differences in the boards

JustBen · 16 Dec 2011 at 13:53

Hi'

Cannot really see any difference in these boards apart from the price. Anyone enlighten me on the difference and if its worth paying the extra money?

£80
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&tool=3
£115
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-192-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Cheers
Ben

bees · 17 Dec 2011 at 01:24

different maker, basic features are the same. cosmetics are different. gigabyte is using standard BIOS meanwhile MSI uses UEFI.

Karateyid · 17 Dec 2011 at 08:20

Doess the 1st 1 have Gen3 support ??? i couldn't see it on the specs.. No gen 3 means no ivybridge support means no PCIE 3 support

Surveyor · 17 Dec 2011 at 08:37

One of the main differences is that the MSI board supports SLI and CrossFire at x8/x8.

The Gigabyte only supports CrossFire and at x16/x4 which can bottleneck the second card.

JustBen · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:46

Cheers guy's, would be really good if OCUK came up with a comparison tool