Best Motherboard for Budget Gaming Build

[GaaraTenno]

Hey guys I'm looking at some motherboards for my gaming build and was wondering which one I should go with. I've decided on a i5-4460 cpu and tri-x r9 290 for a gpu. I need a wifi card so I have a couple of options in mind for a motherboard.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97mpro4
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97mitxac
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97md3h
Would you recommend getting one of the boards with the wifi card or the mpro4 and just buy a wifi adapter. If you have a better solution than these three boards I'd be glad to hear it. 😀

 

[Vaxorth25]

IMHO, if you don't plan on overclocking or using SLI/Crossfire, then I would go with the ASRock H97M-ITX/AC, that will allow you to choose a smaller case and have a smaller footprint if that is your thing, it also has a lot of options on it already for the price. If that is not what you are aiming for, the PRO4 would probably be your best bet. Hope this helps!

EDIT: Sorry, forgot the Wifi Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045&ignorebbr=1

It's kinda one of those tried and true items, lol.

 

[Kohwali]

Would you recommend getting one of the boards with the wifi card or the mpro4 and just buy a wifi adapter. If you have a better solution than these three boards I'd be glad to hear it. 😀

No, just buy a USB dongle for like $15. I have this and it works very well: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-wireless-network-card-rnxn180ube

I'd recommend the Pro4 because it supports CrossFire if you ever want to do that. You won't need overclocking, so that'll work very well.

I have the feeling motherboards with integrated WiFi cards tend to sacrifice somewhere else, so I typically don't recommend those.

 

[zeyuanfu]

+1 for the pro4 and a PCI(e) wireless card.

 

[Vaxorth25]

+1 for the pro4 and a PCI(e) wireless card.

I gotta ask man, do you really still use the system in your sig, or has it just not been updated in awhile? XD

 

[zeyuanfu]

I actually do, but I'll be building another one. It runs Chrome pretty well, i must say.

 

[Vaxorth25]

That's awesome, nothing like squeezing out every last bit of performance in it! lol