ASUS Motherboard

[LightningShift]

Help. on the ASUS website theres about a hundred different motherboards just defined by letters (Z270I, H270F, B250F), they dont say what are the differences are, every discription reads the same. i dont know what would be the best for me (gaming, streaming, web surfing, ect). ive never built a computer from scratch but it seems like it would be fun and cost efficient. Thanks for the help

[3 Lions]

What CPU have you chosen? 

[minibois]

The differences can be pretty big or small.

Like some have Wi-Fi, most don't. Some have 1 and some have 2 M.2 slots (for those new fancy SSD's). Sometimes motherboards have two and sometimes they have four RAM slots.

Than there are bigger differences, like which motherboards can overclock and of course there are physical size differences.

 

Can you give me a quick overview of the rest of the build (CPU and case mainly) and the things that are important on a motherboard to you? (how many SSD's/HDD's can be connected to it? do you need 5.1 audio? etc.)

 

[LightningShift]

i havent even thought about a case yet because i dont want to limit what i put in it. as for a CPU, i want a Intel i7 but haven't decided witch one yet (b/c there is a huge price range and ill be buying one part a payday). WiFi dosent matter to me.

 

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, LightningShift said:

i havent even thought about a case yet because i dont want to limit what i put in it. as for a CPU, i want a Intel i7 but haven't decided witch one yet (b/c there is a huge price range and ill be buying one part a payday). WiFi dosent matter to me.

Just as a sidenote, it's likely a better idea to get all stuff at once. The market can change even in a month and spreading out your purchases is usually not the greatest idea.

The only advantage it can bring, is if prices go up, you might have gotten it for cheaper.. But it does confide you to your plan, while otherwise you can change up your plans.

 

Anyways, what kind of budget do you have for your build? And what kind of stuff would you do on it? Purely gaming? Streaming? Video or photo editing? 3D modeling?

[3 Lions]

5 minutes ago, LightningShift said:

i want a Intel i7 but haven't decided witch one yet

Skylake: 

6700 or 6700K 

 

 

Kaby Lake: 

7700 or 7700K 

 

If you choose the 6700 I'd go for a H110 motherboard, if you go for the 6700K go for a Z170 motherboard, If you choose the 7700 go for a H270 or B250 motherboard and finally if you choose the 7700K go for a Z270 motherboard.

[LightningShift]

budget: i was hoping to stay under 2000$ canadian without a monitor.

 

CPU: the Kaby Lake 7700K is what i was leaning to b/c it seems like it'll do everything i need and more, also the extreme edition is to expensive. the Ryzen line, from what ive herd, isnt all its cracked up to be.