Could you help out picking cheap motherboard?( ~70$ and below)

random5

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Hello, just returned my defective ASRock H81M-VG4,so on the hunt for a cheapbest bang for the buck mobo again,considering I have no preference in ports/features it is really difficult to make a right choice but I have shrank down the choice pool to these motherboards, which had most reviews and would like your help pick out which of these motherboards offer most for their prices which are here (converted to USD $ for convenience)

The motherboard will be used for i5-4590 CPU:

MSI H81M-P33 45,8$
MSI H81M-E33 46,8$
Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2V 49,3$
Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV 57,2$
Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 52,5$
MSI B85M-P33 61,5$
MSI B85M-E33 60,5$
Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V 62,7$
Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 68$
Gigabyte GA-H81M-D3H 68$
ASRock B85M PRO3 68$
Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 70,5$
Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3V 73$
ASRock B85M PRO4 77$
ASROCK B85 Anniversary 79$
ASRock H97M ANNIVERSARY 86$

Now,I'd prefer to stick around or below 70$ budget, im going to use single SSD,i5-4590,GTX 750 Ti ( decently OCed ),700W PSU (yeah I know its way too much.. tell me about it..),1 stick of 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 RAM, as I said,I dont care about features, as for ports, only HDMI port I need is on my graphics card,so aint need em too, just want a decent, durable motherboard,preferably with as good as possible integrated network card/ high speed LAN port, integrated sound card doesnt matter, not picky about sound.

If you got any other motherboard suggestions not from that list give a word! I'll check out its price, would prefer if you'd compare it to other motherboards too.

Also.. why are B85 motherboards more expensive than H81? yeah i know B stands for business.. are they in any way better in casual every day workload or gaming?

 

gaurav71189

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You have a good list of motherboards there for the price range. I'd suggest going for the B85 platform rather than H81. B85 are better in terms of features, and also build quality. They are slightly better for overclocking, slightly better stability.

If you're willing to go for the ASRock Z97 board, go for it. Within your budget, from the B85 platform, Gigabyte, MSI or ASUS would be what I'd choose. You could decide between them based on your preferences.