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So I'm happy with my 8350 but I'm bored again, I wanna build another PC since I sold my sons pentium and I'm thinking a 4690k but the MSI board I currently have has some annoying issues.

Can anyone suggest a good board that also has good software.

Edit: that's not MSI

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MSI Z97-G55 SLI

Asus Z97-A

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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5. It is pretty damn nice. Just be sure that you have the F5 BIOS. The @BIOS utility for Windows makes it super freaking easy to update the BIOS.

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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5. It is pretty damn nice. Just be sure that you have the F5 BIOS. The @BIOS utility for Windows makes it super freaking easy to update the BIOS.

i went for the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT for my 4690k

EDIT: Whoops quoted the wrong person :P

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Asus z97 + intel K cpu = forever together in overclock!

CPU: i5 4460 3.20Ghz GPU: MSI GTX750 1GB OC MB: Asus B85M-E RAM: Kingston HiperX 4GB 1600Mhz (2x) PSU: Cooler Master 500W B-series HDD: WD Blue 500GB + 250 WD Case: Raidmax Super Viper

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I'd have no qualms recommending an ASUS Z97-A, given that the experience should be pretty similar to my Z97I-Plus.

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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5. It is pretty damn nice. Just be sure that you have the F5 BIOS. The @BIOS utility for Windows makes it super freaking easy to update the BIOS.

Yeah I've had issues with older gigabyte boards but I always remember bios updates where easy, like 1 click easy.

Asrock bios is pretty neat these days with similar features as tmcclelland455 said. ( And i never had any issues with MSI software.)

To be fair, its the board as well, things like custom fan curves going back to default or any random profile it wants after POST, 100% fan speed is actually 75% and it cuts my CPU fan speed to 25% once W8 is loaded.

And that's before I've even started up the software. Load at startup doesn't work, so I have to manually load up the software, change profiles, close it down every time.

I know its nit picking but its just enough to piss me off, a bios update can fix it but the same bios update has roughly a 50/50 chance of bricking it.

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Z97-A or Z97-AR if what you are after are good software that's the place to go i think...those i think support SLI you might want to look at cheaper ASUS Z97 boards as well they usualy have all the same sets of sotwares.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 3 VR

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Yeah I've had issues with older gigabyte boards but I always remember bios updates where easy, like 1 click easy.

To be fair, its the board as well, things like custom fan curves going back to default or any random profile it wants after POST, 100% fan speed is actually 75% and it cuts my CPU fan speed to 25% once W8 is loaded.

And that's before I've even started up the software. Load at startup doesn't work, so I have to manually load up the software, change profiles, close it down every time.

I know its nit picking but its just enough to piss me off, a bios update can fix it but the same bios update has roughly a 50/50 chance of bricking it.

 

Sounds odd as hell, my krait mobo is one of the most stable OC'ing one i've had yet and the cpu header ( the only fan that not runs off a molex 3pin adapter ) is behaving normally, sounds like a real pain in the bum if it keeps doing that.

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Sounds odd as hell, my krait mobo is one of the most stable OC'ing one i've had yet and the cpu header ( the only fan that not runs off a molex 3pin adapter ) is behaving normally, sounds like a real pain in the bum if it keeps doing that.

If they fixed it I'd buy another in a shot but it's putting me off MSI slowly
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New bios out today fixes all issues! Faith is restored!

Hoooah for MSI :)

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 3 VR

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Hoooah for MSI :)

Yeah it refused to restart at one point so left it for an hour before I manually reset it, I thought it had bricked itself, wouldn't start but turns out you just need to keep hitting that reset button with faith :P
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Yeah it refused to restart at one point so left it for an hour before I manually reset it, I thought it had bricked itself, wouldn't start but turns out you just need to keep hitting that reset button with faith :P

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| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 3 VR

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