Advice for buying motherboard??

[Conner0722]

Hello, I have recently started looking into building my first pc. I have some friends who have built their own computer already so theyll be able to help put it together. But i was hoping for some recommendations for a motherboard. I plan on using the computer for gaming, streaming, and editing. Price is not an issue. Thank you for your help and let me know if i left any details out that could help you recommend one 

[LukeSavenije]

yeah, that really depends on the platform. I'll list some examples of good board on the two most popular platforms rn

z390: auros pro/master/aorus xtreme waterforce (last one if you got money to burn), asrock taichi/taichi ultimate, don't get any asus boards, as they have a effective 4 phase power design against the 12 and 10 phase of gigabyte and asrock

 

b450/x470: asrock pro4/fatal1ty/taichi/taichi ultimate

msi mortar/bazooka/tomahawk/pro carbon

haven't really heared anything about gigabyte and asus with the amd boards....

 

general rules:

1) vrm shielding

2) vrm design

3) features

4) ports

5) io

6) rgb all over the place

[RollinLower]

well, we really need to know the other components are.

you can't put a Intel CPU in a motherboard with an AMD chipset, so on and so forth.

[Conner0722]

1 minute ago, RollinLower said:

well, we really need to know the other components are.

you can't put a Intel CPU in a motherboard with an AMD chipset, so on and so forth.

I was told i should start by picking a motherboard/cpu and pick the rest of the parts around that

[Stormseeker9]

3 minutes ago, Conner0722 said:

I was told i should start by picking a motherboard/cpu and pick the rest of the parts around that

Is it more for gaming or more for other work? 

purely gaming-> Intel 

Mixed workload -> amd

 

once you pick what brand CPU you want to go, then pick one of the aforementioned chipsets and Choose a MoBo that suits your needs. I personally have 2700x with B450 gaming pro carbon. 

[r2724r16]

3 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Is it more for gaming or more for other work? 

purely gaming-> Intel 

Mixed workload -> amd

Nope: 9900K > 2700x for gaming and productivity.

20 minutes ago, Conner0722 said:

I have recently started looking into building my first pc.

CES 2019 is coming in less than 2 weeks, and AMD will be releasing new Zen 2 CPUs wth up to 16 cores at 4.7GHz for $500. I highly suggest you wait until then to decide what CPU/motherboard to get.

[Stormseeker9]

9 minutes ago, Geography said:

Nope: 9900K > 2700x for gaming and productivity.

 

So thats 1 CPU out of many they have. General vibe I have gathered over the last few months is that what I stated above. 

[xg32]

50 minutes ago, Conner0722 said:

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