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Its terrible to buy MB. I want the best possible MB for my 3950x that supports 128ram at the highest possible clock etc regardless of pricr and i just get lost with all the possibilities.
This is useful to know when selecting a motherboard since for example Nuvoton usually provide documentation for their chips and ITE don't, that's why sensors work much better on Linux with motherboards that use Nuvoton.
You can filter by details like the LAN chipset (e.g. Realtek RTL8111E, AQuantia AQC107, etc), the audio chipset, etc.
The user manuals had accurate information on the number of ports, their capabilities, number of sockets, max RAM, etc...
I'm glad to see that MotherboardDB has direct links to the User Manual PDFs, and distills that information down.
Its terrible to buy MB. I want the best possible MB for my 3950x that supports 128ram at the highest possible clock etc regardless of pricr and i just get lost with all the possibilities.
Beyond that most anything with a half decent VRM meets your listed requirements unless you plan on dunking it in LN2. The CPU just isn't that demanding and overclocking or boosting on this CPU isn't about how much power you can throw in it it's mostly about how cool you keep it and how lucky your chip is.
This will make life simpler ... buying a motherboard with knowing exactly which chips come with the board (like Ethernet) is usually digging through bunch of online documents or reviews.
If I had one wishlist item, it would be the exact board dimensions. Occasionally there are boards smaller than what their form factor specifies. For example, the Asus PRIME A320M-K, at 226mm by 221mm, will fit in a CM NR200, which is nominally a Mini-DTX case.