Which Z390 board is the best for around £200

aoaaron · 20 Oct 2018 at 14:27

Hey, which Z390 board now reviews are out is best for an 8086k + 3200 CL14 RAM? preferably w/wifi

price range 150-250

aoaaron · 21 Oct 2018 at 11:37

Bump plz.. wanna buy today

peahead · 21 Oct 2018 at 11:37

Something like this would be one to look at.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-577-gi.html
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z390-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-10#kf

Apone70 · 21 Oct 2018 at 13:12

Ring overclockers and speak to someone. Gigabyte don't have the best bios. So if your going to over clock then I would go Asus.

aoaaron · 22 Oct 2018 at 19:56

Currently its between:

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI
ASUS STRIX Z390-E GAMING, Intel Z390, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3, Dual M.2, 2-Way SLi/3-Way CrossFire, WiFi, USB3.1 A+C, ATX

MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC, Intel Z390, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3, Dual M.2, 2-Way SLi/CrossFire, WiFi, USB3.1 A+C, ATX

I'm guessing I should go for the strix?

Apone70 · 22 Oct 2018 at 20:24

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6cq-as.html

It's just out of your price range but it's what I would go for.

Robert896r1 · 22 Oct 2018 at 21:44

Good luck with gigabyte. Can’t wait to RMA mine.

aoaaron · 22 Oct 2018 at 23:08

Robert896r1 said:
Good luck with gigabyte. Can’t wait to RMA mine.

I decided to go for the Strix. Can't quite convince myself to stretch to the Hero... If I keep adding £40 here and £60 there, this build is just going to become way too expensive.

Apone70 · 23 Oct 2018 at 10:09

aoaaron said:
I decided to go for the Strix. Can't quite convince myself to stretch to the Hero... If I keep adding £40 here and £60 there, this build is just going to become way too expensive.

I know what you're saying. I recommended the Hero as it was only £20 over your limit of £250. The strix looks a great board tho

Robert896r1 · 23 Oct 2018 at 11:05

aoaaron said:
I decided to go for the Strix. Can't quite convince myself to stretch to the Hero... If I keep adding £40 here and £60 there, this build is just going to become way too expensive.

The Strix-E? Way too many damn models from asus...

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 12:30

Robert896r1 said:
Good luck with gigabyte. Can’t wait to RMA mine.

Should take 3-4 days if you RMA directly

aoaaron said:
I decided to go for the Strix. Can't quite convince myself to stretch to the Hero... If I keep adding £40 here and £60 there, this build is just going to become way too expensive.

Push the hero, phases as well as 4+8 pin. Means load of more spread .

Not sure if you've seen reviews but lot of volts is pulled and VRMs can get hot

Robert896r1 · 23 Oct 2018 at 12:46

orbitalwalsh said:
Should take 3-4 days if you RMA directly

Push the hero, phases as well as 4+8 pin. Means load of more spread .

Not sure if you've seen reviews but lot of volts is pulled and VRMs can get hot

Why not a taichi? That board seems to be getting overlooked and has some beefy VRM's that can surpass a Hero just looking at the VRM setup. You don't even need the Ultimate version unless you need the 10gb ethernet or the latest wifi.

Are Asrock bad with mem/bios?

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 13:12

Robert896r1 said:
Why not a taichi? That board seems to be getting overlooked and has some beefy VRM's that can surpass a Hero just looking at the VRM setup. You don't even need the Ultimate version unless you need the 10gb ethernet or the latest wifi.

Are Asrock bad with mem/bios?

tacihi is 10+2 set up , 12 Texas Instruments TI 87350D with 6 Infineon IR3598, 5 for which are Vcore . IR35201 8-channel PWM controller running 5+ 2 (additional two ON Semiconductor FDPC5030SG Dual-N channel MOSFET) . Few reviews stating its underplayed its hand - but does beat the Hero on paper - just

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13407/intel-z390-motherboard-overview-every-motherboard-analyzed/2

aorus ultra and master beat it whilst being cooler- specially the Master and Xtreme running VRMS in about 35-45c under 5.0ghz +
Godlike and Ace from MSI looks extreme good though!

thermals of Hero (5ghz) vs Master (5.1ghz)

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-rog-maximum-xi-hero-review,20.html

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_z390_aorus_master_review,20.html

full VRM list
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f12/lga-1151-mainboard-vrm-liste-1175784.html#z370

asrock and asus do have extremely good and smooth bios !

Robert896r1 · 23 Oct 2018 at 16:37

@orbitalwalsh I just don't have much confidence in GB's BIOS and compatibility and judging by many reviews, 8-pack's feedback and doing my own research, it's their software that's often the issue.

Keep in mind that the master in that review had issues running at 5.2ghz due to funky bios issues where as the other boards ran at 5.2 no problem. The Master also required more voltage while running a lower OC than the Hero. VRM thermals aside, that's not very confidence inspiring.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_rog_maximum_xi_hero_review,19.html

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_z390_aorus_master_review,19.html

I'm not trying to pile on GB. It's just apparent they have a lot of work to do on the software/bios side of the house to stay in the conversation.

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 17:11

Yep, bios is there current flaw, can make a ohycial better board and better RMA being UK based the. The rest but bios has been their weaknesses.
New bios design is neat, an improvement but needs to be improved on.
Asus have better two slot design, Aorus better at 4 sticks .

MSI Godlike should have never had a plx chip... would have driven board price down $200 :/

Robert896r1 · 23 Oct 2018 at 17:17

@orbitalwalsh any news of when the Gene NDA lifts? weird to see a z390 board not launch with the others. Maybe some bugs to be worked out.

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 17:28

Robert896r1 said:
@orbitalwalsh any news of when the Gene NDA lifts? weird to see a z390 board not launch with the others. Maybe some bugs to be worked out.

Think they are still in hands of pro OC, lessons from. There can be uploaded into bios etc . Should be November I thought , 2nd week

8 Pack · 23 Oct 2018 at 20:50

Gene at ocuk early next week.... Makes sense to buy this for anyone using only 1gpu.

Distracted · 23 Oct 2018 at 20:59

orbitalwalsh said:
MSI Godlike should have never had a plx chip... would have driven board price down $200 :/

It doesn't have one according to buildzoid.

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 21:05

Distracted said:
It doesn't have one according to buildzoid.

In that case.. Aorus Xtreme will walk all over that board.. same phase setup and components ... £200 odd cheaper I believe ....