Motherboard Help Needed

[RockiLocky]

Hi guys,

I am  looking for a awesome Motherboard that is really good for gaming aswell some video editing and supports Sata 3.

 

 

Here the list what i will have on my mobo:

-> Intel i7-4790k

-> GTX TITAN (would like to SLI in nex year)

-> Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ

-> Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H100i

 

Think thats all you need to know for one.

 

Price doesnt matter!!!!!

 

Was thinking about ASUS z97-Deluxe but not sure if it fits me with that build or the maximus is better from ASUS

 

 

 

SO pls help community

 

NiceGreets Rocki

[Archangel1994]

Unless you plan to do intense video editing/autoCAD then the Titan is a massive waste of money. You would be better off getting SLI 780 which costs the same but bring much much higher performance to the table.

[RockiLocky]

Unless you plan to do intense video editing/autoCAD then the Titan is a massive waste of money. You would be better off getting SLI 780 which costs the same but bring much much higher performance to the table.

Already have it.

 

 

Im looking forward to alot more video editing in sooner future. But whats aout the mobos?

[SpyRosL]

RockiLocky

Any preference on color? Do aesthetics matter a lot or meh?

What motherboard are you using now?

[RockiLocky]

RockiLocky

Any preference on color? Do aesthetics matter a lot or meh?

What motherboard are you using now?

Colour theme dont really care will just addapt my ram to it. I got a gigabyte one right now but this PC was a prebuild. But dont like GIGABYTE Motherboards that much. Due the fact it wll be my first buil ever i hope for a userhelpfull BIOS, so I dont have hard time OCing and so on.

[SpyRosL]

Colour theme dont really care will just addapt my ram to it. I got a gigabyte one right now but this PC was a prebuild. But dont like GIGABYTE Motherboards that much. Due the fact it wll be my first buil ever i hope for a userhelpfull BIOS, so I dont have hard time OCing and so on.

Although i could suggest you a $300+ mobo since you said no budget,i find these motherboards to be waste of your money.

You can find the features that you ask starting with $120 or so.I would suggest something within $170-200 price range.2 excellent motherboards are: Asus maximus vii hero and the MSI z97 gaming 7.

[Sintezza]

Well its a bit depending on how much you care about certain feutures.

 

The Z97 ws like the name say's is more a workstation oriented board.

They are probably build for stable allday professional based use.

They are less focussing on overclocking and Gaming gimmicks.

 

The Asus ROG boards, or Maximus 7 boards, are more oriented towards gamers and overclockers.

They have improved onboard audio, better looks generaly, and allot gaming related software gimmicky things.

 

But yeah do you realy need a highend expensive boards for your needs?

Thats basicly the biggest question.

 

Maybe you could aswell look at the TUF series boards.

Like the Z97 Sabertooth mark 1.

This board is just made for longlifety. 5 year warrenty aswell provided.

[RockiLocky]

Well its a bit depending on how much you care about certain feutures.

 

The Z97 ws like the name say's is more a workstation oriented board.

They are probably build for stable allday professional based use.

They are less focussing on overclocking and Gaming gimmicks.

 

The Asus ROG boards, or Maximus 7 boards, are more oriented towards gamers and overclockers.

They have improved onboard audio, better looks generaly, and allot gaming related software gimmicky things.

 

But yeah do you realy need a highend expensive boards for your needs?

Thats basicly the biggest question.

 

Maybe you could aswell look at the TUF series boards.

Like the Z97 Sabertooth mark 1.

This board is just made for longlifety. 5 year warrenty aswell provided.

So should i look for a maximus version or the deluxe more?

 

 

And btw i care about the feutures would be awesome if i get them.

[RockiLocky]

Although i could suggest you a $300+ mobo since you said no budget,i find these motherboards to be waste of your money.

You can find the features that you ask starting with $120 or so.I would suggest something within $170-200 price range.2 excellent motherboards are: Asus maximus vii hero and the MSI z97 gaming 7.

