Msi godlike gaming x99 or asus sabertooth x99?

[Ethan fallis]

I was looking at motherboards for my x99 build and wondered if i should get an asus x99 savertooth or an msi x99 godlike gaming. What do you guys think? I have posted the builds that i would use for either below. (Dont be allarmed that there is no cpu cooler, i am just trying to decide weather i should build a custom loop for just my cpu and not gpu's, or get the corsair h110i gtx. If you can help with that too that would be great!):

Godlike:
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Ethanfallis/saved/dpJ9TW

Sabertooth:
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Ethanfallis/saved/4KbgXL

 

[RabidApocalypse]

The sabertooth build won't work, it has compatibility issues. It gives you a warning on the part picker site when something is not compatible. And IMO, get the MSI mobo. Looks bad ass if you wanna spend that much money. If you want water cooling for your CPU, get a H100i GTX or H110i GTX. Both are great.

 

[Tradesman1]

I'd go the Asus Sabertooth, and would switch DRAM - don't want two sets of 4 sticks, get a single package of 8 sticks, no guarantees when mixing sets that all will play nice. The 8stick sets may cost a little more, but that's because of the time spent testing to ensure a 8 stick set that will have all play nice

 

[Tradesman1]

The sabertooth build won't work, it has compatibility issues. It gives you a warning on the part picker site when something is not compatible. And IMO, get the MSI mobo. Looks bad ass if you wanna spend that much money. If you want water cooling for your CPU, get a H100i GTX or H110i GTX. Both are great.

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The issue is no CPU cooler - which is mentioned by the OP

 

[Ethan fallis]

The sabertooth build won't work, it has compatibility issues. It gives you a warning on the part picker site when something is not compatible. And IMO, get the MSI mobo. Looks bad ass if you wanna spend that much money. If you want water cooling for your CPU, get a H100i GTX or H110i GTX. Both are great.

The reason it dosent work is not because it isnt compatible, it is because i dont have a cpu cooler selected

 

[Tradesman1]

The sabertooth build won't work, it has compatibility issues. It gives you a warning on the part picker site when something is not compatible. And IMO, get the MSI mobo. Looks bad ass if you wanna spend that much money. If you want water cooling for your CPU, get a H100i GTX or H110i GTX. Both are great.

The reason it dosent work is not because it isnt compatible, it is because i dont have a cpu cooler selected

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+1

 

[Karadjgne]

Will either board actually fit in the 650d? Even corsair claims just micro and ATX mobos

 

[Tradesman1]

Good point ........Sabertooth is ATX - the Godlike is extended ATX

 

[RabidApocalypse]

Oh, sorry about that. Didn't notice that he did not have a cooler. Still, I think the MSI board looks better 😀

 

[Karadjgne]

Well, the MSI board is e-atx, it physically won't fit in the case (corsair obsidian 650d), so it may look better, but either op changes cases to one that mounts e-atx standards or changes the mobo to an msi ATX version. Only the sabretooth works as intended according to build.