First build motherboard selection

tom_lindsay · 13 May 2015 at 18:13

Hi I received great help on here with ideas for my first build I was going to go for a Gigabyte Z97X-SLI with a Intel I7 4790K but ive seen a bundle including the i7 4790k but with the Z97P-D3.

What would I be losing by getting the Z97P-D3? As it keeps popping up everytime I am looking for parts.

Sorry if this is a silly question I am new to this

stulid · 13 May 2015 at 18:23

The SLI board as its name suggest supports SLI, so runs either 2way SLI or Crossfire at 8X/8X so each card gets equal bandwidth.

The Z97P-D3 supports 2way Crossfire at 16X/4X, a slot must be 8X at least for SLI support.

Both boards are fine with a single gfx card and both can overclock a "K" CPU.

There maybe other differences such as USB ports and slots and onboard display connectivity.

tom_lindsay · 13 May 2015 at 18:31

I had a feeling you would answer me after giving me so much help on my other post, my build cost has gone way up since my original post.

im going for https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-GI and the i7 4790k. What would you recommend?

tom_lindsay · 13 May 2015 at 18:33

tom_lindsay said:
I had a feeling you would answer me after giving me so much help on my other post, my build cost has gone way up since my original post.

im going for https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-GI and the i7 4790k. What would you recommend?

any board not just them two

stulid · 13 May 2015 at 18:36

Either of those as a bundle will be fine, go for the SLI if you ever want that option.

tom_lindsay · 13 May 2015 at 18:46

Right well I dont know if I will or I wont. The motherboard is the main thing confusing me at the minute, everything else I find pretty straight forward, I just dont want to buy something inferior when I could spend £50 more for something much better

stulid · 13 May 2015 at 18:50

Well those are the differences so you can pick one.