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hey i have a friend that was looking at 2 motherbords for gameing and he wanted me to ask around what everone would think or pick so first off he was looking at a ASUS Maximus V EXTREME and a ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX witch one would be best for gameing he dont do much crazy overclocking most he dose is 4.6 ghzs tops on a mobo but he dose like thos 2 bords but he is werryed he would get a doa bord and have to rma it cuz he heard asus sells alot of doa bords and he saw a few stuff about people buying from asus and geting a doa bord but anyways if anyone can help thanks and if anyone owns thos 2 bords he wants to know whats so good about them befor he spends alot on a motherbord

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That's a tuff call, Sound or more PCI-E slots and more sata ports. Depending on what he likes. I would recomend the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME more PCI-E slots and more sata ports but I love shoving SSD's and HDD's in my case as much as I can. I don't know if your friend feels the same way, if not go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX. Just a quistion, if he decides on the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME why not think about the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7, That board is a beast of a board for $20 bucks more it has alot more features on it. Just asking I'm not trying to convince your friend that is the way to go.

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That's a tuff call, Sound or more PCI-E slots and more sata ports. Depending on what he likes. I would recomend the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME more PCI-E slots and more sata ports but I love shoving SSD's and HDD's in my case as much as I can. I don't know if your friend feels the same way, if not go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX. Just a quistion, if he decides on the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME why not think about the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7, That board is a beast of a board for $20 bucks more it has alot more features on it. Just asking I'm not trying to convince your friend that is the way to go.
my friend is right here next 2 me he dont really like the hole orange thing lol he side the gigabyte looks like halloween
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What does he think he will get out of spending more for a board that a cheaper board can do as well?

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What does he think he will get out of spending more for a board that a cheaper board can do as well?
he wants like the best like i have a msi mpower he dont seem to like that 2 much so idk he likes the hole asus rog thing
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What does he think he will get out of spending more for a board that a cheaper board can do as well?
An Asus P8Z77 board will suit him just fine. IMO the RoG boards are overpriced given the feature set. They're like most Apple products: you're buying the RoG name.
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That's a tuff call, Sound or more PCI-E slots and more sata ports. Depending on what he likes. I would recomend the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME more PCI-E slots and more sata ports but I love shoving SSD's and HDD's in my case as much as I can. I don't know if your friend feels the same way, if not go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX. Just a quistion, if he decides on the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME why not think about the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7, That board is a beast of a board for $20 bucks more it has alot more features on it. Just asking I'm not trying to convince your friend that is the way to go.
LOL that is very true. I didn't really look at it that way but yeah it would suck to feel like you are trek or treating every day of the year :)

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What does he think he will get out of spending more for a board that a cheaper board can do as well?
There is one benefit to buying the Rog boards and that is the PLX chip if he ever wants to do 3 way SLI/Crossfire or 4 way SLI/Crossfire

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What does he think he will get out of spending more for a board that a cheaper board can do as well?
And the chances of that are?

I am yet to meet someone who actually permanently runs a 3 or 4 way SLI/Crossfire setup

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That's a tuff call, Sound or more PCI-E slots and more sata ports. Depending on what he likes. I would recomend the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME more PCI-E slots and more sata ports but I love shoving SSD's and HDD's in my case as much as I can. I don't know if your friend feels the same way, if not go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX. Just a quistion, if he decides on the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME why not think about the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7, That board is a beast of a board for $20 bucks more it has alot more features on it. Just asking I'm not trying to convince your friend that is the way to go.
i think im gona try taik him into a msi mpower mobo i told him it was a really good mobo and for gameing well at least i know ericlee30 and i think so but everone likes there own thing
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What does he think he will get out of spending more for a board that a cheaper board can do as well?
True, nether have I but at least it's there if he ever wants to go balls to the wall with his pc I guess :). He might just like the way the boards look to. I know I have spent a little extra cash on some boards I own just because they go good with the color scheme I want to go with.

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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That's a tuff call, Sound or more PCI-E slots and more sata ports. Depending on what he likes. I would recomend the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME more PCI-E slots and more sata ports but I love shoving SSD's and HDD's in my case as much as I can. I don't know if your friend feels the same way, if not go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX. Just a quistion, if he decides on the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME why not think about the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7, That board is a beast of a board for $20 bucks more it has alot more features on it. Just asking I'm not trying to convince your friend that is the way to go.
im just hopeing msi will come out with a 700 series 4gb lightning so it would go good with my bord but for now all stick with the msi 680 2gb lightning
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That's a tuff call, Sound or more PCI-E slots and more sata ports. Depending on what he likes. I would recomend the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME more PCI-E slots and more sata ports but I love shoving SSD's and HDD's in my case as much as I can. I don't know if your friend feels the same way, if not go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX. Just a quistion, if he decides on the ASUS Maximus V EXTREME why not think about the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7, That board is a beast of a board for $20 bucks more it has alot more features on it. Just asking I'm not trying to convince your friend that is the way to go.
That's what Im looking forward to as well. I really hope MSI sticks with the Lighting theme for the 700 series cards and 8000 series cards. I so want a matching card to go with my board :)

My Sig Rig: "X79 (3970X) -Midas"http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wsjGt6"  "Midas" Build Log - https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/59768-build-log-in-progress-code-name-midas/


"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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