Best Motherboard for G3258?

[KayTees]

Want to get my brother a G3258 so I could overclock the living shit outta it. Now I need a motherboard. Time to retire @KenTees A8-6600k & MSI A78-E35 

 

Budget: Low as possible

Prefered Brands: MSI ASUS Gigabyte respectively 

Location: Micro Center or NCIX

Form Factor: ATX

Features: Supports SLI/Crossfire, Able to overclock the CPU

[TheSLSAMG]

Anything in the Z97 Gaming 3+ range. Due to it's lack of Load Line Callibration, the MSI Z97 PC Mate is pretty paltry for stable high OCs.

[Gofspar]

Z97 SOC Force

[LarsReviews]

Anything in the Z97 Gaming 3+ range. Due to it's lack of Load Line Callibration, the MSI Z97 PC Mate is pretty paltry for stable high OCs.

 

@OP any z97. Don't do the same mistake like I did, z87 can be a pain in the a** with the 3258.

 

 

Z97 SOC Force

 

I approve of this!!!!!

[Suffokation]

Want to get my brother a G3258 so I could overclock the living shit outta it. Now I need a motherboard. Time to retire @KenTees A8-6600k & MSI A78-E35 

 

Budget: Low as possible

Prefered Brands: MSI ASUS Gigabyte respectively 

Location: Micro Center or NCIX

Form Factor: ATX

Features: Supports SLI/Crossfire, Able to overclock the CPU

MPower Max AC.

A friend got a Pentium K to 5.1 on it.

Fucking phenomenal overclocking board.

[KayTees]

I saw people OC on H87 or H81, it was a MSI board

[loganrp]

I use the MSI Gaming 5 z97 ATX and I love it. It works well with the Pentium G3258 that I have overclocked to 4.4 GHz on stock voltage, and has a lot of features. Only thing I am unsure about is the price.

[MoonDoggy-X]

Want to get my brother a G3258 so I could overclock the living shit outta it. Now I need a motherboard. Time to retire @KenTees A8-6600k & MSI A78-E35 

 

Budget: Low as possible

Prefered Brands: MSI ASUS Gigabyte respectively 

Location: Micro Center or NCIX

Form Factor: ATX

Features: Supports SLI/Crossfire, Able to overclock the CPU

 

MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard

-or-

ASUS Z97-P LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

There's cheaper, but you said overclock the hell out of it, so I wouldn't go any lower than this.

 

http://www.microcenter.com/product/446626/Z97S_SLI_Krait_Edition_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard

-or-

http://www.microcenter.com/product/434916/Z97-P_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard

[vSyNd1c4t3]

MPower Max AC.

A friend got a Pentium K to 5.1 on it.

Fucking phenomenal overclocking board.

 

Unfortunately that looks like a $200 board, and OP is looking for a low priced board that will allow them to overclock.

 

 

Want to get my brother a G3258 so I could overclock the living shit outta it. Now I need a motherboard. Time to retire @KenTees A8-6600k & MSI A78-E35 

 

Budget: Low as possible

Prefered Brands: MSI ASUS Gigabyte respectively 

Location: Micro Center or NCIX

Form Factor: ATX

Features: Supports SLI/Crossfire, Able to overclock the CPU

 

I would recommend.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97sslikraitedition

 

seems to be pretty awesome, cept its not available at Microcenter, but if you can get NCIX to price match you can get it for $100.

 

I hear a lot of people recommending that z97 Krait, so it's probably pretty good.

 

and here is a list of many others that are z97, ATX, and SLI compatible boards.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#m=8,18,27&f=2&c=99&sort=a8&page=1&l=2

 

Edit:

 

Guess I was wrong about the Krait not being available at Microcenter, cause it is.

[thekeemo]

Z97 SOC Force

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

get something from MSI

[vSyNd1c4t3]

I saw people OC on H87 or H81, it was a MSI board

 

I've heard rumors that intel might stop this possibility because they make z97 boards... idk just a rumor, I wouldn't mind some clarification on it if anyone knows.

[Gofspar]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

get something from MSI

are you insane, the SOC Force is better in every way, lol.

[thekeemo]

are you insane, the SOC Force is better in every way, lol.

I hate mine soo much

[TMar]

Anything in the Z97 Gaming 3+ range. Due to it's lack of Load Line Callibration, the MSI Z97 PC Mate is pretty paltry for stable high OCs.

 

 

LLC is irrelevant with haswell's FIVR...

[KayTees]

Anything in the Z97 Gaming 3+ range. Due to it's lack of Load Line Callibration, the MSI Z97 PC Mate is pretty paltry for stable high OCs.

Was looking for something that wasn't Z97, was looking for anything that could OC the G3258 for cheap

 

Z97 SOC Force

Over budget

 

 

@OP any z97. Don't do the same mistake like I did, z87 can be a pain in the a** with the 3258.

