Help choosing motherboard

[small2cats]

Well as the title says, I need help regarding motherboards. So I am going for a super, super budget oriented build with the G3258, and I wanted to ask if their is any tangible performance difference using a more expensive motherboard.

 

My current choices are Asus H81M-E, Asus H81M-K or the Gigabyte GA-H81-DS2. All I can get for around $57 (I converted the price into dollars).

The other one I can buy is the H81 Gamer from Asus for $120 but I'll have to save up for a couple of months for it, or shave off somewhere else in the build.

 

So tell me if it is better to save for the more expensive motherboard or the cheaper ones will do just fine? If the cheap ones are fine, help me decide between the three I listed above.

[Revel]

Aslong as the reviews are good I don't see a problem with getting a cheaper mobo.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Well as the title says, I need help regarding motherboards. So I am going for a super, super budget oriented build with the G3258, and I wanted to ask if their is any tangible performance difference using a more expensive motherboard.

 

My current choices are Asus H81M-E, Asus H81M-K or the Gigabyte GA-H81-DS2. All I can get for around $57 (I converted the price into dollars).

The other one I can buy is the H81 Gamer from Asus for $120 but I'll have to save up for a couple of months for it, or shave off somewhere else in the build.

 

So tell me if it is better to save for the more expensive motherboard or the cheaper ones will do just fine? If the cheap ones are fine, help me decide between the three I listed above.

carefuly look at the connectivity (amount of case fan supported, sata3 ports, usb3 ports etc.) and if it has the features you need/want then yes it's fine to use...cheaper motherboard cut on features but they are still ok to go if they meet what you need in the first place.

Also for case fans or cpu fans you can use splitters like this one to connect more and more of them as needed, just think about ordering them with the rest of your parts:

[small2cats]

carefuly look at the connectivity (amount of case fan supported, sata3 ports, usb3 ports etc.) and if it has the features you need/want then yes it's fine to use...cheaper motherboard cut on features but they are still ok to go if they meet what you need in the first place.

Also for case fans or cpu fans you can use splitters like this one to connect more and more of them as needed, just think about ordering them with the rest of your parts:

Well I got only two drives, and not going to go SLI anytime in the near future, so I'm fine with the features I think. And I'm thinking of buying the Seidon 120mm radiator from coolermaster for the CPU. Will the cheaper mobo affect the overclocking ability of the CPU?

[FruitBasketSilex]

Well I got only two drives, and not going to go SLI anytime in the near future, so I'm fine with the features I think. And I'm thinking of buying the Seidon 120mm radiator from coolermaster for the CPU. Will the cheaper mobo affect the overclocking ability of the CPU?

If I'm not mistaken, you can't over clock on a h series motherboard. You'd need a z series motherbaoard. (Z77/87/97)

[small2cats]

If I'm not mistaken, you can't over clock on a h series motherboard. You'd need a z series motherbaoard. (Z77/87/97)

No it is possible, following the launch of the G3258, Asus rolled out a bios update enabling overclocking features on the H61 platform, and B85 too I think.

[FruitBasketSilex]

No it is possible, following the launch of the G3258, Asus rolled out a bios update enabling overclocking features on the H61 platform, and B85 too I think.

Proof?

[i_build_nanosuits]

Proof?

he's right and don't need to prove anything to you just use google...you can overclock with a lot of H and B series motherboards now if you happen to have an unlocked processor...most Asus and Asrock boards can do it...some MSI and some gigabyte as well.

BUT, i don't recommend overclocking an i7-4790K on a cheappy H81 motherboard though because the VRM's will be of lesser quality and the board will overheat rather quickly...but for a slight overclock on an i5 or a moderate overclock on a pentium G3258 it's perfectly fine.