Gigabyte for VRM or Asus for Bios?

[MarleysBeard]

I'm about to upgrade my current Z97-A to a Z390. Looking in the ~$200 US range and I'm at an impasse. The Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite and Pro both have great reviews in regards to VRM but terrible reviews on BIOS. On the other hand Asus boards like the Z390 Prime-A and ROG Strix Z390-H seem to have lesser quality VRM but much better BIOS.

 

For a gaming pc and an overclocking newbie which should I prioritize? I definitely want to overclock but being entirely new to doing it the idea of a terrible bios is intimidating..

 

Greatly appreciate if you all could shed some light on this subject for me.

[Jurrunio]

Asrock & MSI: ......

[Elisis]

Aorus is generally considered having the best Z390 boards. The main problem people have with Gigabyte's BIOS is with its AMD one, which has by now been rectified (iirc).

 

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For a gaming pc and an overclocking newbie which should I prioritize? I definitely want to overclock but being entirely new to doing it the idea of a terrible bios is intimidating.

The Z390 Elite and Pro's BIOS is fine. It isn't 'terrible'

[MarleysBeard]

10 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Asrock & MSI: ......

In my research thus far those names weren't recommended as much as the others. To add to that if I'm looking at MOBOs from 4 different brands its just going to make the waters even murkier. How is a new person to decide when you have 4 brands each with numerous options.

[MarleysBeard]

1 minute ago, Elisis said:

Aorus is generally considered having the best Z390 boards. The main problem people have with Gigabyte's BIOS is with its AMD one, which has by now been rectified (iirc).

 

The Z390 Elite and Pro's BIOS is fine. It isn't 'terrible'

 

Thank you. Steve(?) from GamerNexus went thru the new bios and wasn't impressed but that's just his opinion obviously.

 

The vast majority say some pretty negative things about Gigabytes bios but obviously I don't have any personal experience to draw from.

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, MarleysBeard said:

In my research thus far those names weren't recommended as much as the others.

already good enough, Asrock's BIOS in particular shares many terms with Asus' design

[MarleysBeard]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

already good enough, Asrock's BIOS in particular shares many terms with Asus' design

Good to know, I'll take a look at Asrocks offerings in the ~$200 range. Thanks

[Falkentyne]

4 hours ago, MarleysBeard said:

I'm about to upgrade my current Z97-A to a Z390. Looking in the ~$200 US range and I'm at an impasse. The Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite and Pro both have great reviews in regards to VRM but terrible reviews on BIOS. On the other hand Asus boards like the Z390 Prime-A and ROG Strix Z390-H seem to have lesser quality VRM but much better BIOS.

 

For a gaming pc and an overclocking newbie which should I prioritize? I definitely want to overclock but being entirely new to doing it the idea of a terrible bios is intimidating..

 

Greatly appreciate if you all could shed some light on this subject for me.

Why not have both?
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