Good and cheap Micro-ATX Motherboard?

McQueso · May 5, 2015

Hi guys, I'm looking for a good looking motherboard as well with some good features for an i7 4790k and that looks good on a Corsair 350D with green/black color theme for the build, I don't know much about micro-atx motherboards as this is gonna be my first micro-atx build.

Thanks in advance!

Reuben · May 5, 2015

Older Sniper boards were green, nut now the best you can do is a neutral colour like grey.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97mds3h

FourCorners · May 5, 2015

The only green matx MOBO I can think of off the top of my head is the G1 Sniper series from Gigabyte, however they are Z87 boards that are compatible but would require a BIOS flash to work with the 4790k. And to flash the BIOS, you will need another Haswell chip (not a refresh/ Devil's Canyon) to update your board.

Your other option would be the Asus TUF gryphon board that has a "thermal Armour" that is a plastic cover that you could paint separately from you MOBO and not need to risk damaging the board. However, the thermal armour is sold separately from the board itself.

FourCorners · May 5, 2015

Older Sniper boards were green, nut now the best you can do is a neutral colour like grey.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97mds3h

first time I've gotten ninja-ed