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hey guys, i need your opinion about the best motherboard for a i9 9900k, i found a asus strix z930 f gaming what are you thoughts about it

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the absolute best Z390 board atm is the MSI MEG Godlike. 

 

though it is a bit pricey. other than that you have the step down model from MSI which is very nice motherboard aswell

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Something not made by ASUS would be my pick, not a big fan of MSI but i heard the MEG Godlike is good

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Just now, GoldenLag said:

the absolute best Z390 board atm is the MSI MEG Godlike. 

 

though it is a bit pricey. other than that you have the step down model from MSI which is very nice motherboard aswell

what about the asus strix f gaming ?

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How much do you have for budget though? Gigabyte Z390 Aorus boards are the best when it comes to a balance of power and affordability, beats Z390-F in both sides.

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I feel as though the Z370 Classified K that I'm using right now would be rather nice for a 9900k. 12 pin EPS power for the CPU, a healthy VRM count and substantial cooling, etc.

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Just now, TheArchitect93 said:

what about the asus strix f gaming ?

id avoid the Asus board in general. they arent really good when it comes to pricing to quality ratio.

 

buy a board from Gigabyte or MSI instead

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

How much do you have for budget though? Gigabyte Z390 Aorus boards are the best when it comes to a balance of power and affordability, beats Z390-F in both sides.

dont really care about the money

 

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ASUS's Z390 boards, except for the Apex and Extreme are not worth considering

They use a 4 phase vrm, not doubled, and even if they were doubled, still not worth it.

 

MSI's gaming Edge and gaming pro carbon have a 5x2 phase vrm  with meh cooling, but their Meg Ace and Meg Godlike are good.

 

as for Gigabyte: their boards are great. all of the aorus have a 6x2 + 1, but the ultra has a better cooling for the VRMs, and the master has better cooling and 6x2 + 2.

the extreme has a 8x2 vrm layout.

 

For a 9900k on a AIO or Custom loop, go with the Ultra, for  a 9900k with a overkill custom loop/best ambient cooling or single phase change (i.e. a triple 360 rad setup), and Master for LN2 or cascade.

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6 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

ASUS's Z390 boards, except for the Apex and Extreme are not worth considering

They use a 4 phase vrm, not doubled, and even if they were doubled, still not worth it.

Asus has the best bios so id get the apex :P

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4 hours ago, TrigrH said:

Asus has the best bios so id get the apex :P

Shame their VRMs on the Z390 are not the best. If you want a good bios, for overclock and very decent VRMs the Extreme 4 and or Taichi... depends on the budget you have.

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5 minutes ago, lukart said:

Shame their VRMs on the Z390 are not the best. If you want a good bios, for overclock and very decent VRMs the Extreme 4 and or Taichi... depends on the budget you have.

thats not true for the apex and extreme boards.

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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5 hours ago, TheArchitect93 said:

dont really care about the money

 

Cool.. Then buy the most expensive one, don't bother if it's worse than the other ones in performance with cheaper cost.. The performance difference would be small, you might can't spot the performance difference, but you will pay more for it.. But I see that would be no problems for you..

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gigabyte z390 aorus elite

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10 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

the absolute best Z390 board atm is the MSI MEG Godlike. 

 

though it is a bit pricey. other than that you have the step down model from MSI which is very nice motherboard aswell

ive read that their bios is awful and rgb is even worst 

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1 hour ago, TheArchitect93 said:

ive read that their bios is awful and rgb is even worst 

I havent kept too up with software, but MSI is selling the best boards atm

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I think it's safe to say that Gigabyte (Elite onwards) and MSI (Gaming Edge onwards) are your best bet and ASrock taichi(ultimate) and phantom 9 are also good.

 

But then again if you don't care about money then just buy one of the top tier motherboards - Asus Apex/Extreme, MSI Godlike and etc. and be done with it.

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