Which mobo should I choose for best value/perf between these 2 z790 boards?

[vortexx21]

I am in between Gigabytes z790 Aorus Elite x Wifi 7 and MSI Z790 Tomahawk Max Wifi 7.

 

As of today they are same price and so far have the same features. Which should I go for, i will put the 14700k and 32gb 7200mhz cl34 in this mobo. I plan, for fun, to oc the ram and cpu on the side.

Please help me choose/provide your input. Thank you!!

[MiszS]

The gigabyte has a tiny bit better vrm (16 + 1 + 2, vs 16 + 1 + 1), both are great motherboards, just pick the one you like more

[vortexx21]

3 minutes ago, MiszS said:

The gigabyte has a tiny bit better vrm (16 + 1 + 2, vs 16 + 1 + 1), both are great motherboards, just pick the one you like more

Someone on reddit said this "I would personally avoid the Tomahawk Max. LGA 1700 CPUs have 4 lanes of PCIe 4.0 that should run to an M.2 slot. That's the only Z790 mobo I've seen where those 4 lanes just don't run to anything on the board. Its only CPU connected M.2 slot shares lanes with the top PCIe slot."

 

Does this seem false or is it true/something that should make me switch to the giga one?

[Kilrah]

Seems correct from the manual, stupid indeed.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Gigabyte should have better ram oc afaik

 

1 hour ago, vortexx21 said:

Someone on reddit said this "I would personally avoid the Tomahawk Max. LGA 1700 CPUs have 4 lanes of PCIe 4.0 that should run to an M.2 slot. That's the only Z790 mobo I've seen where those 4 lanes just don't run to anything on the board. Its only CPU connected M.2 slot shares lanes with the top PCIe slot."

 

Does this seem false or is it true/something that should make me switch to the giga one?

And if this is true then without a doubt go gigabyte

[vortexx21]

7 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Gigabyte should have better ram oc afaik

 

And if this is true then without a doubt go gigabyte

ok i figured, for 300 dollars why do they do this! will this cause performance loss or issues? i plan to have 2 m.2 ssds in my system