what makes a mobo more/less expensive?
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jitpublisher
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Between similar boards, yes, its mostly bells and whistles, as long as you are looking a quality name brand boards like ASUS, Gigabyte, etc. Performance between these models is nearly identical, when in doubt check with sites like this for reviews. Nearly all major name brand boards have been compared and reviewed on Toms Hardware. Stay away from cheap brand names completely. I would never consider a board from ECS or MSI, just from my own personal experience with them.
stormflakes
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i'm looking into the same thing.
What i figured out so far:
wi-fi bumps the price waaaaay up.
number of GPU's you can install:2-3 or 4 way SLI
ps i'm talking about the Z97boards here ( future SLI etc. compatible )
all the rest is just stuff that makes it look nice but doenst add much in the cost departement, most companies do it to get something extra, like better audio, some buttons, a colour her and there.
To give you an example, these are rougly the same:
- gigabyte UD3H, asrock extreme4, asus Z97-a
- gogabyte UD5H, asrock extreme 6, asus Z97-pro
and so on
What i figured out so far:
wi-fi bumps the price waaaaay up.
number of GPU's you can install:2-3 or 4 way SLI
ps i'm talking about the Z97boards here ( future SLI etc. compatible )
all the rest is just stuff that makes it look nice but doenst add much in the cost departement, most companies do it to get something extra, like better audio, some buttons, a colour her and there.
To give you an example, these are rougly the same:
- gigabyte UD3H, asrock extreme4, asus Z97-a
- gogabyte UD5H, asrock extreme 6, asus Z97-pro
and so on
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