Are EXPENSIVE Motherboards Worth It?

Why are some motherboards so pricey?

[phatec]

Cheapest no
Most expensive no
Mid range yes! And are the most optimized.

[equient]

If it has rgb yes, rgb makes anything 20x stronger, like an rgb cpu, it goes from 4ghz to 80ghz

[BenK]

I'll only buy the mobo with the longest title: "Carbon Premium X PRO WIFI PLUS Gaming Extreme SLI Strix ROG RGB II"

[Taijifufu]

"We'd never judge you for building a vaporwave themed build."

Then why do I feel so judged???

[morgan]

"Quality Assurance known as Linus Drop Tips

[MTGeomancer]

In the 25 years I've been building my own PCs, I've always stuck to the 100-150 range on motherboards. I've had a single failure, but it was within warranty and was repaired for free. No way to say if that was because they were cheap, or just bad luck of the draw. This video answered its own question right at the start, then spent 4 minutes in a circle to come back around to the same thing. Get what has the I/O features you need.

Also, thicker boards do not always mean thicker traces, but can mean more layers. In addition, a thinner board can actually have superior performance by moving signal layers closer to power planes. This reduction in thickness is from a reduction in the insulating material, like FR4, not by thinner traces. Thicker does not automatically mean better, not by a long shot, and you do a disservice to your viewers saying so.

[aakash]

You should collab with that guy from Linus Tech Tips.. he is good..

[EdgarRenje]

When the X470 chipset is already classified as "older".

[umersial]

"So what exactly are u getting for that extra money"
Everyone:"RGB"


Thanks for the likes...
I was wondering can u guys do a review on acer star vr one... presumably the best headset money can buy...

[FerralVideo]

Let's look at my personal experience.
I've been owning and repairing computers for ... a while.
I've had a lot of parts fail on me.
The three most common failures I've seen are:

#1> Hard drives.
Not the most fair comparison, due to the VAST majority of my hard drive failures being laptops, and rough handling played a major role in most of them.
This was a major reason why I was so happy to see SSDs becoming affordable, and I was a major evangelist for the technology in laptops in the early days.
Forget the speed benefit, buy an SSD for your older laptop so you don't lose all your data if you drop it! I have one machine that's claimed THREE drives all by itself.
Can be resisted with a good solid backup plan, and given the average age of my typical failing hard drive (I've only lost one newish drive), you're probably due for an upgrade anyways.

#2> Fans.
I've had a lot of old and crusty fans fail. But I've also been able to repair a lot of my failed fans and restore them to operation.
Unless it's your CPU fan, these usually aren't terminal.

#3> Motherboards.
Seriously. I'm saddened by how many motherboard failures I've experienced over my computer-owning life.
It's a good idea to put a bit of dollar into the quality of your motherboard purchase to try to help head off this particularly traumatic, sudden, expensive, and *very* computer-ending failure.
My first desktop motherboard was also my first desktop motherboard failure. I hated that thing and was honestly kinda glad to see it go.
It resulted in me buying an old server grade workstation motherboard, as I wasn't ready for a CPU upgrade, and Intel did an Intel and discontinued my socket.
I have another system in my collection that I'm pretty sure is a ticking time bomb before its motherboard goes.

[GoTeamScotch]

This feels like take 3 after he was told "talk with your hands more"

[riqdotwav]

4:31 "or if you're planning to use the mainboard for more than 5 years"


**me laughing in broke, using a 70 bucks AsRock z77 for 6 years**

[austininmedford]

Life Lesson: THICC is always better ;)

[harsesishoktar]

I feel like much more could have been said about this topic.

[emgee]

What I want out of my motherboard is sheer performance.
I’m not interested in no light show.

[borisbrian]

2:50 'Speaking of'
I was about to skip
force of habit 😁

[Koel]

every mobo i ever bought was about 100$
every cpu i ever bought was about 250$
every gpu i ever bought was about 450$
every psu i ever bought was about 100$
and all of them lasted about 8 or 9 years before i needed something better

[thisduderockz]

I was trying to learn the basics to motherboards so i could understand which would be my best option when factoring in pricing, features, and future proofing. I saw they were all over the place in costs with some being sub $100 and many over a couple hundred. This video was perfect for answering my questions. raspberry pi4 it is!

[spikeshartell]

Truth be told when I went to buy the board in my current system what I cared most about was having something that was full ATX first and foremost so I had plenty of Sata and expansion ports, (and since I was building in a case with a tempered glass side panel I wanted something that would fully fill the motherboard tray). I also wanted something that had onboard RGB control and lighting as I was also looking to make a flashy system as well. I went with a ROG Strix B450 gaming F because it filled all the needs I had for the build and seemed to be a good value for the money in December of last year and it had a lot of positive reviews.

[jacobmccarthy]

Going on 7 years on my Asus Z87-PRO motherboard. Still works perfectly.