1150 Motherboards?

[Toasted Waffles]

I'm currently running a Sand Bridge cipset with an I7 2600k. I'm looking into giving my current rig to my dad expect my video card and SSD. I'm looking at the newer Haswell motherboards and I want a Orange and Black Motherboard disigned for gaming and some overclocking. I'm placing this new rig in a Corsair 900D with water cooling following in a 1 - 6 months. Anyone see a good gaming board for haswell yet? The board must be Orange and Black, 4Way Sli, Overclockable and built for long gaming sessons. I Was looking into doing a Asus Rog Board , since I wouldn't see most of the Red and with the Orange Lights and Orange Pipes it'd be hard to see. 

[ERSCreeper]

Gigabyte has one. Can't remember the model.

[911^NEmeSis]

Gigabyte Z87X-OC!

[ERSCreeper]

Gigabyte Z87X-OC!

There we go!

[brownninja97]

Does Z87 sound better then 990FX umm well hell yeah

[Toasted Waffles]

Ya, The Oc board is strictly disigned for overclockers. I need good onboard sound and good networking chips. If I had to get one of those, I'd get the Gigabyte Z87X-Oc Force. Does  anyone know anything about it?

[Nit3Rid3R]

Gigabyte would have an orange black board when they release them.

[tabuburn]

Gigabyte has 2 that they will be releasing.

 

The higher end, Z87-OC Force:

 

and the regular Z87-OC:

[hehehehhehehehe]

Gigabyte has 2 that they will be releasing.

 

The higher end, Z87-OC Force:

 

and the regular Z87-OC:

any idea on the price??? (for the force board)

[Tigerbomb8]

any idea on the price??? (for the force board)

my guess 400-500$

[hehehehhehehehe]

my guess 400-500$

yeah.... great, thats what i was thinking... little bit too much when it could go to better GPU

[tabuburn]

any idea on the price??? (for the force board)

No info on price yet but the regular model is supposedly affordable. Probably around the $300 area.

At least, that's what TTL is suggesting the price range is at.

[Toasted Waffles]

Could I play heavy games as effectively as on a gaming board ?

[tabuburn]

Could I play heavy games as effectively as on a gaming board ?

You will. There's not really any major difference between types of motherboards. The major difference is usually the number or quality of VRM's while everything else are just features that don't really affect gaming performance.

 

Take MSI's gaming motherboards for example:

They are basically the same motherboard on their mainstream lineup but with more VRM's, better VRM heatsink, "gaming aesthetics", Killer Ethernet (I still say Intel's Ethernet is much better), and supposedly USB 2.0 ports that are optimized for gaming (I don't see any difference between them and regular USB 2.0 ports).

 

In the case of Gigabyte's upcoming Z87 motherboards, there's basically not much of a difference between the OC series and the gaming series aside from better on-board audio.

[Toasted Waffles]

How much difference does it make playing a game with more vr ram?

[tabuburn]

How much difference does it make playing a game with more vr ram?

If by VR RAM you mean VRAM or video memory found on graphics cards, then it will affect performance depending on the graphical setting used in the game and the horsepower of the GPU. It is where the game stores the images to be displayed before sending it to your monitor. At higher resolutions, more VRAM will play a major factor since the images will be much larger in size and need more space to be able to fit.

 

If by VR RAM you mean VRM or voltage regulator modules found on motherboards, then it will have no affect on gaming performance. They are important if you are doing any overclocking on the CPU. Their function is to regulate the amount of power going into the CPU to make sure it is clean and stable. Having more of them means higher overclocks can be achieved.