intel dh77eb vs intel DQ77MK

[Jumballi]

I have literally no understanding of the differences between the boards, only pci thingies I have are a hand me down 1050 ti and a wireless network card I plan to aquire.

[Alec M]

Go with the DH77EB, it has a much better PCI-e configuration.

 

[Blebekblebek]

DQ have PCI x4, PCI slot and Firewire.

 

go with the cheapest.

 

[Alec M]

Just now, Blebekblebek said:

DQ have PCI x4, PCI slot and Firewire.

 

go with the cheapest.

 

The DH77EB has a full PCI-e x16 2.0 slot, whereas the DQ77MK only has an x4 2.0 slot, that makes the DH77EB the obvious choice, especially since they have a 1050ti.

[Blebekblebek]

1 minute ago, Alec M said:

The DH77EB has a full PCI-e x16 2.0 slot, whereas the DQ77MK only has an x4 2.0 slot, that makes the DH77EB the obvious choice, especially since they have a 1050ti.

Idk which version did you look at, but at my screen it's clearly x16 slot.

 

Not only that all H77 board support x16 3.0

https://ark.intel.com/products/59044/Intel-Desktop-Board-DQ77MK

[Jumballi]

The pci network card is cheaper than the pci-e card, so if both boards give the same speed and stuff, should I go with the green one?

[Blebekblebek]

2 minutes ago, Navid Jamali said:

The pci network card is cheaper than the pci-e card, so if both boards give the same speed and stuff, should I go with the green one?

both practically the same.

I personally would avoid using PCI slot

Both also had pcie mini slot, so you can use that for wireless adapter, just go with the cheapest.

 

if this was for NAS or home server I would choose DQ because I can utilize that pcie x4 for network card and PCI slot for older IDE drive.

 

[Jumballi]

The blue one has optical audio out, does that mean it has a better sound card?

[Blebekblebek]

No, it still use realtek.

The same thing with graphics output, some offer HDMI/DVI some only offer VGA.