Upgrade Advice

dchurch · 19 Mar 2018 at 10:58

Hi,

I am hoping someone can help me, I have a 5 year old PC that is currently on it's last legs, and i've got a bit of spare cash to upgrade my PC (i've just bought a new case to fit it also), but the main stumbling block I am on at the moment is the motherboard.

Upgrade parts:

i5 8600k
16GB Corsair Vengence LED RAM
r9 390 8GB (Current)
1 SSD (Current)
2 sata 3 HDD (current)
1000w PSU

So it's just the motherboard i'm stuck on, I was looking at MSI Pro Carbon Gaming z370 but there is so many around that price range (£150) I didn't want to be missing out on a better board for around the same price.

If anyone could recommend, or tell me if the Mobo I was looking at is half decent then that would be brilliant.

Main uses for my PC are gaming.

mrbazmondo · 19 Mar 2018 at 13:29

I'm not sure about the motherboard, but the PSU seems a bit overpowered unless theres a lot more in the case not mentioned.

orbitalwalsh · 19 Mar 2018 at 13:44

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £158.99
1 x Asus Prime Z370-A Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £155.99
1 x Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £142.99

Total: £469.67 (includes shipping: £11.70)

Gigabyte wins a lot of points on here for UK RMA and rep support. ASRock bios is very nice and clean and ASUS rock you've got the whole kitchen sink in there BIOS

dchurch · 19 Mar 2018 at 14:22

Brilliant thank you. So in your opinion which one would be best? I have an Asus board at the moment, and really liked their bios. i'm guessing as my board is prob 6 years old, it's a lot nicer.

orbitalwalsh · 19 Mar 2018 at 14:37

dchurch said:
Brilliant thank you. So in your opinion which one would be best? I have an Asus board at the moment, and really liked their bios. i'm guessing as my board is prob 6 years old, it's a lot nicer.

all have pros and cons- Gigabyte one has the weaker VRM count and cooling , 2nd version incoming in a few weeks to make up for it. Key thing for them here is support.
If you've got the asus then you'll prob find the new one at home , but is the blander board of the two if style plays a factor
extreme 4 is a solid contender and easy to use bios

if think gigabte just tips it for audio quality, extreme 4 has higher vrm count - key if your doing heavy intense CPU workload

lee32uk · 19 Mar 2018 at 16:09

Do you already own the power supply ? As you don't need 1000W.