Saltire35
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I've been promising to build my daughter a new PC to replace her ageing AMD set up. But I'd like to hear OC3D's feedback regarding the choice of motherboard.
The new set up is as follows:
NZXT H440
Intel i5 4690K
Corsair H100i
16Gb HyperX Savage 2400MHz
750w SuperFlower PSU
2x 120Gb Corsair SSDs
2x 2TB Storage Drives
SoundBlaster Z Sound Card
MSi GTX970 Gaming Edition
The motherboards that it has come down to is either of the following:
I like the MSi board but not sure of Killer NIC compared to the Asus's Intel NIC. I have googled the issue and a lot favour Intel but some say it doesn't really make any difference.
I like the Asus board too, I could even stretch to the Hero version but I think the Ranger offers better value for money but even that is still more expensive than the MSi board.
Lastly, I want to fit the sound card in the bottom slot... I know I can with the Asus board, but not sure about the MSi as it's set up differently from what I've read.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers
The new set up is as follows:
NZXT H440
Intel i5 4690K
Corsair H100i
16Gb HyperX Savage 2400MHz
750w SuperFlower PSU
2x 120Gb Corsair SSDs
2x 2TB Storage Drives
SoundBlaster Z Sound Card
MSi GTX970 Gaming Edition
The motherboards that it has come down to is either of the following:
- Asus ROG Z97 Maximus VII Ranger
- MSi Z97 Gaming 5
I like the MSi board but not sure of Killer NIC compared to the Asus's Intel NIC. I have googled the issue and a lot favour Intel but some say it doesn't really make any difference.
I like the Asus board too, I could even stretch to the Hero version but I think the Ranger offers better value for money but even that is still more expensive than the MSi board.
Lastly, I want to fit the sound card in the bottom slot... I know I can with the Asus board, but not sure about the MSi as it's set up differently from what I've read.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers
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