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BiggusDoggus

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#3170715 11-Dec-2023 14:47

Batman:

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Every company has bad days, even top brands, but overall I stand by what I said. I've seen so way more weird little compatibility issues with Gigabyte bioses over the years than I have with Asus.

...with the basic system he's building...

Hurtful, lol.

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#3170721 11-Dec-2023 15:16

Yes the model of motherboard matters more as any brand can screw up a particular product. If you were to go by online posts for reliability you’d pick recent MSI or Asrock boards.

My previous builds were a Gigabyte Z77-ud3h which is still running 11years later. Recent gigabyte is a x570 aorus wifi which so far has avoided all the AM4 bugs you’ll see online like usb dropout.

On the other hand I know three people who got Asus TUF or strix gaming motherbords have a real tough time dealing with BIOS bugs and updates just not working.

On the hardware side take a look at the power delivery and components of each, thats is usually the biggest indicator of how long it will last. The NIC is important, if you get one of those Intel 2.5Gbe models that are bugged then you’ll end up with more grief.

Thrres usually plenty of tech forum or reddit threads that’ll discuss motherboard pros/cons. Our selection is limited down here though.

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#3170775 11-Dec-2023 16:44

Gigabyte have always been reliable for me. That not to say they're better than Asus, just that I've had Gigabyte motherboards for 15 years with no issues.

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#3170840 11-Dec-2023 19:52

BiggusDoggus:

Hurtful, lol.

basic but solid.

i just meant it is not pushing any limits of the mobo.

BiggusDoggus

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#3170845 11-Dec-2023 20:13

Batman:
BiggusDoggus:

Hurtful, lol.

basic but solid.

i just meant it is not pushing any limits of the mobo.

I know, jk.
But that’s good to know in itself, so thank you!

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BiggusDoggus

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#3171426 13-Dec-2023 14:06

Hey, just to check another option please.

I really don't know much about the MSI brand: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MBDMSI61403/MSI-PRO-B760M-A-WIFI-mATX-Motherboard-For-Intel-12

Around the same price as the Gigabyte - much of a muchness?

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#3171536 13-Dec-2023 17:51

the MSI has twice the power phases of the Gigabyte. the Gigabyte's only advantage seems to be a heatsink for the SSD.

I'd get the MSI all things being equal

in theory more power phases means less stress on individual power phases (they power the CPU) so lasts longer. in theory. (for overclocking obviously more power phases the better but that's for the Z boards)

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#3171564 13-Dec-2023 18:50

much of a muchness

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#3171584 13-Dec-2023 20:08

BiggusDoggus:

Hey, just to check another option please.

I really don't know much about the MSI brand: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MBDMSI61403/MSI-PRO-B760M-A-WIFI-mATX-Motherboard-For-Intel-12

Around the same price as the Gigabyte - much of a muchness?

you should get this and a 32gb ram kit, 16gb is costing you FPS in games

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MBDGBM61210/Gigabyte-B760M-H-mATX-Motherboard-Socket-LGA1700?type=ex-demo

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#3171588 13-Dec-2023 20:39

Batman:

you should get this and a 32gb ram kit, 16gb is costing you FPS in games

Show proof please, especially on a similar setup to the OP, not something running a RTX 4090 and a top end card trying to run cyberpunk at 4k or something like that.

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#3171597 13-Dec-2023 20:49

Jase2985:

Batman:

you should get this and a 32gb ram kit, 16gb is costing you FPS in games

Show proof please, especially on a similar setup to the OP, not something running a RTX 4090 and a top end card trying to run cyberpunk at 4k or something like that.

Just FYI - running an RX6600 and driving an Xiaomi 3400x1440 ultrawide.

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#3171599 13-Dec-2023 20:52

I've switched back and forth between Asus and Gigabyte no hardware issues with either.

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#3171621 13-Dec-2023 22:28

Honestly I would go for whatever fits in your budget, no point over streatching yourself as I think your CPU choice will work great with any of them.

Guess you need to figure out if inbuilt Bluetooth and WiFi are worth it to you and how many M.2 slots you may want.

I currently have a board with 2 m.2 NVME drives and I am really happy with that.

I am a plus one vote on the 32GB of ram, but that is because I am lazy.
Like right now I am not running any games, and my PC has allocated about 27GB of 32GB.
About 6GB going to firefox it looks like, 1GB going to steam, the rest no clue to be honest.

The more you have the more the PC eats I figure, I haven't found more than 16GB that important for games, its more QoL not having to manage Ram usage.

However I do notice if I do a modded Skyrim or Xcom2 run, those games with mods eat RAM for days.

So if it was me... well with a budget you are aiming for I would get R5 5600 for $240, some DDR4 ram (32GB FOR APPROX $120) and get an entry level am4 board that fits the rest of your budget. But that is me.

Oh definitely budget for an NVMe ssd even if you stick with Intel.

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#3171794 14-Dec-2023 20:44

Jase2985:

@Batman:

you should get this and a 32gb ram kit, 16gb is costing you FPS in games

Show proof please, especially on a similar setup to the OP, not something running a RTX 4090 and a top end card trying to run cyberpunk at 4k or something like that.

Can you show proof please, because your statement is misleading

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