b85 or h81 for mini itx build, non oc

[raknarius]

b85 or h81 for mini itx build, non oc which is better

 

[raknarius]

still wondering

 

[Rammy]

Depends what your needs are really. In general the H81s are quite a bit more cut back but on a budget they are pretty decent value. Stepping up to a B85 gives you more native connectors and support for a few features, but it isn't necessarily worth the spend depending on your needs. Having said all of that, B85/H81 is just the chipset, and each board will have various bits tacked on by the manufacturer.

 

[raknarius]

Depends what your needs are really. In general the H81s are quite a bit more cut back but on a budget they are pretty decent value. Stepping up to a B85 gives you more native connectors and support for a few features, but it isn't necessarily worth the spend depending on your needs. Having said all of that, B85/H81 is just the chipset, and each board will have various bits tacked on by the manufacturer.

im lookin for a gaming machine that's not overclocked, I ill only have two drives, one hdd one sata, no sli of course, wont need any business needs things like security passwords or it stuff. I cant see valuable difference, do all motherboards support intels turbo boost?

 

[Rammy]

Turbo boost is more of a processor feature, as far as I'm aware it's supported across the board.

Some of the chipset features become redundant at itx anyway. Like B85 can have 4 DIMM slots, H81 only two. At itx, even Z87 is stuck at two due to size. The most significant difference is likely to be the number of SATA 6Gbps ports, which on H81 is two by default. It shouldnt limit you really, but it would be a concern for some.

Also if you wanted 'extras' like Wifi, then this will dramatically cut your choices (to more expensive chipsets)