Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Are EXPENSIVE Motherboards Worth It?”.
It used to be that choosing a Motherboard was a very stressful process, because choosing the wrong one could mean a serious impact on your systems performance.. But these days it seems like a common piece of advice is to buy the cheapest thing that has the CPU support and the ports that you want. But hold on. There is still a huge amount of variation in Motherboard pricing.. It’S not uncommon to see a range from around 50 bucks to $ 500 on major retail sites.. So what exactly? Are you getting for all that extra money? First off, you may have noticed that the more pricey Motherboards tend to be girthier heftier., and the huge reason for this is that often times the actual circuit board, that all the components are ( mumbles ) on top is thicker.. A think PCB has an obvious advantage.. It makes the board more durable and less likely to bend and flex when you are installing it into your case or performing upgrades which could damage the sensitive components housed on the board., But there’s also an advantage. You cannot see. Greater PCB thickness means, there’s more room to embedded the electrical traces that connect all the different components.
Meaning. Not only can a thicker Motherboard contain thicker traces to carry more power, it can have more layers which can allow manufacturers to implement faster technologies that require more complex, trace designs.. As we get newer standards in the tech world that support high speeds, they often have to be built physically built more stringently..
Think about how moving data at 10 gigabits per second over ethernet requires a more complex cable built to a tighter tolerances than moving just one. Gigabit per second and Motherboards can be similar., For example, AMD announced in 2019 that the new PCI express 4.0 standard would not be supported by older chip sets., Not because it was impossible, but rather because many of the Motherboards featuring those chip sets weren’t designed with the Pcie Gen four data rates in mind., The rates people, the rates. Some boards might be constructed robustly enough to handle those higher speeds, but other cheaper options were barely good enough to carry a PCI 3.0 signal.. A thick Motherboard also gives designers more room to separate different circuits more effectively to cut down on interference.. This is especially true for integrated audio, where putting more physical space between the audio components and the rest of the Motherboard can often give you a cleaner sounding final product.. More expensive, Motherboards, very generally speaking, are also constructed with features designed to increase their life span and can be subjected to more rigorous quality assurance testing..
Not only will the electrical components like chokes and capacitors be made of higher quality materials, but they’ll also typically have better cooling solutions for hot components like voltage, regulator, modules, hence the beefy. Looking heat sinks, you often see sitting right above the CPU socket on nicer, models. Speaking of chokes price.
Your Motherboards typically have more of them., Which usually means that the power delivery to the CPU is spread out among more phases.. This helps to stabilize power delivery and provide more power to the processor that a cheap board is able to.. Now this used to be very important in achieving high overclocks, but these days even lower cost Motherboards can deliver some very good overclocks..
If you’re really trying to push your CPU and squeeze every last megahertz, you can outta your silicone. A higher quality board can still be helpful., But not only because of the hardware. Luxury. Motherboards often offer more features that you can’t see., Overclock or centric boards will get extra attention to those features from the former engineers and the list of little extra’s is actually quite long.
Like having a backup BIOS the ability to flash firmware without a CPU installed. Diagnostic read outs and more user configurable options and a more powerful audio amplifier, reinforced expansion slots and more parts and headers RGB lighting et cetera.. Back to the original question, though, is all this stuff worth it? Well, while a pricey Motherboard might be built well enough to support additional features through the use of add on chips and give you slightly more overclocking head room, we’d say that you really need a pretty specific reason for venturing into the upper price tiers.. If you’re, looking at a cheap Motherboard, it most likely is gon na give you virtually the same raw performance as a more expensive one, as long as it’s built to spec. So check out reviews and make sure above all, you’re choosing something reliable., Then, if you have A special need for something like a ton of fan, headers or, if you’re planning, to use the Motherboard for a really long time like more than five years. You can look at spending extra in those cases and we’d never judge you if you’re paying more, just because you’re really serious about having a vapor wave, themed, build. Who’s.
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