Hey guys!
I'm planning to do a Haswell build sometime in early to mid September, and was looking to get some help on choosing a motherboard.
For my budget, I'm looking in the $160-$220 range. Obviously the cheaper the better, but I don't mind pushing that range if it's worth it. In my research so far, the two motherboards that stuck out most to me were the:
ASRock Z87 Extreme6 and ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Here is newegg's comparison of their stats: Link
As for information on the rest of my computer, this will be used solely as a video editing workstation. It's main uses being Adobe CC (After Effects and Premiere Pro) along with Cinema4D and 3DSMax. It'll have a 4770k CPU, a GTX 760 video card, and 32GB of RAM. It will have a total of 6 hard drives. One SSD for OS/Programs, 2 HDD's in RAID 0, and then another 3 HDD's. I'd like at least six SATA 6Gb/s. I've never done overclocking before, but I don't mind trying it for this build. I have my eye on the H100i cooler if I decide to go that route, but I wouldn't be pushing the CPU to anything crazy. I like my computers to last 5+ years, so I'd want something stable.
Curious to hear your thoughts on which motherboard I should go with out of those two (or feel free to suggest a new one within that price range).
Thanks for the help in advance!
I'm planning to do a Haswell build sometime in early to mid September, and was looking to get some help on choosing a motherboard.
For my budget, I'm looking in the $160-$220 range. Obviously the cheaper the better, but I don't mind pushing that range if it's worth it. In my research so far, the two motherboards that stuck out most to me were the:
ASRock Z87 Extreme6 and ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Here is newegg's comparison of their stats: Link
As for information on the rest of my computer, this will be used solely as a video editing workstation. It's main uses being Adobe CC (After Effects and Premiere Pro) along with Cinema4D and 3DSMax. It'll have a 4770k CPU, a GTX 760 video card, and 32GB of RAM. It will have a total of 6 hard drives. One SSD for OS/Programs, 2 HDD's in RAID 0, and then another 3 HDD's. I'd like at least six SATA 6Gb/s. I've never done overclocking before, but I don't mind trying it for this build. I have my eye on the H100i cooler if I decide to go that route, but I wouldn't be pushing the CPU to anything crazy. I like my computers to last 5+ years, so I'd want something stable.
Curious to hear your thoughts on which motherboard I should go with out of those two (or feel free to suggest a new one within that price range).
Thanks for the help in advance!