

Tradesman1 · Dec 8, 2014

DRAM is a combination of high freq and low CL to get the best performance with freq playing in a little heavier as it can compensate for for tighter CLs often seen in lower freq DRAM using your 1600/8 as an example you will see a gain performance wise by going up to 1866/9 and another gain by going to 2133/10 then more to 2400/11 so with any of the freqs mentioned and with an even lower CL than stated, you'll see a bigger increase performance wise, henc e the 2400/10 Trident suggestion...could go even higher, but price wise, 2400 is a sweet spot for the Tridents, which among the strongest/highest performance DRAM out there

mDxLT · Dec 8, 2014

Is thats the one we are talking?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Skill-PC3-19200-2400MHz-Gaming-Memory/dp/B007V9RXFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418088141&sr=8-1&keywords=g+skill+trident
Looks sweet

Tradesman1 · Dec 8, 2014

Yep, great sticks!

mDxLT · Dec 9, 2014

Will they fit on the
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0068OI7T8/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item
If ill get 4x of them

Tradesman1 · Dec 9, 2014

Yep, no worries, the fan on the EVO are adjustable, I have Trident's running under a EVO on my Z87

mDxLT · Dec 9, 2014

Brilliant. So what we got motherboard cpu cooler cpu dram so we left with Hard drive SSD, Graphic card and Power supply. I am still thinking about the Graphic card should i Get 4gb or i am enuf withgigabyte 2gb 256mb overclocked gtx 760. The main question power supply, ive been waching a lot of videos even its water cooled and all it only takes about 400W on measurments... mhm

mDxLT · Dec 9, 2014

And lets not forget it's gonna be for gaming but not too much for gaming but defo bf4 will be there, and Video editing After effects and Other video programs.

Tradesman1 · Dec 9, 2014

For a 760 I'd go w/ at least a 500 PSU that has 30 AMPs on the 12 volt rail. If possible price out the remaining items and see if budget will allow for something a little better in the way of a GPU

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