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So, got offered to sell my current setup, so now I'm out shopping for a new motherboard/cpu/memory kit.  I've always been partial to EVGA motherboards, but I'm not sure which one to pick this time around.  They all kinda look the same on features :-/  Sadly the Red team can't win me over on CPU's, I'm not so sure of them, but I'm giving the Red a try on graphics (a lil scared to be honest, its been ages!)

 

So, I appreciate all of the help you fine wise folks gave me on the video and psu topics, I figured I'd pick your brain's again.

 

Thank you in advance!

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So is your question which motherboard to choose? What cpu.

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CPU doesn't matter at this point.  I just need a board, then I will figure out the CPU.  It will likely be a k series intel, just havent figured one out until i get a mb picked :-/

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Evga has been flaky when it comes to motherboards. Get a z77/z87 mpower or asus rog or their higher end. 

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It's been ages since I've used Asus, I kinda swore them off back in the Duron days due to their shady customer service/warranty.  Has their quality improved?

 

Alternate suggestions for a good enthusiast board besides EVGA?

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It's been ages since I've used Asus, I kinda swore them off back in the Duron days due to their shady customer service/warranty.  Has their quality improved?

 

Alternate suggestions for a good enthusiast board besides EVGA?

Asus, gigabyte or MSI, asrock are good too but don't have as big range for enthusiast boards. 

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Msi makes some kick ass boards. So does gigabyte. The mpowers are good boards and the sniper and ud5s are good too

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Proxmox Server - i7 8700k @ 4.5Ghz - 32GB EVGA 3000 CL15 OC'd to 3200 - Asus Strix Z370-E Gaming - Oracle F80 800GB Enterprise SSD, LSI SAS running 3 4TB and 2 6TB (Both Raid Z0), Samsung 840Pro 120GB - Phanteks Enthoo Pro

 

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Asus or MSI when it comes to gaming motherboards... there the only companies who try when it comes to visuals and performance aswell as upgradeability

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If i were to switch to Team Red, do you have board/CPU suggestions?

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EVGA used to make amazing motherboards for lga775, but they have been a little lacking in their BIOS' in the past few generations. But their Z87 boards are actually good again

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I use an evga e770 classified 3 for the 1366 build I have. Bios is nothing special and fan control is garb. The first PCIE slot doesn't work for some reason. I'm sure they have improved since those days but IDK.

 Does anybody know whether or not EVGA manufactures motherboards or do they just design them?

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Evga has been flaky when it comes to motherboards. Get a z77/z87 mpower or asus rog or their higher end. 

Newest BIOS fixes them problems with Z77 motherboard. This comes from happy owner of sexy chibi Z77 Stinger...

 

 

 

 

 Does anybody know whether or not EVGA manufactures motherboards or do they just design them?

As far as i know they make them themselfs and not in Foxconn. Thats why prices are over the top too...

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MSI mpower looks AMAZING. All black pcb.If your not a fan of the yellow, you can unscrew a couple screw's and paint the heatsink any color you'd like.

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So many choices, jeeze this wasn't as hard last time I did this!

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So sorry, guess another question would be, for gaming and photography work would the lga2011 or the 1155 be better?

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If my research is correct the LGA2011 is going to be more of a workhorse for demanding tasks when compared to the 1155 right?

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If i were to switch to Team Red, do you have board/CPU suggestions?

 

Asus Crosshair Formula-Z would be the best option. (also most expensive)

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If my research is correct the LGA2011 is going to be more of a workhorse for demanding tasks when compared to the 1155 right?

 

Yes LGA2011 is typically for professional applications but I do not know specifically for photography. For gaming there is no reason to go 2011 unless you have a few hundred dollars you absolutely need to spend and you don't know where to use it. I'd say the most you need is a 4770k. A 4670k would probably do you just fine anyway and is the best value if you are thinking of going Intel. For gaming, I personally would go AMD fx 8350 because games are becoming more multi-threaded and eventually the 8350 will outperform the 4670k in games because of it's cores. Also you save a little bit of money going AMD.

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