 

 

 

I approve of this!!!!!

 

Been reading about how some people OC with non Z boards.

 

MPower Max AC.

A friend got a Pentium K to 5.1 on it.

Fucking phenomenal overclocking board.

That mobo cost more than his whole build I think

 

 

MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard

-or-

ASUS Z97-P LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

There's cheaper, but you said overclock the hell out of it, so I wouldn't go any lower than this.

 

http://www.microcenter.com/product/446626/Z97S_SLI_Krait_Edition_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard

-or-

http://www.microcenter.com/product/434916/Z97-P_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard

 

 

I have this motherboard, its about 170 after taxes.

Unfortunately that looks like a $200 board, and OP is looking for a low priced board that will allow them to overclock.

 

 

 

I would recommend.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97sslikraitedition

 

seems to be pretty awesome, cept its not available at Microcenter, but if you can get NCIX to price match you can get it for $100.

 

I hear a lot of people recommending that z97 Krait, so it's probably pretty good.

 

and here is a list of many others that are z97, ATX, and SLI compatible boards.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#m=8,18,27&f=2&c=99&sort=a8&page=1&l=2

 

Edit:

 

Guess I was wrong about the Krait not being available at Microcenter, cause it is.

I have this motherboard, its about 170 after taxes.

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

get something from MSI

I actually freaking love the MSI Bios Interface

[KayTees]

@TheSLSAMG @Gofspar @LarsReviews @Suffokation @aexirogaming @MoonDoggy-X @vSyNd1c4t3 @thekeemo @TMar 

 

So I came the the conclusion and is thinking of maybe the Asus H81M-PLUS? I asked him if he was interested in Crossfiring his R9 270X and he said nope. I was reading this article http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/overclocking-pentium-g3258-on-h81-b75-h87-h97-chipsets-a-60.html, seems like its a pretty good candidate for the G3258. Opinions?

 

EDIT: Or maybe the MSI H81M-E33

[LarsReviews]

@TheSLSAMG @Gofspar @LarsReviews @Suffokation @aexirogaming @MoonDoggy-X @vSyNd1c4t3 @thekeemo @TMar 

 

So I came the the conclusion and is thinking of maybe the Asus H81M-PLUS? I asked him if he was interested in Crossfiring his R9 270X and he said nope. I was reading this article http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/overclocking-pentium-g3258-on-h81-b75-h87-h97-chipsets-a-60.html, seems like its a pretty good candidate for the G3258. Opinions?

 

EDIT: Or maybe the MSI H81M-E33

 

The problem is, that you don't know the bios version it will ship with. Do you have a regular Haswell CPU to do the update if needed? 

[lovingGamer]

@TheSLSAMG @Gofspar @LarsReviews @Suffokation @aexirogaming @MoonDoggy-X @vSyNd1c4t3 @thekeemo @TMar 

 

So I came the the conclusion and is thinking of maybe the Asus H81M-PLUS? I asked him if he was interested in Crossfiring his R9 270X and he said nope. I was reading this article http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/overclocking-pentium-g3258-on-h81-b75-h87-h97-chipsets-a-60.html, seems like its a pretty good candidate for the G3258. Opinions?

 

EDIT: Or maybe the MSI H81M-E33

for my G3258 i have Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H

i don't know if it's a best or good choice but that is what i have, i can't test OC cause i don't have G3258 yet

[vembutech]

MSI H81M-E33 is better than ASUS one.

[GTX]

If your going to OC the living shit out of it then yeah a Gigabyte Z97X-SOC would be best. If your not going past 4.5GHz then most people say any Z97 board will be fine. In my opinion, you should not crossfire or sli anything with a G3258K. It will bottleneck the GPU's. Although if you plan on upgrading to an i5 or above in future then you would need the feature.

[KayTees]

If your going to OC the living shit out of it then yeah a Gigabyte Z97X-SOC would be best. If your not going past 4.5GHz then most people say any Z97 board will be fine. In my opinion, you should not crossfire or sli anything with a G3258K. It will bottleneck the GPU's. Although if you plan on upgrading to an i5 or above in future then you would need the feature.

I'm at 5.2GHz on my 4690k on a Z97 board that isn't the Z97X-SOC. Everything seems fine. Trying to stay away from Z boards but want to over clock maybe up to 4.3ish?

[GTX]

I'm at 5.2GHz on my 4690k on a Z97 board that isn't the Z97X-SOC. Everything seems fine. Trying to stay away from Z boards but want to over clock maybe up to 4.3ish?

 

5.2GHz?! Thats great! What voltage is it at? Yeah I agree 4.3 is reasonable.

[KayTees]

5.2GHz?! Thats great! What voltage is it at? Yeah I agree 4.3 is reasonable.

I've been ask so many times, here we go again