I have been staring at my screen trying to figure this problem out.
I am looking for a motherboard that will handle a i7-4970k and I have found these two within the price I am willing to spend given that I am under the assumption that motherboards are just as good as the output options they have.
A sale on newegg with a $35 MIR puts the Asus at $59 while the MSI is only $46 on amazon. I don't currently have a need for SLI, but when I might need to upgrade I would like to consider it a possibility over buying a top tier GPU and getting rid of the old one.
The part that makes this really difficult is that I do not know why the Asus has such low reviews. I have found some websites that have been rating it 8+/10 while some customer reviews put it at 3/5 stars.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem by telling me whether I would see any benefit spending the extra $13 on the Asus despite the questionable reviews.
Also, I have heard of some clearance issues from the Asus and I'd like to put a CM Hyper 212 EVO cpu cooler and if you happen to know if that should fit I would appreciate it.
I am looking for a motherboard that will handle a i7-4970k and I have found these two within the price I am willing to spend given that I am under the assumption that motherboards are just as good as the output options they have.
A sale on newegg with a $35 MIR puts the Asus at $59 while the MSI is only $46 on amazon. I don't currently have a need for SLI, but when I might need to upgrade I would like to consider it a possibility over buying a top tier GPU and getting rid of the old one.
The part that makes this really difficult is that I do not know why the Asus has such low reviews. I have found some websites that have been rating it 8+/10 while some customer reviews put it at 3/5 stars.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem by telling me whether I would see any benefit spending the extra $13 on the Asus despite the questionable reviews.
Also, I have heard of some clearance issues from the Asus and I'd like to put a CM Hyper 212 EVO cpu cooler and if you happen to know if that should fit I would appreciate it.
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