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Hey! I'm looking to upgrade my FX-8300 to the new I7-10700k and i'm very excited. I'd love if you guys could recommend me a good mid range z490 motherboard for the I7. I haven't done any overclocking in the past, but i'm looking to build a PC capable of doing 2k gaming so will probably overclock in the future, if necessary.

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budget? 

and if you're just gaming, go with the 10600k, performs similarly in games because they don't scale up to 8 cores. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

budget? 

and if you're just gaming, go with the 10600k, performs similarly in games because they don't scale up to 8 cores. 

Around 250$

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10 hours ago, Cha0s said:

Around 250$

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI Z490-A PRO ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $159.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $159.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:30 EDT-0400  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $189.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $189.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:31 EDT-0400  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $199.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $199.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:31 EDT-0400  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $169.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $169.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:32 EDT-0400  

all of these will easily handle a 10700k.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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2 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI Z490-A PRO ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $159.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $159.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:30 EDT-0400  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $189.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $189.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:31 EDT-0400  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $199.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $199.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:31 EDT-0400  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $169.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $169.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 05:32 EDT-0400  

all of these will easily handle a 10700k.

I was interested in the Tomahawk since it's cheaper in my country than any others but I'm wondering if there's problems with overclocking/upgrading on it to the 11th generations if needed.

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10 hours ago, Cha0s said:

but I'm wondering if there's problems with overclocking/upgrading on it to the 11th generations if needed.

we don't know how power hungry 11th gen will be. 

but the tomahawk uses  60a  SPS and will handle any comet lake cpu currently.

the z490 vision g is also decent, but that board is as expensive as the tomahawk and is worse in terms of vrm.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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24 minutes ago, Cha0s said:

Around 250$

Z490 Gaming Edge WIFI or Z490 Vision G, they're around $200.

There's nothing that makes much sense at $250. If you want to go higher-end than these two, there's the Z490 Unify and Strix Z490-E, but those are closer to $300.

 

Out of the two, I'd personally get the Gaming Edge, because of its slightly stronger VRMs and better VRM heatsinks, though the Vision G has more USB ports in the rear, Intel 2.5G LAN instead of Realtek and slightly better onboard audio.

Either should handle a 10700K no problem btw, it's not like the heatsinks or especially the VRM on the Vision G are bad or anything.

 

11 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

but the tomahawk uses  60a  SPS and will handle any comet lake cpu currently.

55A DrMOS for the Tomahawk I think. It's the Gaming Edge and Gaming Carbon that are on smart 60As.

I don't know why MSI did this, considering the B550 Tomahawk/Gaming Edge are both on 60s, and the Gaming Carbon is even stronger, AND AM4 CHIPS DON'T EVEN NEED THAT MUCH CURRENT...

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Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13"  --  i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe

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8 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Z490 Gaming Edge WIFI or Z490 Vision G, they're around $200.

There's nothing that makes much sense at $250. If you want to go higher-end than these two, there's the Z490 Unify and Strix Z490-E, but those are closer to $300.

 

Out of the two, I'd personally get the Gaming Edge, because of its slightly stronger VRMs and better VRM heatsinks, though the Vision G has more USB ports in the rear, Intel 2.5G LAN instead of Realtek and slightly better onboard audio.

Either should handle a 10700K no problem btw, it's not like the heatsinks or especially the VRM on the Vision G are bad or anything.

 

55A DrMOS for the Tomahawk I think. It's the Gaming Edge and Gaming Carbon that are on smart 60As.

I don't know why MSI did this, considering the B550 Tomahawk/Gaming Edge are both on 60s, and the Gaming Carbon is even stronger, AND AM4 CHIPS DON'T EVEN NEED THAT MUCH CURRENT...

I think i'll probably stick to the z490 Gaming Edge since it also has WIFI and I'm looking for a long term investment, although i'm not really sure how big the difference is between it and the Tomahawk.

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Just now, Cha0s said:

I think i'll probably stick to the z490 Gaming Edge since it also has WIFI and I'm looking for a long term investment, although i'm not really sure how big the difference is between it and the Tomahawk.

It's not a groundbreaking difference, but it's still something.

Considering there's usually very little between the Tomahawk and Gaming Edge in terms of price, I think it'd be worth going for the GE.

Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6

Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13"  --  i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe

Peripherals: Leopold FC660C w/ Topre Silent 45g | Logitech MX Master 3 & Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed | HIFIMAN HE400se & iFi ZEN DAC | Audio-Technica AT2020USB+

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12 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

55A DrMOS for the Tomahawk I think

Ah they're Dr and 55a. Ah then my bad. 

Though at least afaik in the real world 60 and 55a stages have relatively similar current capabilities.

But yes my bad lol. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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7 hours ago, Cha0s said:

I was interested in the Tomahawk since it's cheaper in my country than any others but I'm wondering if there's problems with overclocking/upgrading on it to the 11th generations if needed.

11th gen intel wont be compatible with z490 mobos. 
 

Id go tomahawk. Or Asus Tuf gaming is a possibility. Strix E  or msi Unify if u want to go a little more than 250. Im going off US prices tho. No idea what things cost elsewhere. 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x,  MOBO: ASUS TUF X570 Gaming Pro wifi, CPU cooler: Noctua U12a RAM: Gskill Ripjaws V @3600mhz,  GPU: Asus Tuf RTX OC 3080 PSU: Seasonic Focus GX850 CASE: Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh Storage: 500 GB Inland Premium M.2,  Sandisk Ultra Plus II 256 GB & 120 GB

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10 hours ago, maizenblue said:

11th gen intel wont be compatible with z490 mobos. 

where did you get that from exactly?

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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2 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

where did you get that from exactly?

I just did some research on it and apparently they may be compatible. I had heard on here and other places that they wouldnt be due to Intel completely revamping their architecture to accommodate a 10nm production process. So I stand corrected.

 

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x,  MOBO: ASUS TUF X570 Gaming Pro wifi, CPU cooler: Noctua U12a RAM: Gskill Ripjaws V @3600mhz,  GPU: Asus Tuf RTX OC 3080 PSU: Seasonic Focus GX850 CASE: Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh Storage: 500 GB Inland Premium M.2,  Sandisk Ultra Plus II 256 GB & 120 GB

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I decided and ordered the MSI Gaming Edge after all, thank you everyone.

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