rrohde Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I am in the process of building a new gaming rig, and currently shopping around for the motherboard. I already purchased the CPU: Intel i7 4790K 4.0GHz Based on the CPU and my wish to ultimately go SLI, I came up with this motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z97. Right now, in my mind, that's my choice of motherboard unless convinced otherwise. What is your recommendation for a motherboard that supports this CPU and supports SLI? What are the pro and cons? Thanks. PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Good mobo! Look like the same as the Gigabyte UD-7 TH. I always look at the CPU power circuitry (overclocking), the expension slots and their positioning (my first video card use 3 slots), and the chipset (Z97). I use a sound card. Personally, i prefer cheaper mobo. I mean, with less useless marketing stuff. :pain: For throwing it out the window in few years. Nobody is perfect. :D Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Rhodes Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 ASUS Maximus VII combined with my Devils Canyon and it ROCKS. I definitely would get the Maximus. OC'd my Devils Canyon to 4.6 stable. Dusty Rhodes Play HARD, Play FAIR, Play TO WIN Win 7 Professional 64 Bit / Intel i7 4790 Devils Canyon, 4.0 GIG /ASUS Maximus VII Formula Motherboard/ ASUS GTX 1080 8 GB/ 32 Gigs of RAM / Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog / TrackIR 5 / 2 Cougar MFD's / Saitek Combat Pedals/ DSD Button Box FLT-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureEvil Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) MAXIMUS VII HERO Expansion Slots 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8, red) Z97-WS Expansion Slots 4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8 or quad x8 ) confusing really. Edited December 7, 2014 by PureEvil STEAM asus p8z68-v gen3, 2600k@4,5ghz(w/c), 16gb, 1080ti(w/c), ch fighterstick/gvl224-4000-8, ch pro throttle, Oculus Rift CV1+Touch, thrustmaster tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 The only reason I didn't go with the Maximus was because it has miserable reviews on NewEgg and other sites: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132125&cm_re=ASUS_MAXIMUS_VII_HERO-_-13-132-125-_-Product Instead, I went with the MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard. VR Cockpit (link): Custom Throttletek F/A-18C Throttle w/ Hall Sensors + Otto switches | Slaw Device RX Viper Pedals w/ Damper | VPC T-50 Base + 15cm Black Sahaj Extension + TM Hornet or Warthog Grip | Super Warthog Wheel Stand Pro | Steelcase Leap V2 + JetSeat SE VR Rig: Pimax 5K+ | ASUS ROG Strix 1080Ti | Intel i7-9700K | Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master | Corsair H115i RGB Platinum | 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 3200 | Dell U3415W Curved 3440x1440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1942 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I went with the ASUS Z-97A. I'm running two GTX780 in SLI plus it gives you the ability to overclock. Just the basics and no whistles or bells that I wouldn't use. Good price as well. Intel i5-4690K Devil's Canyon, GForce TitanX, ASUS Z-97A MB, 16GB GDDR3 GSkill mem, Samsung SSD X3,Track IR, TM Warthog, MFG Crosswind pedals, Acer XB280HK monitor,GAMETRIX KW-908 JETSEAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Only one mistake, the only mobos who support PCIe 3.0 dual x16 are the X99. They have to justify their price. :D Informations are not always reliable at some sites. Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrohde Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Personally, i prefer cheaper mobo. I mean, with less useless marketing stuff. :pain: Nobody is perfect. :D I am not sure what you mean by that... I would like to save some money as well, but I've been out of the hardware loop for a rather long time and with these gaming motherboards, they all look strange to me. When I was in IT, motherboards didn't have to look "fancy". :) PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrohde Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Thanks for the feedback so far, guys. I've added the MSI Z97-Gaming and ASUS Z97-A LGA mobos to my wishlist at Newegg in addition to the Hero. Time to compare. In the meantime, I've ordered some RAM (G.SKILL Trident X Series DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)) and was wondering if any of these motherboards would work better with that particular type of RAM.... thoughts? Thanks again. PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladman Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I'm running the Maximus VII Hero. Absolutely love it. Amazing BIOS, more than enough expansion and USB slots. Can't say enough good about it. Dale i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz - ASUS Maximus Hero XI - 32GB 4266 DDR4 RAM - ASUS RTX 2080Ti - 1 TB NVME - NZXT Kraken 62 Watercooling System - Thrustmaster Warthog Hotas (Virpil Base) - MFG Crosswind Pedals - Pimax 5K+ VFA-25 Fist Of The Fleet [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic99190_2.gif[/sigpic] Virtual Carrier Strike Group 1 | Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrohde Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 I'm running the Maximus VII Hero. Absolutely love it. Amazing BIOS, more than enough expansion and USB slots. Can't say enough good about it. Dale Thanks. That's good to know :) PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureEvil Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Only one mistake, the only mobos who support PCIe 3.0 dual x16 are the X99. They have to justify their price. :D Informations are not always reliable at some sites. in my post above we can see that Z97-WS does it too, information is from the asus web site. strange that z97 game MB's don't have this feature, but workstation MB's do. STEAM asus p8z68-v gen3, 2600k@4,5ghz(w/c), 16gb, 1080ti(w/c), ch fighterstick/gvl224-4000-8, ch pro throttle, Oculus Rift CV1+Touch, thrustmaster tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Yep! Even the info from Asus's site are not good. :clown_2: Good to know. Thanks! http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/z97-chipset.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/x99-chipset.html Edited December 7, 2014 by Demon_ Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWillis Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I have a Asus Sabretooth Z77. I figured a Sabretooth would take down a Warthog :music_whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureEvil Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Yep! Even the info from Asus's site are not good. so, in theory intel and asus both can be wrong or right lol how the hell we customers are suppose to know how to choose the right components :crash: STEAM asus p8z68-v gen3, 2600k@4,5ghz(w/c), 16gb, 1080ti(w/c), ch fighterstick/gvl224-4000-8, ch pro throttle, Oculus Rift CV1+Touch, thrustmaster tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlawal2 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 so, in theory intel and asus both can be wrong or right lol how the hell we customers are suppose to know how to choose the right components :crash: Intel makes the chipset so their information should be more solid than Asus.. "Pride is a poor substitute for intelligence." RAMBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureEvil Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 should be yeah, should be ))) the only proper way to find out how it really works, is to find some1 with this WS MB and ask him/her to test it with 2 cards. STEAM asus p8z68-v gen3, 2600k@4,5ghz(w/c), 16gb, 1080ti(w/c), ch fighterstick/gvl224-4000-8, ch pro throttle, Oculus Rift CV1+Touch, thrustmaster tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16 http://ark.intel.com/products/80807 Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrohde Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Interesting info, guys. Thanks a lot. :) With my next paycheck, I'll get the motherboard. PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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