MOBO's

[RichB]

Hi
Can anyone advise on the differance on these 2 MOBO's

Gigabyte G1.SNIPER Z87, Intel Z87, S 1150, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), DPort/HDMI, ATX
and
Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX

The M5 is masivly reduced on here.
Which is best??

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[Fulax]

Form factor. The M5 is mATX, the regular Sniper is ATX. Otherwise they're essentially the same.

 

[RichB]

Im not to sure what that means....
My system will be
i7 4770k
7970 GPU
8 gb
SSD and HDD
in AeroCool 6th Element case

 

[RJC]

Size of the of the motherboard - ATX is full sized think of a of a A4 sheet of paper and matx is half that.

Not exactly to scale but give you a rough idea

 

[adrichardson81]

It's the size of the motherboard. Both will fit in your case, but ATX gives you more expansion slots than mATX

 

[RichB]

so i wont be ablte to add another GPU with the M5.
from the pics they have 2 and 3 GPU slots

 

[lee32uk]

so i wont be ablte to add another GPU with the M5.
from the pics they have 2 and 3 GPU slots

If you want to add a 2nd gpu then get the ATX version.

 

[Fulax]

You would be able to add another GPU with both, but it is easier with the ATX.

Your case is ATX, so you want this one:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £129.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[RichB]

got it

 

[Threepwood]

Just because your case is ATX does not mean you can't use a mATX board in there.

The M5 is cheap, if it does everything you want from it then you will be fine using it.

 

[Fulax]

[never mind]

 

[RichB]

and whats best for monitors?
TFT or LCD??

 

[RichB]

i know thats a stupid question

 

[Bart_Hunt]

You need to give us all the details, otherwise we wont be abl to help you.
Whats your budget, what size do you prefer etc.