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Hi guys, my Strix Gaming-F motherboard has died and ASUS RMA process has been doing my head in (customer service is awful) and now looking like a 4~6+ week repair job.
Out of my whole build its probably been my biggest regret picking this mobo as the Gaming-E is better and now with what's looking like a lengthy sideline for my PC waiting on a potential repair I want to buy something else and I'll just sell this Strix whenever it gets repaired.
Was tempted to scrounge for a Dark Hero, then I began looking at the Aorus Master but low and behold there is a lot of advice online to look at recent MSI efforts (not their earlier efforts which are apparently terrible).
I'm watercooled and have b-die/5950x so I'm into my overclocking. Good VRMs and good memory controllers are a must. It seems the Unify might slightly pip the Tomahawk here but OCUK has some Tomahawk B-stock at an amazing price that might be worth a punt. Just hope they wouldn't be in really poor condition or missing anything important.
I don't need SLI, I have a 2080Ti that will become a 3080 later this year. I have one PCIE 4.0 NVMe drive (bought 2TB for longevity) and I might get a second later this year. But likely no more after that. Wireless isn't needed, I connect over LAN.
RGB I couldn't care less about. My waterblocks and some of my fans are already a lightshow if needs be, and with my Strix F one of my radiators at the rear of my case (120mm) already covered a bit of the onboard mobo RGB.
Just really looking for raw performance/overclockability. It doesn't need to be either MSI if anyone else has other recommendations, these two just pop up often and are a bit cheaper than Asus/Gigabtye flagship mobos.
Cheers!
Out of my whole build its probably been my biggest regret picking this mobo as the Gaming-E is better and now with what's looking like a lengthy sideline for my PC waiting on a potential repair I want to buy something else and I'll just sell this Strix whenever it gets repaired.
Was tempted to scrounge for a Dark Hero, then I began looking at the Aorus Master but low and behold there is a lot of advice online to look at recent MSI efforts (not their earlier efforts which are apparently terrible).
I'm watercooled and have b-die/5950x so I'm into my overclocking. Good VRMs and good memory controllers are a must. It seems the Unify might slightly pip the Tomahawk here but OCUK has some Tomahawk B-stock at an amazing price that might be worth a punt. Just hope they wouldn't be in really poor condition or missing anything important.
I don't need SLI, I have a 2080Ti that will become a 3080 later this year. I have one PCIE 4.0 NVMe drive (bought 2TB for longevity) and I might get a second later this year. But likely no more after that. Wireless isn't needed, I connect over LAN.
RGB I couldn't care less about. My waterblocks and some of my fans are already a lightshow if needs be, and with my Strix F one of my radiators at the rear of my case (120mm) already covered a bit of the onboard mobo RGB.
Just really looking for raw performance/overclockability. It doesn't need to be either MSI if anyone else has other recommendations, these two just pop up often and are a bit cheaper than Asus/Gigabtye flagship mobos.
Cheers!