I'm looking to get a decent mobo for my 6core 5820K, which will be my main Photoshop and Lightroom workhorse. I multi task, and Photoshop CS6 takes advantage of multi core, so I got this CPU....(I don't game at all on this rig).
I'm looking at
Asus X99A 3.1:
&
MSI X99S SLI Plus
OR?
So far Tom's gives the MSI X99S SLI Plus a Editors choice award, while a number of people have issues with boot up and taking long to boot. Or worse, months later the USB ports fail, or it stops booting.
Faulty mem channels.
And Asus X99-Av3.1 has sound noise coming in when using ports, and a number of issues you end up chasing down.
I read reviews on NewEgg and Amazon, and they both have a number of issues.
It sounds like 3+ months later you find out if your board is A-OK or NOT.
I was looking to spend no more than $275, which is the Asus price, while the MSI is about $50 less. I Don't care about any difference in savings anymore, I just need it to WORK!
Can I not get a mobo for under $300?
For someone that is not looking for the deluxe features, and could care less about SLI for this build, is there a solid board out there?
For the past 15+ years I've built systems with ASUS, and I tried EVGA once with a dual BIOS boot that caught me by surprise and wasn't open to the benefit of it, and switched back. Maybe now I am more accepting of Gigabyte and EVGA with that stuttering bios ?
I was on 7x64bit until I "upgraded" to Win10(As this will be a forced move eventually)
So I have the following hardware....
Intel 5820K CPU
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000mhz/ 4x8gb
So far, This mem maybe enough, but surely need a mobo for more in future, maybe 64-128gb, 3.1, (photo file sizes just keep growing).
Samsung 850 Evo SSD 500Gb
nVidia 970 4GB FWS
Patriot 64gb SSD for Windows PageFile
Patriot 64gb SSD for Photoshop CS6 scratchdisk
700w OCZ PSU
LianLi Midtower Alum. PSU is in front, works well (love these, and use 3 of same on other rigs).
eSATA Intel Home NAS servers connected
etc
I'm looking at
Asus X99A 3.1:
&
MSI X99S SLI Plus
OR?
So far Tom's gives the MSI X99S SLI Plus a Editors choice award, while a number of people have issues with boot up and taking long to boot. Or worse, months later the USB ports fail, or it stops booting.
Faulty mem channels.
And Asus X99-Av3.1 has sound noise coming in when using ports, and a number of issues you end up chasing down.
I read reviews on NewEgg and Amazon, and they both have a number of issues.
It sounds like 3+ months later you find out if your board is A-OK or NOT.
I was looking to spend no more than $275, which is the Asus price, while the MSI is about $50 less. I Don't care about any difference in savings anymore, I just need it to WORK!
Can I not get a mobo for under $300?
For someone that is not looking for the deluxe features, and could care less about SLI for this build, is there a solid board out there?
For the past 15+ years I've built systems with ASUS, and I tried EVGA once with a dual BIOS boot that caught me by surprise and wasn't open to the benefit of it, and switched back. Maybe now I am more accepting of Gigabyte and EVGA with that stuttering bios ?
I was on 7x64bit until I "upgraded" to Win10(As this will be a forced move eventually)
So I have the following hardware....
Intel 5820K CPU
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000mhz/ 4x8gb
So far, This mem maybe enough, but surely need a mobo for more in future, maybe 64-128gb, 3.1, (photo file sizes just keep growing).
Samsung 850 Evo SSD 500Gb
nVidia 970 4GB FWS
Patriot 64gb SSD for Windows PageFile
Patriot 64gb SSD for Photoshop CS6 scratchdisk
700w OCZ PSU
LianLi Midtower Alum. PSU is in front, works well (love these, and use 3 of same on other rigs).
eSATA Intel Home NAS servers connected
etc