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Is a $1,300 motherboard worth the expense? I tested MSI’s Z890 Godlike (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If I was paying $1300 for a motherboard, I definitely would not be getting the Intel version this generation.

[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you pay 1.3k for a motherboard, you're into Extreme OC (or extremely dumb), and probably don't really care that they're worse than AMD for gaming or whatever. At 7.5GHz the only thing you're running is probably CPU-Z to validate your score.

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's because high end Intel chips have been eating themselves, not because x3d chips are better for gaming...

[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

That's the last two generations. Still doesn't change that Extreme Overclockers don't care about that, and have OCd them to 9GHz.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If you're into extreme OC you won't buy board with 4 DIMM slots in the first place

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 month ago

No. Unless nothing else in life makes you happy except spending money on ridiculously priced hardware, then go for it

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

3 year warranty lol

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

MSI’s EZ Bridge consolidates multiple headers and connectors into a single area. With all headers on one side, it creates a more organized cluster of cables, as opposed to having them scattered across the board

I do like that but god damn I’m not paying that much for the luxury

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

No

[–] novacomets@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 1 month ago

I'm not against Godlike for existing, I don't know who's using it. Is it only overclockers who use liquid nitrogen for cooling?

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

MSI B550M-A PRO for the win.

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