Out of these motherboards which is the best?

[specialistHUN]

Hey! I'm planning to build a gamer PC and I got a bit stuck at the perfect mobo.
I'd like to buy one for around 130$. I'm planning to put an i5 into it and probably overclock it. So I'm looking for an LGA 1150 Z97 mobo.

I was bowsing some and I've found these ones,all of them look decent for me but probably someone smarter than me can recommend the best one.

 

The ones I've found:

-ASUS Z97C

-Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

-Asrock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer

-MSI Z97-G55 SLI

-MSI Z97-G43 GAMING

 

By the looks I like the MSI mobos the best and I've heared that ASUS makes overall nice mobos,but to be honest I like it the least by looks. But looks is only a small thing I can accept everything if it's the better. So from these what would you recommend? Also if there's one that isn't on the list then tell it too.

Thank you!

[Archangel1994]

ASUS has some of the worst customer service ever

Gigabyte I have had bad experience with but others have had good experience so it was probably just an isolated case of shite service

Asrock is ASSrock IMO. I don't like them.

I love MSI because they have never failed me but they have failed others so again that's personal preference.

 

I would say get Gigabyte or MSI.

[seabass9990]

Personally I say asus or asrock, cause those are the companys i have experiance with and they have not faild me

[nj4ck]

The ASrock board will probably give you the best bang-for-buck, otherwise I'd say MSI.

[KirbyTech]

I would say Asus but that is because I have used them in over 6 build in the last 5 years. Not had an issue yet, I know my father uses Asus and Gigabyte, so either of them should be good.

[i_build_nanosuits]

MSI Z97-G43 GAMING, G45 gaming if you plan using dual GPU's down the road.

[Linux User]

Go ASRock for the best bang for the buck

[Growlith1223]

I have the Asrock Fatal1ty board as well, it works really well, i love the uefi too, very quick to get through things in it. Otherwise if you don't want that one, i suggest the asus ones as all i have heard about them is nothing but good lol(ofc that's me, don't take my word as like, the almighty advice or anything lol)

[runit3]

ASUS has some of the worst customer service ever

Gigabyte I have had bad experience with but others have had good experience so it was probably just an isolated case of shite service

Asrock is ASSrock IMO. I don't like them.

I love MSI because they have never failed me but they have failed others so again that's personal preference.

 

I would say get Gigabyte or MSI.

What happened with ASUS? I've been talking with them almost on a daily basis as of late and they seem pretty good to me? :huh: May just be because I'm in U.S., not sure on their international branches.

[Archangel1994]

What happened with ASUS? I've been talking with them almost on a daily basis as of late and they seem pretty good to me? :huh: May just be because I'm in U.S., not sure on their international branches.

They have VERY slow and not understanding customer support and that's about all I hear. I will never recommend ASUS to anyone except for ROG (I have literally seen cases where the priority got upped when ROG had to be RMA'd).

[runit3]

They have VERY slow and not understanding customer support and that's about all I hear. I will never recommend ASUS to anyone except for ROG (I have literally seen cases where the priority got upped when ROG had to be RMA'd).

I've only been on the phone with them and never had to wait, they were very knowledgeable for being a phone service, not sure how their ticketing process is. I always try to buy my boards through Amazon because I have Prime, and if SHTF they send out a new board same day and deal with the RMA process themselves. Only happened once, but I was extremely happy (and surprised). I've worked with 6 (maybe more, can't remember) ASUS boards over the last couple years and all have been excellent (I was previously a Gigabyte fan).