X99/DDR4/USB 3.1 Motherboards

vegasmazza3 · Jul 19, 2015

I am looking at motherboards particularly from MSI (mainly since that's what I currently have and it has worked... although this issue exists with the other two brands available for these requirements: Asus and ASRock)

There are like 6 different options with all different price points (just for MSI) and since I am not an expert at this, I really can't tell why there are major price differences (and therefore if it is worth it to spend more)

Any suggestions? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%20600533616%20600556519%20600562214&IsNodeId=1

Xemko · Jul 19, 2015

See, best motherboard by Tom's - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-intel-amd-motherboard,3902.html
I personally have MSI X99S SLI Plus, works great.

Mannaroth · Jul 20, 2015

vegasmazza3 :

Hi m8. Actually the best answer you can get for the reason of major prices between those mobos may vary depending on many facts. For exapmle lets say X brand uses 12k capasitors while the Y brand uses 8k or 10k capasitors; which makes the X brand more expensive due to its durability and long life endurance. For another example; lets say you are comparing 2 mobos. 1 is a regular ATX and the other one is Extended ATX. Which means its slightly bigger than the ATX and it can provide more features like an extra PCIe slot which also makes it more expensive than the others.

As an answer for your question, "if it is worth it to spend more?"; i can say that it may be worthy but it depends that what would you like to do with your build? Would you like it to last longer? Are you going to use it for only gaming purpose / video editing / rendering or would you like it to serve all of your needs at once?

The thing is, you must ask yourself those kind of questions to be sure that if the features you will get from the expensive mobo will serve your needs or if they are unnecessary. For exapmle, if you are not working with Thunderbolt I/O, so this feature will be unnecessary for you. If a mobo comes with a NFC/Wireless charging unit and lets say it has no use for you, so it aint gonna be worthy.

If you wish, you can tell me what is going to be the purpose of the build, i can help you to choose one much more efficiently

I hope it helps a bit as an opinion/solution, at least it can give you a bit of hint

vegasmazza3 · Jul 20, 2015

Mannaroth :

vegasmazza3 :

Hi m8. Actually the best answer you can get for the reason of major prices between those mobos may vary depending on many facts. For exapmle lets say X brand uses 12k capasitors while the Y brand uses 8k or 10k capasitors; which makes the X brand more expensive due to its durability and long life endurance. For another example; lets say you are comparing 2 mobos. 1 is a regular ATX and the other one is Extended ATX. Which means its slightly bigger than the ATX and it can provide more features like an extra PCIe slot which also makes it more expensive than the others.

As an answer for your question, "if it is worth it to spend more?"; i can say that it may be worthy but it depends that what would you like to do with your build? Would you like it to last longer? Are you going to use it for only gaming purpose / video editing / rendering or would you like it to serve all of your needs at once?

The thing is, you must ask yourself those kind of questions to be sure that if the features you will get from the expensive mobo will serve your needs or if they are unnecessary. For exapmle, if you are not working with Thunderbolt I/O, so this feature will be unnecessary for you. If a mobo comes with a NFC/Wireless charging unit and lets say it has no use for you, so it aint gonna be worthy.

If you wish, you can tell me what is going to be the purpose of the build, i can help you to choose one much more efficiently

I hope it helps a bit as an opinion/solution, at least it can give you a bit of hint

I definitely want it to last awhile. The computer I have now is about to be 7 years. It would basically be lots of multitasking and gaming and media viewing. No editing/rendering (for now!)

Tradesman1 · Jul 20, 2015

Do you have a budget for CPU and mobo?

Mannaroth · Jul 21, 2015

vegasmazza3 :

Mannaroth :

I definitely want it to last awhile. The computer I have now is about to be 7 years. It would basically be lots of multitasking and gaming and media viewing. No editing/rendering (for now!)

If its all in one as i mentioned before, you should take a look at ASUS mobos for long life and reliability and also for multitasking. If you can tell me your budget, i can help you to choose the most efficient mobo/cpu/ram for your needs and if you wish we can bring out some options together and go for a last decision.

I can squeeze the most out of your budget and can help you thru the whole pickup process

chrispher · Nov 5, 2015

If you want to know the difference between these boards best way is to make sure what your needs like playing games 3D graphics server ...simply I want to play the game a few months ago so I chose MSI X99A GAMING 7. The budget ...

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