Lets say i care about the feutures. and would like to stick to ASUS because alot of people say ASUS makes the best mobos out there

[Sintezza]

Well if gaming is realy an important part of your allday ussage.

Then i would look at a Maximus board yes.

Just simply because the better onboard audio.

 

I just digged up the specs of the Z97 WS.

this board has a PLX chip

it also offers bleutooth and Wlan onboard.

[RockiLocky]

Well if gaming is realy an important part of your allday ussage.

Then i would look at a Maximus board yes.

Just simply because the better onboard audio.

 

I just digged up the specs of the Z97 WS.

this board has a PLX chip

it also offers bleutooth and Wlan onboard.

K thx.

 

But as said im also doing some tll alot of video editing/ Overclocking will the maximum still be better then a Z97-Deluxe?

[Sintezza]

K thx.

 

But as said im also doing some tll alot of video editing/ Overclocking will the maximum still be better then a Z97-Deluxe?

 

Oops sorry you where asking about the Z97-Deluxe..

And i was lurking about the Z97-ws..

 

Anyway, THe Z97 deluxe offers some feutures like Wlan, Bleutooth and sata express onboard.

Which the Maximus VII hero for example does not offer.

 

However the Maximus VII Formula does offers sata express bluetooth and wlan.

But this board is a bit expensive for my taste.

 

Offcourse in terms of overclocking the Maximus boards are allways decent choices.

And they have improved onboard audio. They are basicly designed towards gamers and overclockers.

Offcours they will be fine for video editing aswell.

[RockiLocky]

Oops sorry you where asking about the Z97-Deluxe..

And i was lurking about the Z97-ws..

 

Anyway, THe Z97 deluxe offers some feutures like Wlan, Bleutooth and sata express onboard.

Which the Maximus VII hero for example does not offer.

 

However the Maximus VII Formula does offers sata express bluetooth and wlan.

But this board is a bit expensive for my taste.

 

Offcourse in terms of overclocking the Maximus boards are allways decent choices.

And they have improved onboard audio. They are basicly designed towards gamers and overclockers.

Offcours they will be fine for video editing aswell.

So my actuallly question would be this then:

 

If you got 250Euros and you could get the deluxe would you spend the 40more euros for themaximus or what would be your choise. Just wanna make sure i dont make the wrong decision here.

[Kryptyx]

If price doesn't matter get the Maximus VII Hero. It is, in my opinion, one of the best looking boards out and performs like a champ.

[Sintezza]

So my actuallly question would be this then:

 

If you got 250Euros and you could get the deluxe would you spend the 40more euros for themaximus or what would be your choise. Just wanna make sure i dont make the wrong decision here.

 

Assuming that we are talking about the Maximus VII Formula vs Z97-Deluxe.

 

if you put them next to eachother in terms of main feutures, they look pretty similer to me.

The Only thing that the Formula shines, is the better onboard audio Sonic OPT amp and Sonic radar

And the abillity to watercool the vrm heatsinks, for better vrm cooling.

However again this is more for looks for gamers...

 

However you need to be realistic, that overclocking is still a matter of luck.

And depends allot on the CPU it self.

You may "probably" reach a slighlty better overclock on the Formula.

But basicly the Z97 deluxe should overclock verywell too

 

Its basicly a hard decission, because both board basicly fine for your needs.

 

I realy have to think about this my self a few minutes haha

[RockiLocky]

Assuming that we are talking about the Maximus VII Formula vs Z97-Deluxe.

 

if you put them next to eachother in terms of main feutures, they look pretty similer to me.

The Only thing that the Formula shines, is the better onboard audio Sonic OPT amp and Sonic radar

And the abillity to watercool the vrm heatsinks, for better vrm cooling

 

However you need to be realistic, that overclocking is still a matter of luck.

And depends allot on the CPU it self.

