B85 vs Z87

[KrutoyEegrok]

1) What are the advantages of B85 over Z87?

2) What are the advantages of Z87 over B85?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z87i This is most likely going to be the Z87 board unless you can recommend a better mITX one.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85i This is most likely going to be the B85 board unless you can recommend a better mITX one.

 

BTW, if you plan on recommending a better ITX board, it has to be under 150 dollars US.

 

This will be a budget gaming/everyday use PC.

Other specs are i3-4130 and GTX 760. 

I most likely won't overclock.

[TheSLSAMG]

The B85 board is fine. Z87 is an overclocking chipset, which is useless for an i3. I like the specs.

[KrutoyEegrok]

The B85 board is fine. Z87 is an overclocking chipset, which is useless for an i3. I like the specs.

Cool, on another post, people told me I would get pretty good performance as well. So thats what I will do

[Whaler_99]

FYI - for some reading, this link has some of the specific differences listed...

 

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-the-difference-473/

[KrutoyEegrok]

FYI - for some reading, this link has some of the specific differences listed...

 

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-the-difference-473/

thanks

[kuzimins]

go for the b85.

[papeles]

The B85 board is fine. Z87 is an overclocking chipset, which is useless for an i3. I like the specs.

You can overclock on b85/81 boards even tho not as good as in a z87, where you can also OC ram. You just have to be able to select the right mobo. Asus, ASrock (mine for example, Fatal1ty B85 killer) and a few other have B85 motherboards that allow Overclocking. 

 

As for OP, if you are on a budget, consider the motherboard i have. It cost me around 110-115USD and comes with good lan/sound.

[Analog]

B85 - no overclocking at all, less board features, cheapest thing out there

Z87 - good overclocking, more board features (depending on the price tag of course), quite a bit more expensive than a B85 motherboard. 

 

Since your chip is an i3 there will be no overclocking on it anyway so there is no much point of overspending for a Z87 board unless you really want some of the exclusive premium features of certain manufacturer. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-H87I-PLUS-1150-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B00CXIY468/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1393532390&sr=8-3&keywords=asus+h87+plus

 

This is a very good H87 motherboard. H81/87 is kind of the middle ground between the B and Z chipset, however it still lacks CPU overclocking options.