Way back in 90's... building a PC depends more solely on budget. I bought my first PC in 1998, I just told the store that I want Pentium II with 16mb of ram (If i still remember it right) but never asked for what kind of motherboard.
For 6-7 PC builds I had in the past, I just opt for "CHEAPEST" motherboard as long as it is ASUS or MSI and "INTEL" as cpu. To be honest, can't remember any problems except power supply needs to be replaced every year or 2. I can play famous games that time. (counterstrike, resident evil, diablo, starcraft, Generals, etc..)
After long hiatus for PC gaming, I build a gaming PC few months ago and was surprised how expensive it was to have "decent" specs. Of course I research as much as I can and noticed that there's a big deal with motherboards.
My question is, does motherboard really matter?
Assuming same parts over all, does $700 boards have a huge advantage vs $100 ones?
I often see VRM VRM VRM... what is the big deal of VRM ? Is it useful for non overclocking users like me?
For 6-7 PC builds I had in the past, I just opt for "CHEAPEST" motherboard as long as it is ASUS or MSI and "INTEL" as cpu. To be honest, can't remember any problems except power supply needs to be replaced every year or 2. I can play famous games that time. (counterstrike, resident evil, diablo, starcraft, Generals, etc..)
After long hiatus for PC gaming, I build a gaming PC few months ago and was surprised how expensive it was to have "decent" specs. Of course I research as much as I can and noticed that there's a big deal with motherboards.
My question is, does motherboard really matter?
Assuming same parts over all, does $700 boards have a huge advantage vs $100 ones?
I often see VRM VRM VRM... what is the big deal of VRM ? Is it useful for non overclocking users like me?