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Best motherboards for a 14900k? Things to avoid and look out for? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It doesn't seem it's as simple as it was when I was looking at building gens back. I'd rather not have to spend £700 (I'm in the UK, so everything is already more expensive) to get a very good board.

It seems many mid and high end boards have pcie issues, especially with the newest m.2 memory. Not enough lanes and/or using 1 slot slows all the others, even if not using the newest memory.

A bunch of boards with bad VRM setups acting as secondary heaters that lower performance.

It seems ASUS, the old solid choice with good software is now an issue for various reasons.

Maybe ASROCK aren't trash anymore or are pushing their boards more

It's seems gigabyte software is still an issue as well as the boards with many complaints.

MSI highly mixed opinions

Motherboard pricing is ridiculous we know, but I was wondering if there was anything that was truly all around good without spending so much and I couldn't find information about this.

(My personal situation is I won't be overclocking, I just want to run a good solid PC that will last me a decent amount of time with good parts and software to go with. So things like audio matter, whereas is not often mentioned.)

Unsure if there are things to look out for I'm missing and even then don't know how to know if I'm choosing wrong and which boards have which issues bar a few cases.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If you don't care about overclocking memory, then your best bet is to get a mid to high range board in the $300-400 range. Below are what I feel are solid options:

Asus Z790 Strix E - $439.00, high end 4-DIMM w/18+1 90A power stages - Best overall BIOS & hardware IMO
Asus Z790 Strix F - $369.00, midrange 4-DIMM w/16+1 90A power stages. Basically same as above with a slightly nerfed VRM & w/o PCIe5.0
GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER - $449.00, high end 4-DIMM w/20+1 105A power stages - Best hardware
GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS PRO - $389.00, midrange 4-DIMM w/18+1 90A(?) power stages - Solid hardware and the best aesthetics.

Disclaimer I own the Asus Z790 Strix-E and it's been great. I've had absolutely zero issues but if I could go back I would've bought the OG Z790 Apex or the Z790 Apex Encore since I'm not a huge fan of 4-DIMM motherboards.