Which motherboard should i choose?

[Messisan321]

Hello peepz i was wondering and looking what motherboard i should choose MSI Z97- g45 or msi gaming 5 or something better im kinda going for black and red build. and budget is about 150$ 

My build is right now atleast R9 390, i5 4690k 2x8 hyper x fury ram, corsair h100i i think and NZXT s340 matte black red. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hFMVpg

[PillowSmoke]

May I ask where you plan on buying the motherboard from? Online or in-store (microcenter)?

[SeanAngelo]

Hello peepz i was wondering and looking what motherboard i should choose MSI Z97- g45 or msi gaming 5 or something better im kinda going for black and red build. and budget is about 150$ 

My build is right now atleast R9 390, i5 4690k 2x8 hyper x fury ram, corsair h100i i think and NZXT s340 matte black red. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hFMVpg

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97gaming5

 

MSI is the only choice you have unfortunately, unless you wanna spend more on as ASUS makes black/red motherboards.

 

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[AlTech]

You don't need a good motherboard. Just pick one which supports Crossfire, 32GB RAM (potential upgrading). If you want red and black go for MSI but make sure it has WiFi and bluetooth built in! It can be a lifesaver to have it built in (speaking from experience of lack of Wifi and bluetooth built in).

 

 

If i may?

Why Windows 8.1?

Why the razer mouse?

Why the large SSD?

And why an OCable CPU?

[AlTech]

Here's my PC:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AluminiumTech/saved/t9xqqs

 

Only thing I would change is the CPU to  a i5-4570S.

[AlTech]

IDK how much this costs but it is beast! 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97agaming9ack

[Messisan321]

May I ask where you plan on buying the motherboard from? Online or in-store (microcenter)?

Online store

[Messisan321]

IDK how much this costs but it is beast! 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97agaming9ack

looked at it looked awsome looked at the price fainted

[Messisan321]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97gaming5

 

MSI is the only choice you have unfortunately, unless you wanna spend more on as ASUS makes black/red motherboards.

 

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why is msi bad in anyway and how much is the asus ones

[Messisan321]

You don't need a good motherboard. Just pick one which supports Crossfire, 32GB RAM (potential upgrading). If you want red and black go for MSI but make sure it has WiFi and bluetooth built in! It can be a lifesaver to have it built in (speaking from experience of lack of Wifi and bluetooth built in).

 

 

If i may?

Why Windows 8.1?

Why the razer mouse?

Why the large SSD?

And why an OCable CPU?

i have a ethernet cable to my pc already so wifi's not problem.

i need a OS cuz i have vista right now and its not good... at all

ive heard good about it and just like their mouse overall.

want a bigger ssd for the OS and games im gonna play alot.

im planning to OC my cpu to get maximum speed for not that expensive but might change to a 6700k

[SeanAngelo]

why is msi bad in anyway and how much is the asus ones

MSI motherboards are not that bad, they're actually quite decent.

 

here

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#m=8&s=24&f=2&c=99&l=2&C=19&sort=a8&page=1

[AlTech]

i have a ethernet cable to my pc already so wifi's not problem.

i need a OS cuz i have vista right now and its not good... at all

ive heard good about it and just like their mouse overall.

want a bigger ssd for the OS and games im gonna play alot.

im planning to OC my cpu to get maximum speed for not that expensive but might change to a 6700k

You can use 128Gb for OS! Honestly OCing gets 1-4% better. it's not worth it.

[Messisan321]

MSI motherboards are not that bad, they're actually quite decent.

 

here

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#m=8&s=24&f=2&c=99&l=2&C=19&sort=a8&page=1

ok because i also heard some people sayinf that their motherboard caused bluescreen and they had to switch their board because something got destroyed

is it still easy to overclock on the asus board on like the msi one? 

[Messisan321]

You can use 128Gb for OS! Honestly OCing gets 1-4% better. it's not worth it.

But im also going to put games on it. let say battlefield takes 40 gb! and a 128 gb isnt gonna be enough because im just talking about one game and i also want the oc'ble cpu that might make it a little bit smoother

[AlTech]

But im also going to put games on it. let say battlefield takes 40 gb! and a 128 gb isnt gonna be enough because im just talking about one game and i also want the oc'ble cpu that might make it a little bit smoother

Last I checked Battlefield hated OCed GPUs so make sure not to OC the gpu

[SeanAngelo]

Last I checked Battlefield hated OCed GPUs so make sure not to OC the gpu

I have my GPU OC and experience no problems with Battlefield, all stable.

 

ok because i also heard some people sayinf that their motherboard caused bluescreen and they had to switch their board because something got destroyed

is it still easy to overclock on the asus board on like the msi one? 

That happens infrequently, maybe they had a bad board but there are not many cases like that. MSI is a reliable brand.

[AlTech]

I have my GPU OC and experience no problems with Battlefield, all stable.

 

That happens infrequently, maybe they had a bad board but there are not many cases like that. MSI is a reliable brand.

which one? BF4 is unstable as hell when OCing GPU.

[SeanAngelo]

which one? BF4 is unstable as hell when OCing GPU.

BF4 and BF3

[Messisan321]

 

 

That happens infrequently, maybe they had a bad board but there are not many cases like that. MSI is a reliable brand.

So which one should i choose then the asus one or  msi?

[SeanAngelo]

So which one should i choose then the asus one or  msi?

Well seeing as you have a budget of $150, the MSI. The Asus and MSI don't really have that MUCH of a difference. The Asus boards are only for looks in my opinion..