Best Haswell board for power management (Sleep, CStates, Thermals ect)

[jboehm]

Hi,

Choices, choices.... The Buyer's Guide has too many choices for boards. In addition, I see a lot of builds tagged with [success] but then later they mention that sleep doesn't work or that there is no audio after returning from sleep. This doesn't sound like success to me.

Is there a hands down winner in the Haswell boards?

I'm looking for a basic build. I won't overclock. I'll only need 2 SATA. I'll most likely stick with on-chip Haswell graphics.

But I want sleep, audio, all the power management features to work (CState, PkgCstate, etc).

Suggestions? Thanks

 

[DrEskimo]

The user builds with issues are most likely using the new Z/H97 boards. I would recommend any of the H87 boards in the buyers guide for your use.

Have a look at specifications and size to decide which is best for you. No need to pay for more features you will never use!

Good Luck!