Asus vs Gigabyte

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Hello!

I am looking at a ryzen 9 5900x build and was wondering which of these boards would be better from the bios and perf. POV (they are around the same price) :

- Asus Rog Strix x570 E II (the new edition)
- Aorus Master x570s (the new edition)

Thank you!
 
The thing with bios is if you like a manufacturer then you tend to lean towards that, for me i like msi but unless your an ultimate tweaker they all do the same with a couple of variations.


What you building your pc for ?

Gsming, workstation, etc.
 
Hinder said:
Sorry, I forgot to mention. For gaming.
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For gaming A CPU like the 12700k gen offers slightly more performance than a 5900X and is also cheaper while the Z690 is a better chipset than X570 with newer features and more gen 4.0 M.2 ports.
 
I understand but you also have to change from ddr4 to ddr5 and I do have the other parts already (ddr4 3600mhz x64gb as per ex.). In regards to m.2. ports I am looking at mainly using 2 tbh with you. Also, aren't the z690 still unstable, like the ram itself as well atm?
 
Hinder said:
I am looking at a ryzen 9 5900x build
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The videos below may be of some help:


Joxeon said:
For gaming A CPU like the 12700k gen offers slightly more performance than a 5900X and is also cheaper while the Z690 is a better chipset than X570 with newer features and more gen 4.0 M.2 ports.
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Plus the AM4 socket is at an end and Intel has at least one more CPU generation planned for LGA 1700.

Hinder said:
I understand but you also have to change from ddr4 to ddr5
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There are LGA 1700 boards that support DDR4.
 
I tell you something for free, £160 X570 board will give you the same performance as a £300+ X570 board with a 5900X. I assume you are not going to be doing a custom WC loop or trying to. Same can be said for a B550 board as well, but I assume given the part you have listed you don't have a small budget, or maybe you just think spending more = better?
 
Tbh with you I think anything more that 300£ for a motherboard (at least for what I am using the PC for) is not worth it. I would much rather invest more for a really good GPU and a better CPU then overspend on mobos; ram and other things. I would want to build smth atm that would last longer (until we can see what intel or amd have planned for the new generation that will pair with rtx 40 series). I have bought a i7 11700k but then the 12700k came out and now they have announced the launch of the ryzen 7000 series (also from the bechmarks I have seen; z690 mobos are really pricey and seem to have quite a few bugs; also DDR5 is not stable just yet apparently). Also, I had a i9 10900k in the past, it had a few flaws and from the gaming POV I haven't seen a big perf. increase from the i7 8700 retail I had before.

Atm I am looking at either upgrading to a ryzen 9 5900x/i7 12900k/or wait for the new AMD to come out; from i7 11700k (because one of the PC will be for my partner) so any advice in that matter is welcomed.
 
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Another vote for 12700K / Z690 DDR4. Excellent chips for gaming. You will need to run Windows 11.

Here’s my recommendation, including 32GB RAM.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £783.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)



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This is a good watch:

 
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heatonpkmassive said:
I read so many bad things about Gigabyte motherboards, graphics cards and power supplies. Wouldn't go near their modern hardware.
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Sadly their better days seem behind them - but I've rarely had a good experience with Asus either - my spare parts box is filled with abandoned Asus parts and plenty more I've chucked out.

With motherboards you probably get a better BIOS with Asus, more features and probably more overclocking potential/performance but if anything goes wrong with your premium tier, premium priced Asus product don't expect them to back that up with a premium level of service. Additionally when I've pulled the hardware apart I've often found cheap and nasty switches, cheap capacitors, stuff just slapped haphazardly in place with a bit of tape, etc. etc.

Few brands these days seem to really stand by a quality product sadly.
 
AFAIK Gigabyte make good motherboards, same with ASUS & MSI. It's all a choice, read the spec sheet and decide what stuff you need and don't need and go based off that.

I went with the MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 for my server, paired it with a 12600K.
Weirdly enough when I installed Windows it didn't get the network drivers itself so I had to manually install them with a USB, never had to do that before on a PC.
Worked fine when I installed Linux though, had no issues besides that though.
 
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