which mobo you guys prefer?

[lcheowl]

It's time to upgrade up rig and currently I have narrowed down to these 2 mobo.

MSI Z170 XPOWER Titanium or ASUS Z170 ROG Maximus VIII Hero.

Which mobo you guy prefer?


Anyone here use Corsair H80i GT before? How is this water cooler?

 

[shadow84]

With the money spent, can get a decent x99 mobo liao....

 

[royfrosty]

X99 Liao.....

 

[kaixax555]

X99

 

[happy8nding]

X99 rah.. or x79 at least

 

[lalalalalala]

why no gigabyte g1 gaming?

 

[lcheowl]

why no gigabyte g1 gaming?

oh, I have never used gigabyte before. In the past used to use Asus, but later switched to MSI due to Asus mobo is too expensive.

 

[lcheowl]

With the money spent, can get a decent x99 mobo liao....

X99 Liao.....

X99

One of the reasons is the performance vs price.

I do agree the the extra cores and the rams slot may come in handy in near future but currently I will be using to play games only.

Only once in a blue moon, will use to edit photo.

who don't prefer a x99? But I need to top up near to $500 (i5-6600k vs i7-5820k).

I feel it serves more purposes to spend that $$$ on a M.2 or invest on more rams.

 

[enenyi]

oh, I have never used gigabyte before. In the past used to use Asus, but later switched to MSI due to Asus mobo is too expensive.

U pairing the boards with i5 or i7 chip? If i7, getting an i7-5820k + MSI X99A-SLI PLUS would be cheaper.

 

[lcheowl]

U pairing the boards with i5 or i7 chip? If i7, getting an i7-5820k + MSI X99A-SLI PLUS would be cheaper.

planning to pair with i5.

 

[tarui04]

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Same dilemma

 

[royfrosty]

If you are worried about cost performance. I dont think either of the boards you looking at worth considering either.

Its far too expensive and not worth pairing it with an i5*. I rather, you drop to a notch lower to get it with the unlocked i5. There is no reason for you to get a top end mobo from skylake and get an i5 inside.

 

[enenyi]

planning to pair with i5.

The Asus Z170-A ($635), MSI Z170 Tomahawk ($589) or MSI Z170 Gaming Pro ($631) when paired with i5-6600k should be able to satisfy your requirements. Anything more when paired with i5-6600k I consider as luxury coz really, you don't need those extra features for gaming.

Prices quoted from PCThemes pricelist.