Selecting a motherboard

[Selfish_android]

Hello guys, this is my first post here in LTT forums, so I'll try to make it right ;D

Let's start, I'm looking to build a black and white - silver themed rig, but by now the only thing left to find is a Z97 or Z87 board, i need it to be black and white as the Krait Edition but i'm unable to find one, i was looking the MSI Mpower it is yellow and black but i think i could easily paint it white, anyway do you know any other mobo in the market with those characteristics mentioned before?

I have another doubt, which AIO cpu cooler do you recommend me i'm between the Nepton 140xl and the Kraken X41.

By the way this is how my rig is looking so far, a nice Mobo would improve aesthetics a lot.

[GhostWindGamer]

AIO would probably be a x61 I'll get back to you motherboard wise

EDIT: sorry I meant to type x61

[GhostWindGamer]

@Selfish_android an excellent question would be budget and location?

[Selfish_android]

@Selfish_android an excellent question would be budget and location?

well i dont want to spend more than 300$ between the Mobo and the cooler, my location is well, i'm in Colombia so it would not apply, but i have a shipping adress in Miami if thats of any help.

[GhostWindGamer]

well i dont want to spend more than 300$ between the Mobo and the cooler, my location is well, i'm in Colombia so it would not apply, but i have a shipping adress in Miami if thats of any help.

Ok so I'll use american prices

[dizmo]

Asus Z97 AR

[GhostWindGamer]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/d6Jst6

X61 and ASRock Z87 extreme4

[Selfish_android]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/d6Jst6

X61 and ASRock Z87 extreme4

Will a 240mm rad perform much better than a 140mm?

that Mobo looks nice but the pcb looks brown i would like it to be as black as posible like the MSI ones.

 

 

Asus Z97 AR

i really don't like that Mobo.

[GhostWindGamer]

Will a 240mm rad perform much better than a 140mm?

that Mobo looks nice but the pcb looks brown i would like it to be as black as posible like the MSI ones.

 

 

i really don't like that Mobo.

The 240 performs much better then the 140 but I'm not sure by how much and about the MSI black pcb's I looked but haven't come up with anything else

[Selfish_android]

The 240 performs much better then the 140 but I'm not sure by how much and about the MSI black pcb's I looked but haven't come up with anything else

Is that krait edition motherboard available anywhere? seems like ill have to stick to that one, as for the cpu cooler, thank you very much for the advice ill get the X61 then, is not that much expensive in relation to the X41 anyways.

[GhostWindGamer]

Is that krait edition motherboard available anywhere? seems like ill have to stick to that one, as for the cpu cooler, thank you very much for the advice ill get the X61 then, is not that much expensive in relation to the X41 anyways.

I've never heard of the krait motherboard but I'll keep looking

[Selfish_android]

Is this one, it looks awesome, but i cant find it anywhere.

[GhostWindGamer]

@Selfish_android I've been looking because I googled it but I deem it unicorn (fable creature that is uncatchable) because I can't find it anywhere

[DirkW]

The 240 performs much better then the 140 but I'm not sure by how much

 

A 240 has ~47% more surface area than a 140. But radiator thickness and FPI number also play an important role, so that is just a very rough estimate for acual performance.

[HashtagMilk]

From the looks of it, it's not on sale yet. Just wait a few more weeks for the Krait Edition to go on sale.