haswell boards

vonex · 15 Sep 2013 at 20:31

well i've finally giving in, i'm going to trying my luck with haswell.. basically narrowed down my choice of boards to Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H and MSI Z87 Mpower SP pretty much impossible for me to decide between the 2, the ud4h can be had for £145 and the mpower is £150 at ocuk, need some help :confused:

wazza300 · 15 Sep 2013 at 21:27

No gigabyte z87oc? The ud4 is a good choice,

vonex · 15 Sep 2013 at 21:36

yeah it was out of budget due to replacing some old akasa apache fans on my rads but i think i'll not replace them and get the gigabyte oc board instead... not to keen on the colour scheme tho.

wazza300 · 15 Sep 2013 at 21:46

It's upto you,either board is fine imo,the ud4 has a better soundchip

Something Else · 15 Sep 2013 at 23:47

I would always go gigabyte over msi

teppic · 15 Sep 2013 at 23:49

The UD4H has a slot between the first 16x PCI-E slot and the socket, which is important for large coolers. The OC is a good board, but for regular overclocking (i.e. not LN2) it won't really make any difference to what you can get.

casual_eze · 16 Sep 2013 at 02:29

Ud4 ftw

vonex · 16 Sep 2013 at 02:58

yeah went for ud4h in the end, its a bit of a bargain at £145

Dave Hedgehog · 16 Sep 2013 at 13:55

What is the best board for the Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail?

(With a budget of around £80-90?)

shadow_boxer · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:13

vonex said:
yeah went for ud4h in the end, its a bit of a bargain at £145

That's a great price. Quality board.

vonex · 16 Sep 2013 at 16:16

shadow_boxer said:
That's a great price. Quality board.

i have to agree.. all ways preferred gigabyte boards and it has good rewviews, to be honest only got the asus sabertooth last time because of the aesthetics of my build.

vonex · 16 Sep 2013 at 16:18

Dave Hedgehog said:
What is the best board for the Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail?

(With a budget of around £80-90?)

msi gd45 @ £105?

Dave Hedgehog · 16 Sep 2013 at 16:40

vonex said:
msi gd45 @ £105?

Do you mind linking it for me?

stulid · 16 Sep 2013 at 16:58

Dave Hedgehog said:
Do you mind linking it for me?

He means this one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-MS

But its £125 for a board which you are adding a non-clockable CPU too.

A H87 board will be ok,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £73.99
Total : £165.78 (includes shipping : £9.00).

vonex · 16 Sep 2013 at 17:54

its also went up in price, must have been 'this week only' deal

Dave Hedgehog · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:34

The 1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99 just went out of stock

Is there a alternative? (ATX)

*PS - I've still not learnt how to paste from the basket neatly, how do you do it?

stulid · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:39

The Z87-HD3 is £93

Dave Hedgehog · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:50

Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard?

So combined with the Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail - makes it a higher end spec for its price point? or is there a better combo out there?

stulid · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:52

Well being a Z87 board if you should drop in a "K" CPU you can over clock it.

Dave Hedgehog · 17 Sep 2013 at 09:00

Ah, that's good to know. Thanks.

This was the nearest Haswell I could find for that purpose,

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor

Trying to keep to around £200 for the two though, although the step up to the i5 is tempting