Feature rich Motherboard recommendations (Intel chipsets)

[aidan160]

Hello, I am considering building a new Intel pc. I haven't built a PC in years and I am not experienced with Intel chipsets. I am wondering if anybody has recommendations for a good, Feature rich mobo for the latest generation of Intel CPU's 

I am used to building budget computers hence the fact that i always go with AMD, but i am looking with a larger budget of 1500-1700 for the entire tower.

I would really prefer anything made by ASUS

(This is my first post)

things I need

• NVMe M.2 Support
• Atleast one usb 3.2 Type-C
• DDR4 3200

Things I would like built in

• Thunderbold
• 802.11ax
• Ability to see post codes on the mobo
• Some kind of lighting on the mobo like RGB would be cool but that would be something really low on my list of features

 

I will post more if i think of anything else

 

If somebody doesn't mind pointing me in the right direction I would appreciate it, I work 60 to 70 hours a week right now and im usually too tired to do to much in depth research right now.

[SupaKomputa]

any reason why you won't use a Ryzen cpu?

[Guest]

This is the only Intel MoBo with built in 802.11ax https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390 Phantom Gaming X/

This is one of the few Intel MoBo with built in Thunderbolt https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z390-DESIGNARE-rev-10#kf

My suggestion would be to get both WiFi and Thunderbolt via PCIe expansion so you're not limited to just 2 MoBo choices.

[SupaKomputa]

new amd boards support thunderbolt too.

[GoldenLag]

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570 Phantom Gaming-ITXTB3/index.asp

 

I can only think of this board or the ATX TB variants (dunno if they are on market yet) that cover everything

[aidan160]

1 hour ago, SupaKomputa said:

any reason why you won't use a Ryzen cpu?

I love Ryzen that's my current CPU, I just want to build a Intel tower just to do it i love computer hardware and i want to try out other setups.

[SupaKomputa]

54 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570 Phantom Gaming-ITXTB3/index.asp

 

I can only think of this board or the ATX TB variants (dunno if they are on market yet) that cover everything

Asrock have several, some build in, some with expansion card.

[aidan160]

 

1 hour ago, Medicate said:

This is the only Intel MoBo with built in 802.11ax https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390 Phantom Gaming X/

This is one of the few Intel MoBo with built in Thunderbolt https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z390-DESIGNARE-rev-10#kf

My suggestion would be to get both WiFi and Thunderbolt via PCIe expansion so you're not limited to just 2 MoBo choices.

Understandable i wasn't aware the selection for those built in features were so limited, I'm fine with using pci cards any good asus boards with decent pci expansion that would fit the other capabilities I mentioned?

[SupaKomputa]

4 minutes ago, aidan160 said:

I love Ryzen that's my current CPU, I just want to build a Intel tower just to do it i love computer hardware and i want to try out other setups.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($484.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($166.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($409.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1514.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-27 12:43 EDT-0400

[SupaKomputa]

1 hour ago, Medicate said:

This is the only Intel MoBo with built in 802.11ax https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390 Phantom Gaming X/

This is one of the few Intel MoBo with built in Thunderbolt https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z390-DESIGNARE-rev-10#kf

My suggestion would be to get both WiFi and Thunderbolt via PCIe expansion so you're not limited to just 2 MoBo choices.

Just realized Thunderbolt is not a popular feature even in Intel motherboards.

Even i asus motherboards don't have one. I wonder why. Maybe nobody using them?

[aidan160]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Just realized Thunderbolt is not a popular feature even in Intel motherboards.

Even i asus motherboards don't have one. I wonder why. Maybe nobody using them?

To tell you the truth i have no current use for Thunderbolt but I just wanna mess around with it in the future, Maybe incorporate it into any future additions to my setup, if the situation presented itself. 

[SupaKomputa]

3 minutes ago, aidan160 said:

To tell you the truth i have no current use for Thunderbolt but I just wanna mess around with it in the future, Maybe incorporate it into any future additions to my setup, if the situation presented itself. 

then you can have random motherboard and a pcie tb3 card.

[aidan160]

2 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

then you can have random motherboard and a pcie tb3 card.

Yeah I know I can do that I just wanted to see if there was an option to have it built then initially I guess there really isn't I guess it comes down to what chipset you would recommend, I have zero experience with any intel chipsets within the past 12 years basically since I started building computers, other than playing around with consumer-grade pre-built systems that contained Intel chipsets. also somebody told me that Intel's planning to drop prices on their ninth generation CPUs.

[Guest]

On 10/28/2019 at 12:10 AM, aidan160 said:

Yeah I know I can do that I just wanted to see if there was an option to have it built then initially I guess there really isn't I guess it comes down to what chipset you would recommend, I have zero experience with any intel chipsets within the past 12 years basically since I started building computers, other than playing around with consumer-grade pre-built systems that contained Intel chipsets. also somebody told me that Intel's planning to drop prices on their ninth generation CPUs.

I have a Gigabyte board with 1 Thunderbolt 3 port built in. I have tried the Alpine Ridge card on boards that should accept it and had somewhat disappointing results. If you see Thunderbolt being useful in the future, get a board that has it built in. You'll avoid a lot of potential headache.