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Hello everyone!

 

The time has come to choose between Asus or Gigabyte. Or if you have any better recommendations around the 140€ price tag I will gladly look into it!

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 
GPU: EVGA FTW3 GTX 1080 Ti 
SSD: Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4TB 
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 

MBD: ?
Housing: Phanteks ECLIPSE P300 (3x140mm) (Mid Tower)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Optical drive: LG GH24NSD1.AUAA10B DVD-R/RW+R/RW Bulk Sata

Monitor: Samsung UE28590D (3840x2160)

 

 

Every answer will be much appreciated!

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Either should work, they are much of the same being honest, pick what appeals to you the most.

 

Asus BIOS is slightly better, as in memory support and UI.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Both have essentially the same features, and both are compatible with your CPU. Pick whichever looks nicer, or better fits the theme of your build. I personally prefer the ASUS board, but that's just me.

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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Asus X370-F is certainly better than the Gigabyte X470 Ultra Gaming, that VRM on the Ultra Gaming is horribly weak, the same stuff they use on B450 Aorus boards.

 

For similar prices maybe you can find Asrock X370 Taichi or Gigabyte X370 K7, both slightly better than Asus X370-F imo

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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37 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Asus X370-F is certainly better than the Gigabyte X470 Ultra Gaming, that VRM on the Ultra Gaming is horribly weak, the same stuff they use on B450 Aorus boards.

 

For similar prices maybe you can find Asrock X370 Taichi or Gigabyte X370 K7, both slightly better than Asus X370-F imo

Sadly both of them are around 170€ :(

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54 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Both have essentially the same features, and both are compatible with your CPU. Pick whichever looks nicer, or better fits the theme of your build. I personally prefer the ASUS board, but that's just me.

Thank you! I'll probably go after the Asus one

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4 hours ago, minato said:

Hello everyone!

 

The time has come to choose between Asus or Gigabyte. Or if you have any better recommendations around the 140€ price tag I will gladly look into it!

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 
GPU: EVGA FTW3 GTX 1080 Ti 
SSD: Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4TB 
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 

MBD: ?
Housing: Phanteks ECLIPSE P300 (3x140mm) (Mid Tower)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Optical drive: LG GH24NSD1.AUAA10B DVD-R/RW+R/RW Bulk Sata

Monitor: Samsung UE28590D (3840x2160)

 

 

Every answer will be much appreciated!

In this price range I prefer Gigabyte, I sometimes think that Asus only has good motherboards above $ 250.


It is true that Asus always has better BIOS, but there are other issues analyzed here, such as audio chip and LAN.

 

Maybe this article helps you decide:
https://www.techspot.com/bestof/amd-x470-motherboards/

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