Hero vs Sabertooth?

[MrOptimistic]

Hey guys! please help me to decide what would be the best board for my i5 4690K? Asus ROG Hero VII or Asus TUF Sabertooth Mark 1? anyone can enlighten me what are their pros or cons? thanks

[Toddwjp]

sabertooth has pretty much the best build quality,

[Extingquish]

I'd go with the Sabertooth because of the thermal armor (aesthetics) and the build quality, but both are great

[MrOptimistic]

cool! thanks for the quick reply guys so basically it will just a matter of design/looks right?

[Sintezza]

Hero gets my vote then.

Better onboard audio.

Build quality is very siimilar.

 

But the Hero is cheaper.

 

Also im personaly not realy a fan of the amor, because it covers everything on the motherboard.

Without cover you atleast have some airflow going arround over the board.

[runit3]

cool! thanks for the quick reply guys so basically it will just a matter of design/looks right?

No, Hero=3yr warranty, Sabertooth=5yr. You don't have to get the armor if you don't want to pay the obscene cost for it (Mark 2), and the fact that it does nothing other than look cool-ish.

[MrOptimistic]

No, Hero=3yr warranty, Sabertooth=5yr. You don't have to get the armor if you don't want to pay the obscene cost for it (Mark 2), and the fact that it does nothing other than look cool-ish.

 

Hero gets my vote then.

Better onboard audio.

Build quality is very siimilar.

 

But the Hero is cheaper.

 

Also im personaly not realy a fan of the amor, because it covers everything on the motherboard.

Without cover you atleast have some airflow going arround over the board.

 

so it's now a tie 2-2 lol! but seriously this going to be though choice thanks for the reply guys it's help me a lot to decide on what board to choose hopefully more inputs to come  

[CostcoSamples]

Tek Syndicate did a great interview with an Asus rep.  He goes through the TUF series boards in great detail.  worth checking out!

 

I just ordered a Sabertooth Mark 1 and 4690k, its expensive but I'm sick of motherboards failing.  The Mark 1 actually has integrated cooling (two little fans I believe) so it runs cooler than the Mark 2 (which is the same except no armor).

 

Aside from having ridiculously high quality components, 5 levels of ESD protection, front and back armor to protect against accidental damage, it also has 5 year warranty which is pretty amazing.

[Sintezza]

@CostcoSamples  indeed.

 

 

[harharri]

If your looking for build quality then go for the sabertooth as it is a great board plus its  5 year warrenty but gaming the hero and if your budget can afford it the board that is both strength and gaming would be the VII formula. (Thats my profile picture if you want to see)

[death78god]

I have a Sabertooth z97 mark 1 and I've gotta say that it's a really good board! No issues so far and it looks great in my pc. Hope that helps!

[MrOptimistic]

@harharri

 

unfortunately i can't afford formula as of now i think i will go with the sabertooth

 

@CostocoSamples

 

thanks for the info mate it's a very informative video for the sabertooth  :lol: 

@all 

 

thanks for all the suggestion guys!