Question Motherboard suggestions, for non gamer

[soulweeper]

I built my first and only computer about 11 years ago, and it's still running. I am by no means an expert, and had a couple friends giving me advice and tricks.

Anyhow, I want to build another one, and am pretty set on ASUS, as that is what I used last time, and had no issues, and have had no issues with two Asus laptops. That's not set in stone, but that's where I'm at.

First of all, I'm not a gamer at all, so no overclocking, and no real taxing of anything, mostly for everyday use, but I don't mind having a little more than I need, so not absolute bare bones.

Definitely ATX, using the Corsair 4000D Airflow case. Intel chipset desired, probably using an Intel i7-12700 CPU, LGA 1700. NVIDEA GeForce RTX 3060.

Literally don't know if the difference between DDR4 and DDR5 would be something I'd notice, but they seem similar in price.

At least one M.2 slot, even though just one is probably fine. Enough fan headers would be great, but guessing most have enough anyway, I'll probably run three 120mm in front, one 120mm in back.

Wifi would be cool, but not absolutely necessary. A fair amount of USB ports, and USB C would be nice

Anyway, my needs are pretty basic,

I'm thinking something like this

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NWG5BRR/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_5?smid=A2R0FX412W1BDT&psc=1

would be fine, but also thinking that anything in the 150-200 range is all I need.

And a couple people I now, are partial to Gigabyte, thoughts?

Am I overthinking this, or am I on the right track? Everything else seems to be easy to pick out, I get confused a little by motherboards, for some weird reason.

Anyway, any input appreciated, and thanks in advance!

 

[Lutfij]

Happy New Year!

I'd look into the B660 Chipset, of which here's a shortlist;
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#f=2&c=154&sort=price&page=1
from which I'd probably jump on this board;
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/H7...a1700-motherboard-mag-b660-tomahawk-wifi-ddr4
given what your stipulations are and if I had the money or the need for a build with DDR4 and a 12th Gen i7.

 

[soulweeper]

Happy New Year!

I'd look into the B660 Chipset, of which here's a shortlist;
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#f=2&c=154&sort=price&page=1
from which I'd probably jump on this board;
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/H7...a1700-motherboard-mag-b660-tomahawk-wifi-ddr4
given what your stipulations are and if I had the money or the need for a build with DDR4 and a 12th Gen i7.

Thanks for the reply, anmd Happy New Year to you as well! That looks like a good board,and just out of curiosity, why do you suggest the B660 chipset? I was looking at a Z690 from Gigabyte, but someone else suggested this one
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145381?Item=N82E16813145381
and I see it's on the list you posted as well. I might be leaning towards Gigabyte at the moment, only because three people now have praised it.

The ASUS Proart series seem like good boards too. With my low key criteria, I could probaly play pin the tail on the donkey with that list, and be fine, haha.

 

[Lutfij]

You don't intend to overclock the processor although making your ram run anywhere above 4800MHz is an overclock hence the B660 chipset. The Z series chipset will allow you to overclock your CPU and ram and have a more granular approach to overclocking. The H series can be dubbed as a platform for home theater systems that don't pack much VRM design/cooling.

If you start looking at higher end B660(H670) chipset boards, you will quickly see you're going into Z690 territory and bottom of the barrel style Z690's aren't worth it. You shouldn't base your purchase on Amazon or Newegg reviews, IMHO. You can look through them to see if anyone has had DoA boards but not base your investments off of their(user) reviews.

 

[soulweeper]

You don't intend to overclock the processor although making your ram run anywhere above 4800MHz is an overclock hence the B660 chipset. The Z series chipset will allow you to overclock your CPU and ram and have a more granular approach to overclocking. The H series can be dubbed as a platform for home theater systems that don't pack much VRM design/cooling.

If you start looking at higher end B660(H670) chipset boards, you will quickly see you're going into Z690 territory and bottom of the barrel style Z690's aren't worth it. You shouldn't base your purchase on Amazon or Newegg reviews, IMHO. You can look through them to see if anyone has had DoA boards but not base your investments off of their(user) reviews.

Ok thanks for that info, I appreciate it. So, whether I choose ASUS or GIGABYTE, you suggest I stick with the B660 series? My current board is an old ASUS P8Z68-V LE, and it's been all I need, so I imagine the B660 series are at least as good, yes?

 

[soulweeper]

Cool how it's crickets now. Thanks.