You may "probably" reach a slighlty better overclock on the Formula.

But basicly the Z97 deluxe should overclock verywell too

 

Its basicly a hard decission, because both board basicly fine for your needs.

 

I realy have to think about this my self a few minutes haha

No problem. Appreciate all the help

[Sintezza]

Basicly you wont get dissapointed with either of them.

In terms of feutures.

Power delivery on both is decent aswell.

 

Would the better onboard audio, be worth the extra €50 to you?

To me personaly €250 is allready allot of cash.

I dont think that i would spend the extra money for the Formula in this case.

Because €300+ for a Z97 board is a bit rediculous.

 

If i had to buy a maximus board, then i would grab the Hero for arround €170

It has the same onboard audio as the Formula.

But the down side of the Hero, is that it does not have bleutooth and Wlan onboard.

And it also lacks on Sata express.

 

Since you do like to have, wifi / bleutooth, and sata express feutures.

I think that the Deluxe is the cheaper, but decent choice for you.

 

300+ euro boards on Z97 based platform, do not realy make much sense to me.

I dont realy see why they should be that expensive.

 

Because if you think about it, top end Haswell-E boards, can be found arround the same amount of money aswell.

And a Haswell-E 6 core 12 threads cpu like the i7-5820K, will whipe the floor in editing and rendering with any Z97 based cpu.

[RockiLocky]

Basicly you wont get dissapointed with either of them.

In terms of feutures.

Power delivery on both is decent aswell.

 

Would the better onboard audio, be worth the extra €50 to you?

To me personaly €250 is allready allot of cash.

I dont think that i would spend the extra money for the Formula in this case.

Because €300+ for a Z97 board is a bit rediculous.

 

If i had to buy a maximus board, then i would grab the Hero for arround €170

It has the same onboard audio as the Formula.

But the down side of the Hero, is that it does not have bleutooth and Wlan onboard.

And it also lacks on Sata express.

 

Since you do like to have, wifi / bleutooth, and sata express feutures.

I think that the Deluxe is the cheaper, but decent choice for you.

Thx alot. 

 

 

Considering the wifi/bluetooth what i get with  the formular can i install that in another PC too or only on ASUS mobos?

[Sintezza]

Thx alot. 

 

 

Considering the wifi/bluetooth what i get with  the formular can i install that in another PC too or only on ASUS mobos?

 

Nope only on asus boards, its a plug in module.

The Deluxe has this aswell

 

But something im more currious about, do you allready have a 4770K or 4790K cpu?

[RockiLocky]

Nope only on asus boards, its a plug in module.

The Deluxe has this aswell

 

But something im more currious about, do you allready have a 4770K or 4790K cpu?

No why?

[Sintezza]

No why?

 

Because if you think about it.

top end Haswell-E boards, can be found arround the same price aswell.

And a Haswell-E 6 core 12 threads cpu like the i7-5820K, will whipe the floor in editing and rendering with any Z97 based cpu.

 

The 5820K supposed to be launched these days, you can allready pre order them.

6 cores 12 threads overclockable.

This will just whipe the floor in rendering with any 4770k or 4790k.

Its just abit depending on what price this cpu gets.

[RockiLocky]

Because if you think about it.

top end Haswell-E boards, can be found arround the same price aswell.

And a Haswell-E 6 core 12 threads cpu like the i7-5820K, will whipe the floor in editing and rendering with any Z97 based cpu.

But their singlecore preformance will no top for gaming right?

[XxKINGxX40]

Any Maximus VII would be good.

[Sintezza]

But their singlecore preformance will no top for gaming right?

 

why not?

They are both the same haswell architecture

 

So in terms of single threaded performance, there should be not much of diffrence.

The 6 cores 12 threads will only give a allot of more horse power in rendering

And you have to jump into DDR4 ram

[RockiLocky]

why not?

They are both the same haswell architecture

How much does it cost? 

Would you have some benchmarks for me?