Motherboard diffrence

[Daniel91]

Hello Everyone ^^

 

i'm a newbie builder  (building my first rig this weekend) and i went shopping with my dad to get the parts we needed, got what we needed and is ready for building and i got some advice frome the members here and thanks again.

 

but today when i went to a mall with my friend who was getting a new GPUi noticed in the shop  the ownder was carring like 4 to 5 Brands of Z87 class mother boards. 

I can  understand that the boards may differ but what i dont understand is why are the prices so much diffrent?

 

here are the prices

* i was looking at the mATX boards

 

 

MSI Z87M - Gaming S$339

Asus Z87M-Plus  S$ 296

AsRock Z87M - Extreme 4 S$269

gigabyte g1 sniper m5 S$ 445

gigabyte z87M-d3h - S$269

 

can someone please explain to me why are the prices so diffrent?

[WoodenMarker]

Features and branding.

 

I'm moving the thread to the CPU, Motherboards, and Memory section.

[SirRoderick]

Said features are mostly important for Overclocking. If you aren't going to do that just get a board with enough slots and I/O for you from a good brand (with the correct socket for your CPU of course). Personally prefer gigabyte boards.

[AnotherTechGuy]

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[Samdb]

With Z87 boards you're better off just choosing the one that looks the best with your rig as a cheap motherboard will perform closely with an expensive board.

[Daniel91]

Features and branding.

 

I'm moving the thread to the CPU, Motherboards, and Memory section.

thank you

[Daniel91]

Said features are mostly important for Overclocking. If you aren't going to do that just get a board with enough slots and I/O for you from a good brand (with the correct socket for your CPU of course). Personally prefer gigabyte boards.

 

 

With Z87 boards you're better off just choosing the one that looks the best with your rig as a cheap motherboard will perform closely with an expensive board.

lol if thats the case i'd be going with the Asrock extreme4 since is cheap and has a good sound system hehehe + i love black and gold

[SirRoderick]

lol if thats the case i'd be going with the Asrock extreme4 since is cheap and has a good sound system hehehe + i love black and gold

Entirely valid reason

[Akolyte]

Features and quality, some motherboards have higher quality components compared to others, some motherboards also have more features.  For example, some motherboards from Asus have USB Bios flashback and some dont.  To be completley honest, dont spend your whole budget on a motherboards but also dont go cheap either.

 

Getting a cheap motherboard can have series disadvantages from tons of problems to flat out death of components.  While having a really expensive one can leave you with lower end cpu and gpu and power supply. 

 

If you dont care about tons of features and just want a solid board that can overclock, I would go for the Asus Z87m-plus.   The MSI gaming if you want the gaming specific features, and the Asus Gryphon z87 if your willing to pay for stability. 

[Daniel91]

Features and quality, some motherboards have higher quality components compared to others, some motherboards also have more features.  For example, some motherboards from Asus have USB Bios flashback and some dont.  To be completley honest, dont spend your whole budget on a motherboards but also dont go cheap either.

 

Getting a cheap motherboard can have series disadvantages from tons of problems to flat out death of components.  While having a really expensive one can leave you with lower end cpu and gpu and power supply. 

 

If you dont care about tons of features and just want a solid board that can overclock, I would go for the Asus Z87m-plus.   The MSI gaming if you want the gaming specific features, and the Asus Gryphon z87 if your willing to pay for stability. 

but the Asus one cant use SLI it can onli crossfireX that means my ASUS GTX780 DirectCu II OC 3GB cant do SLI unless i get 2 R9 290

and after watching the review for the AsRock board  i dont really see it as a low end board

[Akolyte]

but the Asus one cant use SLI it can onli crossfireX that means my ASUS GTX780 DirectCu II OC 3GB cant do SLI unless i get 2 R9 290

and after watching the review for the AsRock board  i dont really see it as a low end board

its not low end at all!  I just prefer Asus boards because of the features and I like their UEFI interface