Best motherboard | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:59:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Best motherboard | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Top 3 Motherboards of 2021! https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/luke-hill/top-3-motherboards-of-2021/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/luke-hill/top-3-motherboards-of-2021/#respond Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:00:03 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=543295 We look back over the year and pick our three favourite motherboards across a broad price spectrum

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We are looking at some of our favourite products in the market in late 2021. This section will look at some of the motherboards that we have seen throughout this year – as well as an older option that still has us impressed in the 2021 market. AMD boards do well with the budget and mid-range options here, but Intel options are strong when the purchasing budget is increased. 

Timestamps

00:00 Start
00:15 Introduction
01:06 Best Budget Motherboard of 2021
02:00 Best Mid Price Motherboard of 2021
04:08 Leo discusses Intel solutions

#3: Best Budget motherboard of 2021: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk

See the MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk review HERE.

You can buy the MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk at Overclockers UK for £129.95 HERE.

#2: Best Mid-priced motherboard of 2021: Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master

See the Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master review HERE.

You can buy the Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master for around £350 HERE.

#1: Best High-End motherboard of 2021: Intel Z690

As you will see in our reviews, we have been deeply impressed by Intel's Core i5-12600K however the matching 600-series motherboards come in at a high price. If we take the three Asus examples shown above, the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero sells for £520 HERE and the ROG Strix Z690-F sells for £425 HERE, so the Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus D4 with support for DDR4 rather than DDR5 which sells for £270 HERE looks rather promising.

It is a similar story with Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master that sells for £445 HERE and the MSI MEG Z690 Unify that is listed at £510 HERE.

The broader issue is that the Big Shortage has inevitably led to motherboard manufacturers concentrating on the production of models with higher prices and margins, and this has led to a mismatch between motherboards and processors. There is yet more bad news as DDR5 memory is suffering from short supply. When you take those points together you will appreciate the position with Z690 motherboards is similar to the one with graphics cards. For that reason we are not advocating for any particular model of Z690 but instead recommend you buy when the need arises and grab what is available.

KitGuru says: Intel has set claim on the high-end, high-feature status for mainstream platform motherboards. But AMD's more wallet-friendly options are still plentiful.

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KitGuru Annual Awards 2014 https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-reviews/andrzej/kitguru-annual-awards-2014/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-reviews/andrzej/kitguru-annual-awards-2014/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:34:11 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=226848 We love this industry and the logic behind that love is quite simple. Billions are spent on R&D each year – much of which goes toward making games run quicker and film/video stream quicker/smoother than ever before. In other words, thousands of scientists around the world are working toward one thing: Making KitGuru readers happy. The …

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We love this industry and the logic behind that love is quite simple. Billions are spent on R&D each year – much of which goes toward making games run quicker and film/video stream quicker/smoother than ever before.
In other words, thousands of scientists around the world are working toward one thing: Making KitGuru readers happy. 
The KitGuru Annual Awards is our way of saying ‘Thank you!' to that huge, evolving body of scientific improvement.  

To help us achieve our goals, gaming and professional, we expect hardware to keep getting faster, more powerful & feature-rich over time. That’s where KitGuru Labs testing comes in.

We also expect to pay less for it – which brings in the KitGuru editor’s ‘value' determination.

In all of these respects, 2014 has been a mixed bag – with slightly more positive results than negative.

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While nVidia’s Maxwell architecture clearly moved graphics into a whole new zone back in February, CPU advancement from Intel has been slower than we’d like. At the same time, AMD’s progression has been largely notable for its absence in the mainstream/desktop zone.

We’ve seen major moves from Intel on the platform side of things, including X99 and Z97, but the pricing for a complete upgrade is still prohibitive for a lot of people.

Back in April, Microsoft began to pull support for legacy desktop operating systems, hoping to increase pressure on buyers to choose Windows 8 – while on 1st October it gave the good news that Windows 10 would be here very soon, as it kicked off a major beta test programme. Anyone who has booted Windows 10 to see the return of the Start Button will feel a great sense of relief that Microsoft’s pattern of ‘great OS -> not so great OS’ has continued and that ‘10’ will be a return to winning ways for enthusiasts.

Outside the PC itself, Sky’s inability to deliver broadband to many customers continues (with almost no change in experience from November 2013 to 2014) is a bitter disappointment for thousands of people.

At the same time, we have seen pricing on next-gen wireless routers dropping fast, led by companies like Asus and TP-Link. With David Cameron promising that 800MB films will be available to download in a single second using 5G in the not so distant future, you have to hope that the broadband companies have more up their collective sleeves. We do live in the UK however, so don't hold your breath.

Across the board, improvements are being made and the third KitGuru Annual Awards gives our editorial team a chance to step back from the day-to-day business of in-depth testing and analysis, to instead focus on the ‘Best of the Best’ across a 12 month period.

Enough preamble, let’s get to the results: Which products were the best of the best in 2014?

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