does a gaming motherboard matter?

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MrArnootie

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Hallo,

So I got a simple question about motherboards.. I see allot boards with the tag "gaming" in it (mostly MSI) so does thia matter? Does this effect the frame rate or anything? Like I am using MSI Z97 PC Mate,s1150 motherbord will a gaming motherboard be better?

This are my PC specs:

CPU: i7-4790k
Memory: Corsair vengeance lp 1600 (2x4gb)
Video card: MSI gaming gtx 970 4gb
Motherboard (ATM): MSI Z97 PC Mate,s115

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Where the "Gaming" tag on motherboards comes in to play is usually in the bells and whistles stages. Typically they're designed to be able to OC (CPU and/or RAM), and will have upgraded physical components on the board to this effect. They'll also typically offer better sound chips, or fully customized sound chips that have software designed for gaming headset profiles. They may also ofter specialized NIC's (Fatality is the first that comes to mind) or offer some sort of software to allow the user to packet shape their network traffic. Some boards may offer more PCIe slots so you can sli/crossfire video cards, but thats also pretty normal on non gaming boards. The latest generation of "Gaming" boards has also upped the game a bit by...
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Danoded

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Motherboards don't tend to effect gaming performance much or if not at all, Only OC. But with OC, that is better depending on the chipset you have for the CPU, the better the chipset generally the better the OC.
 
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Where the "Gaming" tag on motherboards comes in to play is usually in the bells and whistles stages. Typically they're designed to be able to OC (CPU and/or RAM), and will have upgraded physical components on the board to this effect. They'll also typically offer better sound chips, or fully customized sound chips that have software designed for gaming headset profiles. They may also ofter specialized NIC's (Fatality is the first that comes to mind) or offer some sort of software to allow the user to packet shape their network traffic. Some boards may offer more PCIe slots so you can sli/crossfire video cards, but thats also pretty normal on non gaming boards. The latest generation of "Gaming" boards has also upped the game a bit by offering more storage options with M.2 or Sata Express options.

If you don't care about OCing, have no interest in packet shaping your network traffic, and are fine with your basic audio chipsets then a gaming specific boards really don't matter to you. The extra PCIe slots and storage options can be had on non gaming boards just as easily.
 
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