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I was watching a Tek Syndicate video earlier and he mentioned something about an ASRock mobo having better compatibility with the processor being used because it was AMD. Does that mean that the manufacturer of the mobo and processor affects their compatibility with each other? I am currently looking to buy an ASRock Z97 EXTREME 4 mobo with an Intel Core i5-4690k processor. Should I switch to a MSI mobo or something?

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I was watching a Tek Syndicate video earlier and he mentioned something about an ASRock mobo having better compatibility with the processor being used because it was AMD. Does that mean that the manufacturer of the mobo and processor affects their compatibility with each other? I am currently looking to buy an ASRock Z97 EXTREME 4 mobo with an Intel Core i5-4690k processor. Should I switch to a MSI mobo or something?

 

Whether you go for an Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte or MSI motherboard, you'll get similar performances in similar price ranges. My guess is that in that particular video the Asrock board had a better feature set than whatever it was being compared to. There is no "ASUS IS BEST FOR _____" etc.

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I was watching a Tek Syndicate video earlier and he mentioned something about an ASRock mobo having better compatibility with the processor being used because it was AMD. Does that mean that the manufacturer of the mobo and processor affects their compatibility with each other? I am currently looking to buy an ASRock Z97 EXTREME 4 mobo with an Intel Core i5-4690k processor. Should I switch to a MSI mobo or something?

Not sure what Tek Syndicate is saying now, but no..

AsRock is a good brand, on Intel and AMD. But it does not have lower or higher performance than ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte.

Makes no difference.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

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Whether you go for an Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte or MSI motherboard, you'll get similar performances in similar price ranges. My guess is that in that particular video the Asrock board had a better feature set than whatever it was being compared to. There is no "ASUS IS BEST FOR _____" etc.

Alright, thanks for clearing that up. I was starting to worry about my build.

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With Intel, they all use a standard chipset these days.. the differences are minimal and measured in features (such as bios, extra USB ports / USB3.1, wifi, better audio chips and so on) quality of components (like capacitors or power delivery) and the reputation of the company for customer support or the colour / design for those looking for a good looking build

 

As long as you are picking from the same class of board.. they will all work fairly similarly.

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