am upgrading to haswell and am kinda unsure what motherboard to buy. at the moment its either the MSI GD65 or the ASUS MAXIMUS-VI-HERO. Any thoughts on these 2 or something else around these boards price range. will be running a 4770k with a EVGA GTX780 SC.
THANKS....
Well those 2 boards are a bit arround the same level of feutures, only the Hero has 2 more usb 2.0 ports, and a sepreme FX sound chip, but if im right its also more expensive. about quality i think they are a bit equal.
It's more interesting if you like to overclock.. a Msi z87 Mpower max is in my opinnion a much nicer board. but it also cost 40 bucks more then the Hero. The normal Mpower is arround 10 dollars more then the hero
I wholeheartedly second the mpower max (biased :P) but of the 2 you picked I'd pick the hero.
yeah it's a bit of a hard decission, the Hero has a better sound chip and 2 usb 2.0 ports more, but it also cost 30 bucks more ....
I'd pick the Hero out of your given choices. I am not a fan on MSI, but the Mpower is a good board.
Reason I like the Hero is because it has the same quality of components across the ROG product range.
It's just a shame the Hero doesn't come with Wifi. I love the audio quality of my own Hero, the overclocking utilities, and that kind of matters more to me than Wifi. I prefer wired internet.
I am running the 4770k and 780, too. Brilliant setup.
yeah between the choices of those 2 i also lean forward to the Hero, because of its better sound chip. and good bios. but if i could afford a Mpower then i would go for it ☺
yeah price isnt really a worry was even looking at the maximus vi extreme but ive heard bad things about it. and its really only for gaming so prob wouldnt use alot of its features
what sort of oc are u getting with that ???
yeah brennan told the same aboutthe maximus extreme if im right. that it doesnt perforn so well for its price, i know the Mpower max is a great board with alot of feutures for a good price. also the hero is a nice board for its price. but if your main goal is gaming, then the GD65 gaming for 180 bucks is also not bad.
yeah ended up going with the MSI Mpower MAX. cheers for all the imput
Look up Tiny Tom Logons Rant about the rog extreme if u want more info on why they not performing well