MSI H97 Gaming 3 vs. Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

[Cereal_Killer]

Which one of those motherboards is better? Note that I have a locked CPU, so I won't need any overclocking abilities of Z97 chipset. They have a 11$ price difference in my store.

 

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

MSI H97 Gaming 3

 

[WolfoftheShadow7465]

Theyre both roughly the same other than a few more pcie slots or sata ports, whichever one you like better because they will give almost equivalent performance

[FilipSebik]

the gigabyte one is better even when you don't OC (I have it and its best)

[Enderman]

gigabyte

you might want to oc a different cpu in the future if you upgrade

plus better power delivery on z boards

 

btw great username 8/8

[Cereal_Killer]

1 minute ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said:

Theyre both roughly the same other than a few more pcie slots or sata ports, whichever one you like better because they will give almost equivalent performance

I guess I'll go with the MSI H97 Gaming 3 then, since it doesn't have these light parts, and my GPU is MSI as well

 

Seriously, it's annoying when I get a notification that somebody responded, but it doesn't show the rest of the responses.

[WolfoftheShadow7465]

1 minute ago, Cereal_Killer said:

Seriously, it's annoying when I get a notification that somebody responded, but it doesn't show the rest of the responses.

yeah i understand it happens all the time and im like where are they

 

[Cereal_Killer]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

gigabyte

you might want to oc a different cpu in the future if you upgrade

plus better power delivery on z boards

 

btw great username 8/8

I didn't think it up though, I just saw it.

If I'm going to upgrade a CPU in the future I'll go with 6th gen or 7th gen or whatever will be most up to date, and also make a jump to DDR4