Z370 shortages

DexterMorgan · 21 Jun 2019 at 12:23

Hi there
i am an unhappy owner of low end budget z370 mobo with delidded 8700k oc'dd
i was going to upgrade when im ready. the pick was z370 taichi, that price was around 150 pounds.
Ive got some extra cash now, wanted to buy the mobo but what i see, product is no longer available throughout the country? is the only choice z390 taichi which costs lots of money ! ?

tamzzy · 21 Jun 2019 at 12:33

just get a gigabyte aorus for £160 with decent enough (read: good) vrms?

peahead · 23 Jun 2019 at 13:49

Have a Aorus Z390 Pro here and can highly recommend one,like Tamzzy says they have some of the best VRM and mine has been rock solid with my 9900k.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-579-gi.html

orbitalwalsh · 1 Jul 2019 at 11:05

@UD is the best Budget board ! no thrills though, if you can push the extra money for Gaming X or elite then do so!

have UK RMA which is handy too

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £132.95
1 x Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99

Total: £424.03 (includes shipping: £11.10)

DexterMorgan · 17 Feb 2020 at 14:22

Well upgraded now to Z390 months ago msi and happy.

Bounce · 17 Feb 2020 at 14:27

orbitalwalsh said:
@UD is the best Budget board ! no thrills though, if you can push the extra money for Gaming X or elite then do so!

have UK RMA which is handy too

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99

1 x Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £132.95

1 x Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99

Total: £424.03 (includes shipping: £11.10)

whats the advantage of Z390 over Z370

orbitalwalsh · 17 Feb 2020 at 14:41

Bounce said:
whats the advantage of Z390 over Z370

gigabyte chucked the whole kitchen sink and bathroom with the VRM upgrades . poor show of z370 left them licking wounds and releasing the best z390 designed boards for power delivery !

so much so z390 elite to Ultra has same power delivery design unlike new x570 for AMD which has Elite under the Pro and Ultra

Bounce · 17 Feb 2020 at 16:27

orbitalwalsh said:
gigabyte chucked the whole kitchen sink and bathroom with the VRM upgrades . poor show of z370 left them licking wounds and releasing the best z390 designed boards for power delivery !

so much so z390 elite to Ultra has same power delivery design unlike new x570 for AMD which has Elite under the Pro and Ultra

Noob question: whats the advantage of vrm upgrades

EsaT · 17 Feb 2020 at 16:36

Bounce said:
Noob question: whats the advantage of vrm upgrades

Increased likelihood of consumer spending more money on motherboard of platform for which there's no CPU upgrade path?

orbitalwalsh · 17 Feb 2020 at 16:46

EsaT said:
Increased likelihood of consumer spending more money on motherboard of platform for which there's no CPU upgrade path?

Surviving Intel's 14nm node

Bounce said:
Noob question: whats the advantage of vrm upgrades

Less VRM and high overclock or intel self overclock leads boards to get very hot and throttle performance