best motherboard 400$

[Flunke]

pls tell me what the best motherboard is pls:-)

[piplupgao]

What socket?

[Akula]

Unless you are interested in pouring cash into a build, and I'm talking 3-4 way SLI/CrossfireX - I wouldn't even touch a $400 motherboard.

[matin94]

just dont get the Z87 Asus maximus VI extreme because its an over priced peace of shit which you pay $200 more just for a stupid OC panel and on board sound which you don't even need

[ajoy39]

Unless you plan on going 4 graphics cards (and i mean 4 seperate cards, not SLi 690s or Crossfire 7990s) don't spend this much on a board 

[brownninja97]

Its kinda pointless getting 4 graphics cards as the scaling will go to hell and the drivers are bad so quite a lot of the time one gpu will gtfo and not do anything.

[kreotis]

Get either the new gigabyte U3H or an msi gaming GD65 for haswell. Pretty much as much as you need and good value for money.

[Alex Dimitri]

400$ for mobo :P you "loco" or something.....that much money you only give if your building a kickass Workstation (code name money maker) !!!

in any other case you are throwing your money away.

[Raid]

For a gaming pc? Whatever Asus motherboard happens to be the latest, most expensive and highest end.

For a server? Sorry, but you can't get much for that price. A single socket Opteron 6xxx perhaps. A dual socket 4xxx if you're lucky.

For a workstation? A single socket Opteron 6xxx or a single socket Xeon E5/E3. E3 motherboards can be found for around 200 but E5 mobo maybe slightly harder to find for that price.

But what makes you want a 400 dollar motherboard? Usually people say things like "Cheapest Haswell mobo with dual PCI-E x8" or "Best motherboard for a sandy bridge sli gaming rig".

Try to be a bit more specific until then i'd recommend "Axiomtek PICO820".

[steelenichols]

Well If you have your heart set on a pc to pour money into, look no further! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-H8DGI-Dual-Opteron-6100-or-6300-AMD-SR5690-EATX-Server-Motherboard-/171036796544?pt=Motherboards&hash=item27d2966680

 

Dual socket G34 In all its glory! I would reccomend dual 16 core opterons to go with, and at least 256gb of ram

[Art Vandelay]

For 2011, it's probably the Gigabyte X79 UD5H or Asus Rampage 4 extreme

 

For 1150, it's either the G1 sniper 5, if you have 3+ graphics cards, or the Gigabyte UD3H, if you are an average user (seriously, this board has everything except a PLX chip and high quality audio)

 

For 1155, it's the G1 Sniper 3, if you have 3+ graphics cards, or 2 high end ones and a Sandy Bridge chip, or the Z77 UP5, if you are a normal user.

[xDLGx]

If you don't know what your options are at that pricepoint you've got no need for any $400 motherboard.

Most people who purchase the highest end motherboards makes absolutely no use of any of the features they are paying an extra $200 for.