The motherboard is the base for all the best PC builds, and these are the three up for a coveted PC Gamer hardware award this year.
Now the silicon drought is more or less over being a DIY PC gamer is back on the menu. Yes, we no longer have to rely on pre-built systems for our gaming PC jollies, we can actually go back to the good old days of poring over the specs sheets of a million different components so we can pick the perfect parts of our bespoke PC.
Gamifying PC building is what it's all about, min-maxing your new system and making absolutely sure that the bang for buck ratios are very much in your favour. It's a mission and many of us will spend hours figuring out exactly what will go in our new rigs. But what's the most important part of that? Sure, the GPU is the component that will have the most say over your actual on-screen frame rate, but your motherboard has the most impact on every other facet of your build.
For one, how big it is. That's almost entirely down to your motherboard, as is how speedy the memory you can jam, how pacey an SSD, and what level of processor—whether Intel or AMD—you can fit inside it. It will also decide how future-proof a rig you are building. This year we've bridged multiple CPU generations and chipsets, but surprisingly it's AMD which has started off on one socket and ended the year with another. Intel's LGA 1700 has stood through Alder Lake and now Raptor Lake. So, which boards get our votes?At $330, the Gigabyte comes in well under the price of the Asus ROG Strix Z690i or the MSI Z690i Unify. A board like the ATX Aorus Master is priced well over $400. But comparing it to an ATX board is inappropriate.
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