Motherboard selection (aRGB, fan headers etc)

Posted by fishsas@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 3 comments

Hi all. I'm slowly collecting parts for a budget (on target for c.£550) 1080p gaming build for my son's birthday and I'm after some motherboard advice.

For context, here are the parts I've gotten thus far: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZztLVW

The case I had to add as a custom part - it's this one: CiT Terra Micro-ATX @ https://amzn.eu/d/8lqv85A

It's got 4 ARGB case fans, but what I'm getting tangled up on is what that means in terms of m'board requirements - how many fan and RGB headers do I need, does it need to specifically be an argb header etc?

The Asus prime b760m-a WiFi is my current thinking as it specifically calls out ARGB, but others in the same price range include the MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI and the Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX WiFi but I can't work out if they're suitable or not!

Any assistance or recommendations greatly appreciated 👍

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Vegetable-Matter3953@reddit

Asus one has 3 ARGB ports MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4 has 2 but it's overall a better motherboard, because better power delivery and I/O and is also cheaper than Asus.

Pick the MSI.

There is a hub in the back of the case so you don't have to worry about how many ports you have.

fishsas@reddit (OP)

Thanks! MSI sounds like a winner. I actually didn't notice it had the argb ports, must've completely missed it when reading the spec.

The case meets my son's detailed specification of 'white with lights' so hopefully he'll also approve! 😆

I hope he has fun with his new PC in the future 👍

Btw don't forget to turn on XMP and ReBar in the BIOS to get the maximum performance out of your RAM and GPU 😃