Motherboards differences. Which one...?

[KnightGrind]

Hello, can anyone explain me how much of an impact does the motherboard have on a build?

I will be getting a i5-4670k with a R9 290, and was thinking of rolling with the Asrock Z87 Extreme3.

What will be the difference between that or the Asrock Z87 Extremme4?

Also with any of these for example:

• Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H
• MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

Will there be any performance difference?
Do a cheaper one bottleneck my system?

-Thanks in advance.

[xox]

There is virtually no performance change.

 

There are only minor changes like number of SATA ports

[Izaya Orihara]

No just connectivity.

Nope. 

[flibberdipper]

I would go with the MSI or Gigabyte one since they're more reliable and just better than the ASRock ones.

[Ryan Leech]

The ASRock Extreme4 is the best. It has the most features of any board for the price. Not to mention the 12 phase power design, intel LAN, and the ALC1150. It is THE most well rounded Z87 board.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme4/

[SAV1OUR]

The ASRock Extreme4 is the best

GO DAMN ASSROCK FANBOY! >:U

[Ryan Leech]

I would go with the MSI or Gigabyte one since they're more reliable and just better than the ASRock ones.

Wrong on so many levels.

[Ryan Leech]

GO DAMN ASSROCK FANBOY! >:U

SUP

[nj4ck]

I would go with the MSI or Gigabyte one since they're more reliable and just better than the ASRock ones.

can't confirm that. I've had problems with gigabyte boards more than once, currently have 3 ASrock boards in the house with no problems at all. ASrock has come a long way, but I truely believe their quality is right up there with the other top manufacturers now. 

[KnightGrind]

Thanks for your responses, so i guess its worth to go from a Asrock Z87 Extreme3 to a --> Asrock Z87 Extreme4?
I kinda try to keep the cost as low as possible.

[DarrenP]

Thanks for your responses, so i guess its worth to go from a Asrock Z87 Extreme3 to a --> Asrock Z87 Extreme4?

I kinda try to keep the cost as low as possible.

I would suggest going from the Extreme3 to Extreme4. 

[Ryan Leech]

Thanks for your responses, so i guess its worth to go from a Asrock Z87 Extreme3 to a --> Asrock Z87 Extreme4?

I kinda try to keep the cost as low as possible.

The Extreme3 is a perfectly good board, but I would recommend the upgrade to the Extreme4 just for the overall experience.

[rcarlos243]

The ASRock Extreme4 is the best. It has the most features of any board for the price. Not to mention the 12 phase power design, intel LAN, and the ALC1150. It is THE most well rounded Z87 board.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme4/

 

dont be fooled by the number of power phases.

 

ASRock Extreme series on Z77 is a disaster.

 

they used a very cheap Power Delivery IC which resulted in some board just flat out die.

 

same goes to MSI.

 

edit:

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1enn0h/psa_dont_get_an_asrock_z77_extreme4/

[Ryan Leech]

dont be fooled by the number of power phases.

 

ASRock Extreme series on Z77 is a disaster.

 

they used a very cheap Power Delivery IC which resulted in some board just flat out die.

 

same goes to MSI.

 

edit:

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1enn0h/psa_dont_get_an_asrock_z77_extreme4/

ASRock has much more reliable power phase designs than MSI. ASRock's 12 phase vrm on the Extreme4 is of nearly the same quality as their OC line. As for the Z77 Extreme series, they tend to overclock better than their Gigiabyte and MSI counterparts. I have a friend that couldn't get his 3570K to 4.3 on a Gigabyte UD5H board, but then bought an $70 Z75 Pro3 and overclocked to 4.7 like it was nothing.

http://www.overclock.net/a/database-of-motherboard-vrm-failure-incidents

[Faa]

The main difference between the MSI & Gigabyte is the lane management, using a soundcard on the msi will disable 2way sli and on the gigabyte it doesnt happen.

GB: 8x/8x + an extra x4 from the chipset
MSI: 8x/4x + 4x runs complety off the cpu

Using a soundcard on the msi with 2 cards the soundcard will steal 4x lanes from the 2nd card and nvidia doesnt allow sli on x4. Same thing with the asrock so go for the gigabyte

[Sintezza]

welll i personaly dont like gigabyte at all, they just cost me too much headaces lol. for me no gigabyte never ever again.

 

Anyway, Msi Z87 G45 or GD65 gaming is a very nice midrange boards. And offcoure Asus boards are fine.

 

Asus Z87 pro is also a very nice board. or Msi Mpower series. but the mpower series are more expensive

 

The gigabyte has extra 4 pci-e lanes? from what chip does it comes then? cause there is no plx chip on this board. as far as the specs goes the gigabyte Z87x UD4H just has 20 pci-e lanes. X16 X8 X4.

i would like to know where that story comes from realy

[Faa]

The gigabyte has extra 4 pci-e lanes? from what chip does it comes then? cause there is no plx chip on this board. as far as the specs goes the gigabyte Z87x UD4H just has 20 pci-e lanes. X16 X8 X4.

i would like to know where that story comes from realy

The cpu has 16x 3.0 lanes. The chipset has 4x lanes 

If you have a single card only that would run at x16 but if you add a 2nd card both will run at 8x so 8x/8x. If you add a 3rd card on cheaper boards like the msi or asrock the 3rd slot will share its bandwidth with the 2nd so it makes it 8x/4x/4x. On the gigabyte the 2nd slot doesnt share its bandwidth with the 3rd slot at all because the 3rd slot gets her lanes from the southbridge.

If you put on the msi 3x 780's, 2way sli wouldn't work anymore because two 780's will run at x4 and nvidia doesnt allow sli at x4 as we all know. Same thing, use a sound or a raidcard in the 3rd slot with 2 780's; 2way sli doesnt work again.

 

[flibberdipper]

Wrong on so many levels.

Well, at least in my experience. RMA'd the board I have twice, and I think there was an Intel one for my friend we had to RMA a few times.

[Ryan Leech]

Well, at least in my experience. RMA'd the board I have twice, and I think there was an Intel one for my friend we had to RMA a few times.

Well ASRock's recent boards are of high standards I have yet to see an ASRock board fail.

[flibberdipper]

Well ASRock's recent boards are of high standards I have yet to see an ASRock board fail.

I think my friend's board was a Sandy-era and it puked. It might have been an Ivy-era board, though.

[Faa]

Well ASRock's recent boards are of high standards I have yet to see an ASRock board fail.

True..

Well their z77 boards were fail, 100mVt overvolting. CPU-z/bios reports 1.30V - DMM from the source reports 1.40V: http://www.overclock.net/t/1360404/asrock-z77-series-vcore-reading

But they had to step their VRM up, vrm requirements are more critical for haswell and now theyre just perfect.

Lets not forget that Pegatron owns Asrock and makes their boards and for Asus as well who recently bought Pegatron over.

[Ryan Leech]

True..

Well their z77 boards were fail, 100mVt overvolting. CPU-z/bios reports 1.30V - DMM from the source reports 1.40V: http://www.overclock.net/t/1360404/asrock-z77-series-vcore-reading

But they had to step their VRM up, vrm requirements are more critical for haswell and now theyre just perfect.

Lets not forget that Pegatron owns Asrock and makes their boards and for Asus as well who recently bought Pegatron over.

Every time I hear the word Pegatron I cringe