I could use some guidance in choosing among the endless number of socket 1150 motherboards. I'm all for competition, but do we really need 321 variations (per Newegg)?
I doubt I'm up to date on all the newest features, but I'm looking for at least these things:
Any advice?
I doubt I'm up to date on all the newest features, but I'm looking for at least these things:
ATX or mATX 1150 (for G3220 or i3)
- Using Vista x64 for the time being
- Durability We use (or hand-me-down) computers for many years. My current one (Asus M3A78-EM) is six years old and it will be replacing one that was nine years old.
- Ive sought out four ram slots in the past, but with so much memory these days, perhaps that is less of a consideration.
- I would not rule out upgrading a cpu in the future, but looking at my past three builds, two of them Ive upgraded the motherboard/cpu/ram as a unit. (The other died at a needlessly young age from capacitor plague.)
- I wont be overclocking
- At most one graphics card
- Will add an ssd sometime in the future
- At least three sata ports (1-2 hd and dvd drive)
- Front usb ports
- Although not necessary, it would be convenient if there were enough audio ports to plug in headphones and speakers at the same time and/or front audio ports via a drive bay somehow.
Any advice?