Poll: What AM4 motherboard will you be getting?
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OcUK Staff
Not sure begin testing this Wednesday.Do you think the gigabyte boards will be in around the same time? Thanks!
OcUK Staff
Not sure about fatality I did not test that board.
I think i had too much time on my hands to browse, all the extra shiny bits sold it. I will probably regret it but hey, what the wife does not know will not hurt her
Soldato
https://videocardz.net/mobo/msi-b350m-mortar-arctic/ want want want !!!!!
Soldato
I posted this earlier, it's gorgeous! Some reason they've skimped on the i/o cover that's on the Intel version though
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What you guys think of the MSI Pro Carbon? I wanted the ASRock Killer but its bowhere avaiable 
maybe the Taichi but the Carbon would be at stock. Dunno
maybe the Taichi but the Carbon would be at stock. Dunno
Soldato
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Seems Gigabyte Gaming 5/k7 to hit UK by late next week
Soldato
Just tried to pre order the Asrock X370 Gaming K4 but credit card security check flagged it up. Can try again shortly and should be ok.
Soldato
What you guys think of the MSI Pro Carbon? I wanted the ASRock Killer but its bowhere avaiable
If I was running a full ATX system, the Pro Carbon would be the board I go for, another very good looking board without all the red scheme rubbish going on, good price tag too.
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Thanks, then I´ll go and grab this beauty
Soldato
What you guys think of the MSI Pro Carbon? I wanted the ASRock Killer but its bowhere avaiable
There are 4 in stock here as I speak (of the ASRock Killer)
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Soldato
Only thing putting me off the Killer is it's using a really old realtek codec for audio. I don't know why mobo makers have skimped on sound this time around. My Z77 from years ago has a newer version (ALC898) than the Killer (ALC892)... it can't cost much extra to put on the more modern chip...
Soldato
I posted this earlier, it's gorgeous! Some reason they've skimped on the i/o cover that's on the Intel version though
Just pre-ordered this, cant wait.
@AllBodies I would have expected all boards to have the ALC1220 on them, I was a little surprised to see them using the older 892, cant be that much more expensive for them, and they would just pass the price onto us anyway, regardless I have a creative soundblaster Z which I use, although Creative support is rubbish and half the time on my new build it doesn't even get detected by device managed, right PITA, if my board came with the 1220, creative would be going bye bye.
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This is the only thing putting me off going AMD ,the choice of motherboard s and the over all features, look, etc compared to the Intel board s example look at a asus hero board to the crosshair just the over all look quality of the hero is far better , I'd say wait and see what comes out , just the way I feel
Soldato
I'm close to ordering it for aesthetics alone... I'm annoyed there's no I/O cover though on a board that's made to look good... look at the AM4 version compared to the Intel:
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Notice something missing... again, surely that's like a couple of quid I/O cover, but makes the board look so much more polished.
Also, look how many more VRMs the Intel board has.
For some reason, mobo makers are really skimping on AMD.
If you want great audio, get a DAC and a good set of headphones.