Posted May 15, 2017 Which of these motherboards are better? Instead of just saying which board, can you also explain why. ASRock Z270 Pro4 Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI My Rig CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 Ram - G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666 Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3 OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension Peripherals Mouse - Logitech G502 Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro Monitor - LG 29UM69GB Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 The cheapest one. Explanation: Motherboards don't affect system performance at all. Just get the cheaper one to save money QUOTE/TAG ME WHEN REPLYING Spend As Much Time Writing Your Question As You Want Me To Spend Responding To It. If I'm wrong, please point it out. I'm always learning & I won't bite. Desktop: Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 - Lots of RGB lights I never change Laptop: HP Spectre X360 - i7 8560U - MX150 - 2TB SSD - 16GB DDR4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 I just question why in general ASRock boards are always cheaper which hinders me from buying them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Just now, OsuMasterz said: I just question why in general ASRock boards are always cheaper which hinders me from buying them... Up until relatively recent this was the case. Nowadays I prefer Asrock boards over pretty much every other manufacturer. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Just get a high end Z170 board instead as their more featured pack than low-end Z270s, most Z170 boards are usually on sale at around the Z270 low-mid end price bracket considering their clearing inventory for them. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132855&cm_sp=Homepage_FDD-_-P3_13-132-855-_-05142017 If Kaby Lake is an issue, just use USB flashback on it since it's an Asus board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Just now, STRMfrmXMN said: Up until relatively recent this was the case. Nowadays I prefer Asrock boards over pretty much every other manufacturer. I will give ASRock a few years to see if they have any long term issues, I don't want my board ending up like Soltek lel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Of those I would buy the Gigabyte. Best VRM heatsink design and looks nicest. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 6 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said: looks nicest MSI boards looks nicest IMO Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 AsRock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, ZM Fong said: MSI boards looks nicest IMO Their sexy red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 side note all these boards show shared dimm ram upto 1024mb so is this limit for system to have gpu pci card(cards have more than 1024mb their own ram) use dimm ram as gpuram paagefile pool??? hard drive uses sysram total × 1.5 get hdd pagefile pool size ram×1.5=pagepool=<1024mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, EasonIDontKnowAnything said: Their sexy red White too Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Author 15 hours ago, ZM Fong said: MSI boards looks nicest IMO MSI makes crap motherboards. That's why i didn't even include them in the selection. My Rig CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 Ram - G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666 Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3 OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension Peripherals Mouse - Logitech G502 Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro Monitor - LG 29UM69GB Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Author 15 hours ago, bcguru9384 said: side note all these boards show shared dimm ram upto 1024mb so is this limit for system to have gpu pci card(cards have more than 1024mb their own ram) use dimm ram as gpuram paagefile pool??? hard drive uses sysram total × 1.5 get hdd pagefile pool size ram×1.5=pagepool=<1024mb Can you rephrase this, please? My Rig CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 Ram - G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666 Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3 OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension Peripherals Mouse - Logitech G502 Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro Monitor - LG 29UM69GB Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 Author 15 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said: Of those I would buy the Gigabyte. Best VRM heatsink design and looks nicest. It will match my current color scheme ands cheaper than the asus one so ill go with it My Rig CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 Ram - G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666 Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3 OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension Peripherals Mouse - Logitech G502 Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro Monitor - LG 29UM69GB Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Vandorlot said: Can you rephrase this, please? all 3 boards have a 1024 limit on share size of the system ram available the gpu dedicated ram when pciex type card used will now use system ram like a pagefile system normal pagefile uses hdd space to cover system ram if gpu uses hdd then horrible bottleneck why it uses sysram but unless you tell sysram to not pagefile to hdd the gpuram that being pagefiled to sysram then add very slow and extra data hop in the data recall process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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