HERO vs RANGER

[MrSushi]

Hello.

 

What is the difference in asus maximus VII hero and ranger?

 

Thank you for replying.

 

EDIT: Would you reccomend getting MSI gaming 7 over one of these?

[Aniallation]

What is the difference in asus maximus VII hero and ranger?

If you're planning to buy one of them, I'd suggest against it because they're both overpriced boards that would be wasting your money.

[dadasmithywinkle]

The Ranger has a few less features than the Hero, otherwise they're the exact same. I had a Hero and loved it, so I'd get that board.

[MrSushi]

If you're planning to buy one of them, I'd suggest against it because they're both overpriced boards that would be wasting your money.

what would you reccomend me to buy instead?

[i_build_nanosuits]

what would you reccomend me to buy instead?

MSI Z97 Gaming 5 or ASUS Z97-A or Z97-AR whichever you like the most...if you have no intentions on using dual graphics cards down the road then i'd suggest the cheapest Z97 motherboard available to you, most likely the Asrock Z97 anniversary boards or MSI Z97 PC Mate.

Other good choices depending on the prices could be:

MSI Z97S SLI Plus

MSI Z97S SLI Kraith

MSI Z97 G45 Gaming

Asus Z97-E

[Aniallation]

what would you reccomend me to buy instead?

MSI Z97 G45 Gaming. Anything more expensive then that would be a waste of money. Performs just as well as the ROG boards, and IMO looks even nicer, more subtle black and red color scheme.

[Aniallation]

MSI Z97 Gaming 5 or ASUS Z97-A or Z97-AR whichever you like the most...if you have no intentions on using dual graphics cards down the road then i'd suggest the cheapest Z97 motherboard available to you, most likely the Asrock Z97 anniversary boards or MSI Z97 PC Mate.

Asus Z97 boards generally aren't that competitive for the price, and they don't look that great, nor do the Z97 Anniversary or Z97 PC Mate.

[i_build_nanosuits]

MSI Z97 G45 Gaming. Anything more expensive then that would be a waste of money. Performs just as well as the ROG boards, and IMO looks even nicer, more subtle black and red color scheme.

good to note that even though i strongly agree with you on this, the Z97 G45 gaming as a strong brownish color feel to it...once inside a case you won't notice it and looks black but it's not....the Gaming 5 is a black PCB.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Asus Z97 boards generally aren't that competitive for the price, and they don't look that great, nor do the Z97 Anniversary or Z97 PC Mate.

i agree but i can't just suggest MSI gaming line motherboards i don't want to look like a fanboy with the machine in my sig being MSI gaming sponsored i have to offer alternatives even though i personaly think that Z97 G45 gaming or Z97 Gaming 5 are as good as it gets for the price.

Some other suggestions where added after you quoted the post as well.

[Aniallation]

good to note that even though i strongly agree with you on this, the Z97 G45 gaming as a strong brownish color feel to it...once inside a case you won't notice it and looks black but it's not....the Gaming 5 is a black PCB.

Depends on what you're able to get. Here in Canada the Gaming 5 is more expensive then G45 Gaming so not worth the extra cost for a slightly different color PCB that you won't notice unless you have a white case and/or white LEDs. 

 

In some places though they're around the same price so Gaming 5 would be a better option if you have a few bucks to blow

[Aniallation]

i agree but i can't just suggest MSI gaming line motherboards i don't want to look like a fanboy with the machine in my sig being MSI gaming sponsored i have to offer alternatives even though i personaly think that Z97 G45 gaming or Z97 Gaming 5 are as good as it gets for the price.

Gigabyte?

 

 

Some other suggestions where added after you quoted the post as well.

Still Asus and MSI lol

[MrSushi]

MSI Z97 Gaming 5 or ASUS Z97-A or Z97-AR whichever you like the most...if you have no intentions on using dual graphics cards down the road then i'd suggest the cheapest Z97 motherboard available to you, most likely the Asrock Z97 anniversary boards or MSI Z97 PC Mate.

Other good choices depending on the prices could be:

MSI Z97S SLI Plus

MSI Z97S SLI Kraith

MSI Z97 G45 Gaming

Asus Z97-E

i am going to use dual GTX 970

[i_build_nanosuits]

Gigabyte?

Gigabyte UEFI is terrible from my experience and controling the fans within both the software or bios is a PIA and in fact impossible to do...i had to rely on speedfan which is ALSO a PIA...so i'm very reticent in recommanding ANY gigabyte motherboards until they put their shit togheter and release boards that have an UEFI that is not designed by a 9 year old.

[Aniallation]

i am going to use dual GTX 970

Both the MSI Z97 G45 Gaming and Z97 Gaming 5 support SLI.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i am going to use dual GTX 970

top choices are IMHO:

Z97 G45 Gaming (if brownish PCB is not an issue for you)

Z97 Gaming 5 (perfect)

Z97-AR (if you think better software suite is more important than a killer sexy dragon and you like ugly boards)

Z97 Kraith if you build a black and white rig.

[MrSushi]

top choices are IMHO:

Z97 G45 Gaming (if brownish PCB is not an issue for you)

Z97 Gaming 5 (perfect)

Z97-AR (if you think better software suite is more important than a killer sexy dragon and you like ugly boards)

Z97 Kraith if you build a black and white rig.

i do black/red build. Does gaming 5 board have bad software?

[snert98]

there is nothing wrong with the UEFI of the gigabyte boards only the CPU temp is 10 degrees of

[i_build_nanosuits]

i do black/red build. Does gaming 5 board have bad software?

i don't use any of the softwares that ships with MSI motherboards so i can't tell you really...all my tweaking and overclocking and fan control is donw through the amazing UEFI...it's all you need...a good UEFI.

[i_build_nanosuits]

there is nothing wrong with the UEFI of the gigabyte boards only the CPU temp is 10 degrees of

oh really! and are you able to control the fans from the UEFI and set profiles? (not talking about selecting quiet, normal or performance which is not even something that actualy works)

This is what proper fan control manegement looks like:

[Sintezza]

Hero:

 

- 8 + 2 real powerphase digi vrm

- 60A Ferite chockes

- 8 Sata ports

- 6 pwm fan headers

 

 

Ranger:

 

- 8 PWM powerphase digi vrm.

- Alloy chokes

- 6 Sata ports

- 5 PWM fan headers

[snert98]

oh really! and are you able to control the fans from the UEFI and set profiles? (not talking about selecting quiet, normal or performance which is not even something that actualy works)

This is what proper fan control manegement looks like:

it canbe done though the exelent software but if you realy want good fan control go with asus they are the best in fan control 

 

and why should i need to because the standard setting is good enough and if i want a custom one i just do it in the software 

[i_build_nanosuits]

it canbe done though the exelent software but if you realy want good fan control go with asus they are the best in fan control 

 

and why should i need to because the standard setting is good enough and if i want a custom one i just do it in the software 

thats what they all say...and that's why i don't recommend gigabyte boards @Aniallation

[snert98]

thats what they all say...and that's why i don't recommend gigabyte boards @Aniallation

well that is the point if you want to do everything in the UEFI then buy MSI or ASUS or heck even ASROCK

 

if you want to do something in the UEFI (OC is quite good in my mind on gigabyte) and the rest like fan control or changing OC profiles in software then buy Gigabyte

 

p.s. ASUS has exelent software aswell