Help for Motherboard upgrade?

ernest00 · Jul 18, 2013

hi there, i am new to this board just currently registered. I am going to need your expert advice

Here's my question:
Just had my birthday and wanna get me a new pc for that. I love to play ego shooters like crysis or else could be Battlefield. I just got new sennheiser headphones last month (Momentum) :cool:

. Now i am just looking for motherboard with good audio quality?

here's my spec. Intel Core i7 Processor 4770K

my budget will be 250$. any thoughts????

Slomo4shO · Jul 24, 2013

The GIGABYTE GA-G1.Sniper M5 has a great on-board sound solution and Newegg is also including an AMP upgrade kit currently.

Jetster · Jul 24, 2013

You could just get a ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 for $30. They sound great with headphones

What are the rest of your specs?

bengraham · Jul 28, 2013

I think the CPU is also quite fresh? Next time you should buy all components together

For LGA1150 there are many choices. For good audio quality the gigabyte is really nice, but if you are looking for the upgrade kit you might wanna have a look at the biostar HiFi 3D series. There is already an AMP onboard that promises good sound quality on most headphones.

For an external soundcard i would not spend any dollar honestly

shovenose · Jul 28, 2013

just get a Sound Blaster Z sound card for $90 from Newegg... kick ass of anything built into a motherboard.

erocker · Jul 28, 2013

The Biostar HiFi series is a marketing gimmick. Not very good, read the reviews. As shovenose said, go with the Sound Blaster Z series, otherwise you're just wasting your nice new headphones.

Processor	Intel i7 4770K
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VI Extreme
Cooling	Custom water loop
Memory	G.Skill Sniper Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory
Video Card(s)	4x SAPPHIRE 100362BF4SR Radeon R9 290 unlocked to 290X
Storage	2x Samsung 840 EVO 250GB in raid0, 2x TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB
Display(s)	3x Asus VS238H-P 23.0"
Case	Corsair 900D
Power Supply	ENERMAX Maxrevo EMR1500EWT 1500W
Software	Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit)

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

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Motherboard	Asus Prime B560M-A AC ~ MSI PRO B760M-P
Cooling	CM 212 Black RGB Edition ~ Intel Stock Cooler
Memory	64GB (2x 32GB) DDR4-3600 ~ 32GB (4x 8GB) DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 6950 XT ~ EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Storage	4TB Samsung 990 Pro with Heatsink NVMe SSD ~ 2TB Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD + 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD
Display(s)	2x Dell S2721QS 4K 60Hz ~ N/A
Case	Asus Prime AP201 - Open Frame Chassis
Power Supply	Thermaltake GF1 850W ~ Thermaltake Smart 500W
Software	Windows 11 Pro ~ Proxmox VE
Benchmark Scores	Laptops: Dell Latitude E7270, Dell Latitude 14 Rugged 5420.

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Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
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Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

Help for Motherboard upgrade?

ernest00

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Slomo4shO

Jetster

bengraham

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shovenose

erocker

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