What's a good, not too pricey DDR4 Z690 board. Help!

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Hello folks

Looking into a new 12700k build, with 128GB DDR4 RAM and 2x 2TB PCIe4 m.2 SSDs.
Trying to narrow down my motherboard options. I'm looking for something around the £250 mark. A crucial thing is low latency as I'll mainly be using it for music production. And ideally I want relatively low energy consumption and temps.

The three I'm looking at are:
Asus TUF Gaming Z690 Plus D4.
MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk DDR4.
ASRock Z690 Extreme (or possibly the ASRock Z690 Steel Legend - I can't work out how these two boards differ).

Anyone got any thoughts/experience of these boards?

Thanks
 
I bought the MSI Z690 A DDR4 board.

Great board, cost me £189 from OCUK, runs a 5.1/4.0 OC, comes with four M2 slots and I struggle to see why people pay more.
 
Very good point, and I did check that board out earlier in my search - I can't recall what made me move on from it. But the three I mentioned are the ones I'm looking at now.
Actually I'm very nearly decided on the Asus TUF Gaming Z690 Plus D4.
But I'm a bit concerned that it uses 5k capacitors.
How much of a problem is that considering that, even though I won't be doing any extreme overclocking, this is a board that I would expect to last me a good five years?
How much of a problem are 5k capacitors?

Thanks
 
I recently built a similar build with a 12700K on a ASrock z690 Extreme with 128GB Gskill 3600 and a Noctua DH-15. For me the final deciding factor for ending up with the Extreme MB as it having 8 sata ports was important for this build. My experience so far has been positive, running stable 24/7 with the ram at 3600 on gear1, no overclock on the CPU.

Only been a little over a month with this build, so limited experience.
 
Good to know, thank you.
Which Gskill RAM did you go for? They have so many different types I get confused!
The RAM I'm looking at is Corsair Vengeance LPX 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory - it seems ok. I think.
 
The Asrock extreme only has 3 x m2 slots , 2 x pcie4 and 1x pcie3.


Tomahawk has 4 x m2 slots but one of them runs at pcie3 speed.


Asus tuf has 4 x m2 slots all are pcie4.
 
I bought the G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL18 QC - 128GB (F4-3600C18Q-128GVK) - I have a closed case, so no need for any RGB stuff.
 
What would be the difference of 3600 CL18 and 3200 CL16?
I gather that performance would be basically identical, is that right? If that is the case why make these two distinct kits?
 
jamieboo said:
What would be the difference of 3600 CL18 and 3200 CL16?
I gather that performance would be basically identical, is that right? If that is the case why make these two distinct kits?
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A couple of fps if gaming or a very small increase in bandwith as for why is that people want the best of the best and are willing to pay.
 
Thanks mickyflinn!
But which of these two would have the couple of extra fps / increased bandwidth?
I thought maybe the faster speed of the 3600 would be offset by the worse latency, and the lower speed of the 3200 would be mitigated by the improved latency. Or something.
 
jamieboo said:
Thanks mickyflinn!
But which of these two would have the couple of extra fps / increased bandwidth?
I thought maybe the faster speed of the 3600 would be offset by the worse latency, and the lower speed of the 3200 would be mitigated by the improved latency. Or something.
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Sorry misread thought they were both the sane speed.


3200mhz c16 is the same as 3600mhz c18.
 
Ok, thanks. But there must be some kind of difference, or advantage one has over the other in certain circumstance perhaps, or else why would they make two distinct kits?

Thanks
 
jamieboo said:
Ok, thanks. But there must be some kind of difference, or advantage one has over the other in certain circumstance perhaps, or else why would they make two distinct kits?

Thanks
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Slightly higher bandwith at higher frequency so any application that can us more bandwith could benefit.

Gets a bit complicated for me Google mite explain it better.

Could you please use the quote button to reply to this message I'm not getting notifications , tx
 
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