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  1. 1. Which board should I get?

    • TUF Z270 MARK 2 ASUS
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    • Z270 SLI MSI
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    • Z270 SLI PLUS MSi
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    • Z270 GAMING PRO
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    • Z270 KRAIT GAMING
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I have 5 motherboard choices so please pick which one I should get. Don't consider price when deciding the best board. Also tell me what benefits are from each one. Thanks

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-KRAIT-GAMING.html#productSpecification-section

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-GAMING-PRO.html#productSpecification-section

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-SLI-PLUS.html#productSpecification-section

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-SLI.html#productSpecification-section

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-Z270-MARK-2/specifications/

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Whichever looks best to you

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Is there any real difference like in audio quality and internet speed?

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CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

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Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

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1 minute ago, Vandorlot said:

Is there any real difference like in audio quality and internet speed?

nothing worth mentioning

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How is the TUF Z270 MARK 2 ASUS better than the other ones. I see people voted for it and wonder why its better. @Avex @Princess Cadence

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CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

 Peripherals

Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game xD

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Just now, Vandorlot said:

How is the TUF Z270 MARK 2 ASUS better than the other ones. I see people voted for it and wonder why its better. @Avex @Princess Cadence

@RGProductions

I simply take Asus for motherboards over any other brand any day because if Asus does something right it is their motherboards... also I kinda hold prejudice over MSi for building only "okay-ish" hardware but marketing it for gamers so hardcore that the price you pay is more for the brand name and marketing than actual quality.

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27 minutes ago, Vandorlot said:

I have 5 motherboard choices so please pick which one I should get. Don't consider price when deciding the best board. Also tell me what benefits are from each one. Thanks

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-KRAIT-GAMING.html#productSpecification-section

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-GAMING-PRO.html#productSpecification-section

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-SLI-PLUS.html#productSpecification-section

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270-SLI.html#productSpecification-section

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-Z270-MARK-2/specifications/

This is my parts list.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QkPbD8

Have you bought any of this yet?

 

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Just now, stealth80 said:

Have you bought any of this yet?

No.

My Rig

CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

 Peripherals

Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game xD

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Just now, Vandorlot said:

No.

Ok, what is your budget? Ryzen 5 is pretty much the go to chip now in that bracket

 

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CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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In my case it's just the result of a poor experience with a MSI motherboard and consistently positive experiences with ASUS hardware.

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Just now, stealth80 said:

Ok, what is your budget? Ryzen 5 is pretty much the go to chip now in that bracket

It's 1200. I'm currently making 2 plans for a PC, one Ryzen and one Kaby lake. Here's my Ryzen design https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2YqY7h 

Although Ryzen is a great all around chip with great performance in stuff like rendering, I'm mostly going to be doing gaming and not much streaming and rendering so I decided to try to make a plan with an intel chip.

My Rig

CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

 Peripherals

Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game xD

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1 minute ago, Vandorlot said:

It's 1200. I'm currently making 2 plans for a PC, one Ryzen and one Kaby lake. Here's my Ryzen design https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2YqY7h 

Although Ryzen is a great all around chip with great performance in stuff like rendering, I'm mostly going to be doing gaming and not much streaming and rendering so I decided to try to make a plan with an intel chip.

If you can't stretch to the 7700k, I would go Ryzen 5 - don't bother with the X, no point, just clock your CPU and you're off, I would add an AIO later down the line though

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.19 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir Pro 4 66.7 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($138.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($133.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($142.55 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card  ($369.00 @ Amazon)
Case: DIYPC D480-BK-Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.79 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($30.00)
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Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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All of the MSI boards are virtually identical other than the aesthetics (exact same VRM and features). Would not recommend the TUF board for poor audio setup and overclocking (seriously, MSI boards have deceptively bad VRM's, but just look at the one on the TUF). 

 

Because the TUF is the worst and the MSI's are all pretty much the same, just get the cheapest MSI board. 

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2 minutes ago, Nimrodor said:

All of the MSI boards are virtually identical other than the aesthetics (exact same VRM and features). Would not recommend the TUF board for poor audio setup and overclocking (seriously, MSI boards have deceptively bad VRM's, but just look at the one on the TUF). 

 

Because the TUF is the worst and the MSI's are all pretty much the same, just get the cheapest MSI board. 

 

If the VRMs are bad on the MSI and TFU can you recommend another board?

My Rig

CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

 Peripherals

Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game xD

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Just now, Vandorlot said:

If the VRMs are bad on the MSI and TFU can you recommend another board?

For overclocking and audio, the Gigabyte budget boards are quite good (UD3, K3, XP-SLI). MSI has good audio but okay VRM's, ASRock has decent VRM's with meh audio up until the Extreme4, Asus generally has good VRM's with poor audio on the budget side of the market.

 

In other words,

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128971 or https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128972

 

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Yeah, whichever looks best t'you is the one to go with.  In the high-end boards, they all end up performing similarly.

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