What is the best lga 1150 motherboard for around $150-200 (or lower)?

Championeagle1 · Jun 22, 2015

I am looking for a good motherboard that has expand ability for future things like a graphics card setup with SLI. I prefer MSI but if there is a better motherboard for around that price which is better, then that might be the choice. Thank you in advance!

My current setup specs are:
Intel core i5 4690k
Corsair obsidian 750d
Corsair h100i
Msi h81m-e33 micro ATX motherboard
EVGA Geforce gtx 750ti SC
Thermaltake smart 650w
Wd black 1tb drive
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
Windows 10

Tradesman1 · Jun 22, 2015

$150ish the Asus Z97-A, up to around $200 the The Asus Z97 Hero

Championeagle1 · Jun 22, 2015

I have heard that the z97-a has a really bad NIC. Is this true? I do not want to spend $150 on something that has a bad NIC and have read reviews. People were also saying that the IO shield did not come with the motherboard and that Asus was blaming them for the bent cpu pins when the wrong socket cover was shipped to them. On newegg.com, only half the people gave it 5 stars and 26% gave it 1 star. There are also only 6 usb ports and only 4 sata ports. It will probably be hard to convince me to get this motherboard, but maybe I will. Are there any other motherboards for around the $150 range that are good? I trust you but I just want to make sure I get a good motherboard.

Tradesman1 · Jun 22, 2015

I haven't encountered any of the problems with my builds nor on any of the systems I've done upgrades or work on, as one of the highest selling Z97 mobos out there, you're bound to see problems brought up. They also have the newer Z97 Pro Gamer

Championeagle1 · Jun 23, 2015

Thanks then! I will buy it as soon as i have the money. This was very helpful! No the reviews for the Asus Z97-A had 50% of the reviews. Maybe they did. Idk, but thanks you!

Tradesman1 · Jun 23, 2015

Give us an update, doubt it but if any problems, give a shout

Vahe Bro A · Jun 23, 2015

here. you cant go wrong with these motherboard. and honestly i don't like asus lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G3435353
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128707
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157568
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128704
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157502 <--- this is one of my fav boards

Vahe Bro A · Jun 23, 2015

this is my Fav board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157535&cm_re=asrock_x99_extreme_11-_-13-157-535-_-Product

it's got 2 embedded PLX PEX 8747 chips that let you do Quad SLI or crossfire at X16 on all graphics cards

Tradesman1 · Jun 23, 2015

Vahe Bro A :

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this is a 2011 v3 mobo not an 1150, uses different CPUs

Vahe Bro A · Jun 23, 2015

Tradesman1 :

yah i know. i my first post showed him all the 1150 motherboards and the second post was to show him my Favorite board.

Championeagle1 · Jun 23, 2015

Originally i was going for Msi, but now I think I will go for Asus z97-a because the z97-c was used in a linustechtips build guide and had good overclocking features. I have seen the bios, which looks easy to use, but could be wrong. Anyways, if anyone else has a good motherboard they want to tell me about, feel free to do so!

Tradesman1 · Jun 23, 2015

Good choice, I've done 9 builds on the Z97-A and everybody has loved them

Championeagle1 · Jun 23, 2015

Thank you again!

Tradesman1 · Jun 24, 2015

No worries

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