Hi,
I'm searching online for a new motherboard, AMD this time, but it's not easy to find the best - assuming such a board exists. I want the top of the line, with all the latest technology and features. Quality and premium parts are important, price is not important. I'll buy the Ryzen 7 1800X and try to overclock it to 5 GHz, so I need top notch capasitors and other premium parts made for OC. I'm also more interested in support for water cooling than, say, bling-bling like disco lights in rainbow colors, and 3D printing.
So, I set out to find a AM4 mb with X370 chipset and started with comparing the only two available ASUS candidates:
https://www.asus.com/Product-Compare/?products=s7csF4UqmJykbmtW,ghtVfXqMRP7gHFkj&b=0
However, these seem to be in a medium/low end of the enthusiast segment and I really want something better. For instance, I'd like at least 2xPCIe x16 (x16, x16).
All the different series offered don't make it any easier to navigate through the sites. I mean, I get that ASUS ROG is a series for gamers, but what's the difference between the sub series in Maximus, for instance? I'm confused. Same with other mb manufactorers - all of them have lots of different series.
Do you know how the other MB manufatorers (Asrock, MSI, Gigabyte), do compared to the above from ASUS?
Thank you!
I'm searching online for a new motherboard, AMD this time, but it's not easy to find the best - assuming such a board exists. I want the top of the line, with all the latest technology and features. Quality and premium parts are important, price is not important. I'll buy the Ryzen 7 1800X and try to overclock it to 5 GHz, so I need top notch capasitors and other premium parts made for OC. I'm also more interested in support for water cooling than, say, bling-bling like disco lights in rainbow colors, and 3D printing.
So, I set out to find a AM4 mb with X370 chipset and started with comparing the only two available ASUS candidates:
https://www.asus.com/Product-Compare/?products=s7csF4UqmJykbmtW,ghtVfXqMRP7gHFkj&b=0
However, these seem to be in a medium/low end of the enthusiast segment and I really want something better. For instance, I'd like at least 2xPCIe x16 (x16, x16).
All the different series offered don't make it any easier to navigate through the sites. I mean, I get that ASUS ROG is a series for gamers, but what's the difference between the sub series in Maximus, for instance? I'm confused. Same with other mb manufactorers - all of them have lots of different series.
Do you know how the other MB manufatorers (Asrock, MSI, Gigabyte), do compared to the above from ASUS?
Thank you!