Is it worth spending between $250 and $350 on a motherboard?

[16bit]

I am going to be building a pc with its primary uses being number one gaming then adobe creative suite primarily photoshop. I have decided I will most likely go with the i7 4770k I was wondering if its worth it to drop $250-350 on a lga 1150 motherboard?

 

[16bit]

I don't use them, have yet to have a need for one on my builds for myself and family, if clients want LC, I offer them a screwdriver 😉 I'm long past building anything someone wants, I don't do liquid (had a couple clients screw around with LC builds and ruin them) and I only build Intel on Asus, the Rock and GB mobos,,, if some one wants to insist on LC I send them to another guy I know, or if they want to build on MSI, BioStar or the like, I'll basically tell them good luck, don't know any local builders that build on those....it's a bit of a kick in the butt to pass up an easy C-Note but it's not worth the problems I might likely encounter and have to deal with

I have definitely been hearing great things about asus and i'm planning to use the hero and and the asus r9 280x. I was thinking about doing a water cooler but i didn't realize that they are likely to run into problems. What air cooler do you use and have you ran into any clearance problems with air coolers?

Im going to guess the cpu will stay cool with an air cooler at 4.6.

 

[Tradesman1]

The Hyper 212 EVO does a good job up to 4.4 - 4.5 for most if not 24/7, if 24/7 can go more and look at the Phanteks, I went with CM GTS V8 and don't regret it (had to wait, it wasn't released yet when I did my build, popped a EVO on it originally)....The CM rates right at/=/under a H100 and I run 24/7 at 4.6 and (in my spare time) hope to get up to 4.7 or 8 stable. The V8 runs $100, but I'm not complaining

 

[16bit]

The Hyper 212 EVO does a good job up to 4.4 - 4.5 for most if not 24/7, if 24/7 can go more and look at the Phanteks, I went with CM GTS V8 and don't regret it (had to wait, it wasn't released yet when I did my build, popped a EVO on it originally)....The CM rates right at/=/under a H100 and I run 24/7 at 4.6 and (in my spare time) hope to get up to 4.7 or 8 stable. The V8 runs $100, but I'm not complaining

How to the cpu temps and noise levels compare to an h100i?

 

[Tradesman1]

I haven't directly compared temps with a H100, but there was a review at Harwarecanucks that showed right close,

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/62061-cooler-master-v8-gts-cpu-cooler-review.html

noise wise I see a fair number of H100s that are very loud in comparison, even with my case open, I don't even hear the V8

 

[16bit]

I haven't directly compared temps with a H100, but there was a review at Harwarecanucks that showed right close,

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/62061-cooler-master-v8-gts-cpu-cooler-review.html

noise wise I see a fair number of H100s that are very loud in comparison, even with my case open, I don't even hear the V8

That is one giant impressive looking cooler.

 

[Tradesman1]

It's a big 'un, a little tight on the one mount, but no biggie

 

[16bit]

It's a big 'un, a little tight on the one mount, but no biggie

As long as it will fits i'm happy even if its tight.

 

[Tradesman1]

Fit's fine!