Motherboards

[BWang]

Hi I'm relatively new to pc building, can anyone explain the difference in say a H81M-A to a H81 Pro Gamer

And also the difference in the chip-set say a h97 to a b85

[Blebekblebek]

gamer version have intel nic, instead realtek, elna sound instead realtek, and what they called "gamer protection"

[Oshino Shinobu]

Between H97 and B85, there's no major differences. The H97 chipset is newer, but doesn't really offer anything particularly better. 

 

The H81 gamer is the better board of the two, but there's not a huge difference. 

[Blebekblebek]

just read it here

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-the-difference-473/

 

single post can't explain everything.

[Sumsar]

The H81 Pro Gamer has a lot of fancy features that you will most likely not need. The H81M-A is a budget board, so it isn't exactly anything to brag about. It's not a bad motherboard, though.

 

 

 

The b x5 chipset is business class, so b boards usually will not have a whole lot of fancy features (such as SLI support, OC support etc. The Z XX chipset is a step up from the b chipset, for instance: Many Z97 motherboards support SLI, CROSSFIRE, M.2 drives, overclocking,  and a whole lot of other stuff.