Best Intel Motherboard for 14th / 13th / 12th Gen CPUs (14600K, 13600K, 12400 & More)

Best motherboard for Intel 2023. We review B660, B760, Z690, & Z790 motherboards. Best motherboard for i5 14600K, i5 13600K, i5 12400 & More 🔻Click "More" For Links🔻

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This video covers the best motherboard for 14th Gen Intel, 13th Gen Intel, and 12th Gen Intel CPUs. We review the best motherboard for 14th Gen Intel including the best motherboard for i5 14600K, i7 14700K & i9 14900K which mirror our recommendations for best motherboard for i5 13600K, i7 13700K & i9 13900K. We also recommend the best motherboard for i5 12400, i5 13400, i5 12600K, i3 12100, and i3 13100 as well as other locked or 12th gen Intel CPUs. We discuss B660 vs B760 vs Z790 vs Z690 chipsets as well as motherboard for gaming 2023 features including audio, VRMs, USB connectivity, networking, storage and more. This will help you build the best intel pc build 2023. We also cover i5 14600K vs 13600K and i7 14700K vs 13700K. And the best Z690 motherboard vs the best Z790 motherboard for 14th gen.

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00:00 Best Intel Motherboard 2023
0:38 Cheap Windows!
1:12 Chipsets Explained
2:09 Z790 vs Z690
2:55 B660 vs B760
3:48 H610, H670 & H770
4:15 DDR4 vs DDR5 Choices
4:52 DO NOT SKIP - Bios Issues
5:57 Motherboard Form Factor
6:54 VRM & Thermals
7:36 DON’T Overspend on PCIE Gen 5
8:30 M.2 and Sata Storage
9:07 On-board Audio
10:05 USB Connectivity
10:45 Networking & Wifi
11:00 Motherboard Recommendations
11:17 Best Motherboard for 14th Gen &13th K CPUs
11:37 Best Motherboard for i5 14600K / 13600K
14:57 Best Motherboard for i7 14700K / i9 14900K
17:49 Best Creator Motherboard for 14th Gen
18:47 Budget Motherboard for i5 12600k / 12400 / 13400 / 13500
20:42 DDR4 Z690 for i5 12600K & 12700K
21:20 Ultra Budget Boards for i3 CPUs
23:08 Chaos Unleashed

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*Note: ITX Recommendations in description.*
What CPU are you looking to build with? What board chipset and model are you going with? Tell your story in a new comment below!

[Stenmen]

I've been watching this channel for about six months, and it's been an absolute godsend for people entering the world of PC building. The information is very enlightening, and I picked up a ton of new knowledge that I have never had before. A big thanks for all the time and effort you put into helping us through our journey to build our first PC. Thank you, Jason!

[tlsmack]

This video was so well organized, and covered all the bases.

[SpoonHurler]

I'm really glad that you broke down the memory constraint differences from 12th gen/z690 and 13th/13.5th gen/z790. If you are trying to run 4 sticks of fast DDR5 ram, definitely going 13th gen+ and a solid board is where you start.
Edit: Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX is my board and it's been amazing.

[MCookston]

Getting ready to build my first pc, your videos make it sooo much easier to find out what i want to go with and you make everything super clear and understandable. Thanks for the videos.

[kotztotz]

I see Jason, I click. Simple as that🤷

[johnsteburg]

I used the Asus Rog Maximus Z690 Hero on my Grand daughters build and has no issues so far. Price is 50% less than the release. Really good bargain.
This week the wife did buy a I9-14900K and flashed the bios on her Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master and it took. Than swapped the I7-12700 on Grand daughters board for wife's old I9-13900K. No issues with current bios. So I can confirm that most 1700 CPUs are interchangeable with the right board.
Yes AMD gets all the love from us gamers but don't overlook the crazy prices with Intel 12 and 13 generations right now. Especially when you can basically get a high end last gen board and CPU from Intel at stupid low prices.
Great information Jason on this. Your recommendations were spot on. Keep it up.

[ThomasPaine]

The Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Pro looks amazing IMO! Great video, Jay! Have a great Friday, brother! ✌🏻

[BumpkinBros]

Yay found the video! Great Stuff Jason! Much needed for the many of us getting 12th gen intel!

[DAD]

Thank you again Mr. Jason. I personally just picked up an Aorus master z790. Mainly for the second pcie slot running at x8 instead of x4 like most boards. I’m going to be using my 12700k in combination with my 3090 and an Arc A380 for a plex server/gaming rig. Although this board does not have thunderbolt I’ll be using a 50ft fiber optic usb 3.1 extension and a powered Lenovo usb hub along side a fiber optic hdmi for the 4K TV in my living room. Thanks to amazons second prime sale I was able to get the fiber optic cables for a great price. Already tested and I’m experiencing little to no latency

[khaki_man]

MSI has always been good to me. Currently rocking their PRO Z790-A DDR5. Only thing I wish it had was a gen5 SSD slot.

[TigerGreene]

Absolutely incredible video. So informative, has exactly what I needed, answers so many of my questions, yet super simple to understand. I learned a ton. Thank you for this!

[ramiroonn]

You're so wholesome and helpful, brother. Much love 🙏🐐

[xreturn]

Last CPU's before my actual i5-11600K has been the i7-3770K and i've been totally overwhelmed by the hilarious number of available Bios-settings just related to the CPU.
It took months and some Bios-Updates to be able to set everything up proper. The automatic values didn't work with the very first Bios versions wich leaded to "exploding" temperatures and even an unstable system (Bluescreens and such). There have been a vast of settings i never heard before so it has been extremely hard to figure out working values to run the CPU ... at least stable.

Well, i just wanna say thank you for your amazing channel not only for beginners! Guessing i'll watch more of it soon because new hardware arriving xD

[vishalvan]

I am building a SFF pc with i5-12400F ( will be upgraded to 13700 or 14700 ) and RTX 3060 or ARC A750 ( will be upgraded to RTX 4080 or RX 7800XT after 4-5 years )

I am thinking to take Cooler master NR200P Max (M-ITX) or Asus Prime AP201 (M-ATX) with 16 GB DDR5 and gen 4 512GB SSD + 1 TB Sata

Which motherboard and PSU should i take to be future proof or satisfy my current purchase

[techabytesuk]

Recently built a Ryzen 7 7700x pc, selling it off and currently building a 13600kf build using the Asrock Z690 Velocita. Have had nothing but problems with the am5 platform and EXPO is nothing but stress. PC halts for 30 seconds before POST, CMOS resets, 7700x turning into a 95'c space heater under load. A real shame as was the first personal AMD Build since the 2nd Gen Ryzens

[adlinaufal]

is the z690 coming to eol?Im planning to build 4070 super and i5 14600kf and is looking for a mobo. I asked a supplier about the z690, and they said that it has stopped produced. which mobo should i buy then? preferably matx form

[robbujold]

So very helpful for a newbie like me. Thank you! Subscribed.

[Damien_Clarke]

Hi (PC Builder) Jason, I want to give you a sincere THANKS! The recent builder videos that you released were EXTREMELY helpful to my future build; i.e. parts ordered!!! I would like to recommend another Creator motherboard w/ Thunderbolt 4 ports that I found, the ASUS ProArt Z790-CREATOR WIFI. It seems to be competitive and priced a little less than the MSI Ace Z790.

Again, THANKS! Cheers!!!
P.S. Now, I wait for the post. 🙃

[RoyHuang]

Thank you. I’m going to build my first PC and your videos have been so helpful in my research!! I’ve subscribed & followed!!