MoBo Recommendations for i9-9900ks

[Wormatron]

Upgrading from i7-7700k to i9-9900ks and, as the thread title suggests, i'm looking for field-tested recommendations.

 

Happy to provide more details of the rig if that helps with close calls...

[Princess Luna]

If you're going with the i9 9900KS then I suppose you have budget for high end.

 

The best Z390 is the Gigabyte Aorus Master.

[Jurrunio]

You can't get away from the "why not Ryzen" question

 

but if you're wealthy enough to buy the KS for 0-300MHz overclock potential on top of the 9900K, I see no reason to buy anything but the high end boards, so that includes the Aorus Master, Xtreme, MSI Ace, Godlike and Asus ROG Apex. Even slightly worse boards like the ROG Extreme (not that many phases) or Hero (really not enough phases, high VRM temperature when handling the CPU's 250w+ power draw) could lead to lower overclocks, which I see as a huge problem when you buy the KS instead of the K.

[Wormatron]

4 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

If you're going with the i9 9900KS then I suppose you have budget for high end.

 

The best Z390 is the Gigabyte Aorus Master.

Thanks.

 

I've seen all the standard review articles, most of which suggest the Master.  Good to hear someone else recommend it too.

[Wormatron]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

You can't get away from the "why not Ryzen" question

 

but if you're wealthy enough to buy the KS for 0-300MHz overclock potential on top of the 9900K, I see no reason to buy anything but the high end boards, so that includes the Aorus Master, Xtreme, MSI Ace, Godlike and Asus ROG Apex. Even slightly worse boards like the ROG Extreme (not that many phases) or Hero (really not enough phases, high VRM temperature when handling the CPU's 250w+ power draw) could lead to lower overclocks, which I see as a huge problem when you buy the KS instead of the K.

The simple answer is because I have an Intel system at the moment and that's all I know.  I genuinely have no reason not to change if that really is the play, though.  Suggest away!

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, Wormatron said:

The simple answer is because I have an Intel system at the moment and that's all I know.  I genuinely have no reason not to change if that really is the play, though.  Suggest away!

maybe start with your use with it first?

[1van]

1 hour ago, Wormatron said:

Upgrading from i7-7700k to i9-9900ks

Have a look at this, any board in blue and green areas should be OK for an i9-9900KS. Btw, what board do you have with your i7-7700k?

[Wormatron]

23 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

maybe start with your use with it first?

High end gaming, (low end) streaming, general media consumption, light Adobe work etc.

 

I 4k game in Ultra-wide 3440x1440 too.

[Wormatron]

Just now, 1van said:

Have a look at this, any board in blue and green areas should be OK for an i9-9900KS. Btw, what board do you have with your i7-7700k?

Thanks.  I have a Asus Rog Strix Z270-E atm.

[Jurrunio]

17 minutes ago, Wormatron said:

High end gaming, (low end) streaming, general media consumption, light Adobe work etc.

 

I 4k game in Ultra-wide 3440x1440 too.

ok so GPU use is high, CPU less so. What do you have and how high is the budget?

[Wormatron]

7 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

ok so GPU use is high, CPU less so. What do you have and how high is the budget?

I have 2080ti FE, no budget really, treating myself for Christmas...

 

The rest of the set up is fine, 64 gig RAM etc, etc, just looking to update cpu and mobo (maybe psu if 750w isn't enough)

[Jurrunio]

39 minutes ago, Wormatron said:

I have 2080ti FE, no budget really, treating myself for Christmas...

 

The rest of the set up is fine, 64 gig RAM etc, etc, just looking to update cpu and mobo (maybe psu if 750w isn't enough)

wow

 

but then 3700x or 3800x (if you're into memory overclocking to 3800MHz) will already do what you want, no need for higher core counts. Not saying you can't buy those, but the 12 core part and 16 core part won't be nearly as good value since your work don't use that many cores.

 

as for board, Start with the Asus X570 TUF or Gigabyte Aorus Elite, and go higher if there are features you really want. Traps are MSI boards on or below the Carbon (so that leaves the Unify, Ace and Godlike from MSI), Asus Strix F and Prime Pro (TUF with different connectivity) and Gigabyte Ultra since it doesnt differ much from the noticeably cheaper Pro Wifi.

 

or you could go mITX, not sure if you want that

[Wormatron]

13 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

wow

 

but then 3700x or 3800x (if you're into memory overclocking to 3800MHz) will already do what you want, no need for higher core counts. Not saying you can't buy those, but the 12 core part and 16 core part won't be nearly as good value since your work don't use that many cores.

 

as for board, Start with the Asus X570 TUF or Gigabyte Aorus Elite, and go higher if there are features you really want. Traps are MSI boards on or below the Carbon (so that leaves the Unify, Ace and Godlike from MSI), Asus Strix F and Prime Pro (TUF with different connectivity) and Gigabyte Ultra since it doesnt differ much from the noticeably cheaper Pro Wifi.

 

or you could go mITX, not sure if you want that

Very helpful! Thanks.