Intel motherboards LGA1155

[Kristijonas]

Intel motherboards LGA1155. Are they any good? Some of them have high prices so I assume they must be good quality and with enough features? I'm thinking about integrated graphics by the way.

Example:
http://ark.intel.com/products/51999/Intel-Desktop-Board-DQ67OW

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Personally I would not go with Intel boards. They may be high quality, but they skip some important features that are hard to ignore.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The general feeling of our motherboards is that they are very stable but they are not the most enthusiast friendly of boards. The Intel® DQ67OW is a really nice business oriented board that should work well in an office or as a general system in the home. I have used a number of Intel boards over the years and never had a problem with any of them as long as I am not trying to overclock.

Christain Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[sangyup81]

I agree with Christian. So if you're just going with an H series, go Intel. If you're getting a P or X series for overclocking, they one of the boards that have overclocked well in reviews.

 

[paperwastage]

it's okay.

I have a DP67DE (matx P67 by intel)

some overclocking features that aren't complete/fully functional (eg can OC to 4.5ghz, but it throttles back to 3.3 prolly due to thermal limits. tried to increase those limits in BIOS but it doesn't seem to do anything)

overall, it's stable without any problems

 

[Kristijonas]

I'm not going to overclock and I'm going to use integrated graphics. So I guess Intel MBs is a good choice. Any other thoughts on this topic would be very helpful.

 

[mb103051]

For what you are using your system for any of the top tier boards would do you fine..dont really believe intel branded boards are better than say asus, giga, msi,or even biostar....nothing wrong at all with intel but others are just as good...
I also read that foxconn builds intel boards so dosent really matter which board your going to use...go with the one you like the best.....

 

[piasabird]

I have an Intel motherboard with integrated graphics and I have had an overall good experience. Intel tends to stick strictly to their specifications so if they say it will accept RAM of a specific voltage and speed, dont expect faster RAM to work with it. Some people have also stated that some backwards compatability like IDE drives may have problems. Intel designs things looking forward, not backwards. So they tend not to do a lot of upgrading unless someting has problems. Every brand out there makes a few lemons, so you always want to avoid being a tester for new products.

I have seen just as many problems with Intel MB and Asus MB. I have also had good results from Gigabyte in the past. Most of the fancy options, overclocking, and other overpriced addons I dont use much anyway, so I dont get sucked into buying deluxe motherboards. That is for suckers. If you got money to burn and want to buy two video cards or extreme Intel Processors feel free to spend your money on what makes you happy. I have never used more than one video card, and I seldom buy a Motherboard that costs over $120.00.

I use my computer for a lot of online streaming so I dont play but a few games on it. I have not yet tried the CPU's with the Video on the CPU. My motherboard was the Intel DG35EC with Integrated 720p Integrated dual display and E7200 CPU.