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Haswell mATX motherboard?

GoodRevrnd

GoodRevrnd

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What's my best choice for a Haswell mATX motherboard. I'll be going for moderate overclocks on a 4770K, but nothing extreme. I don't do SLI/Xfire. Onboard audio quality is irrelevant since I use USB audio. eSATA would be nice. The board needs to clear a Coolermaser Hyper 212+. I guess price isn't that important, but I don't really want to pay for a bunch of stuff I don't need. I'm just looking for something rock solid, stable and full featured.

Candidates:
Asus Gryphon Z87
Asrock Z88M OC Formula
Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H
Others?
 
GoodRevrnd said:
What's my best choice for a Haswell mATX motherboard. I'll be going for moderate overclocks on a 4770K, but nothing extreme. I don't do SLI/Xfire. Onboard audio quality is irrelevant since I use USB audio. eSATA would be nice. The board needs to clear a Coolermaser Hyper 212+. I guess price isn't that important, but I don't really want to pay for a bunch of stuff I don't need. I'm just looking for something rock solid, stable and full featured.

Candidates:
Asus Gryphon Z87
Asrock Z88M OC Formula
Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H
Others?
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Do you want one with a built in Intel NIC or a lesser one?
 
I use the Z87M Extreme4, the OC Formula is the next step up from mine. I haven't OCed yet, but it's not lacking for features in that department. A review site out there supposedly did both chipsets and clocked a 4770K to 4.6. Not 100% sure about the 212+, one newegg review claimed to fit the previous model. If this board won't fit the cooler with RAM installed, I doubt others will.

http://extremespec.net/asrock-z87m-extreme4-motherboard-review-design-testing-performance/2/

http://extremespec.net/asrock-z87m-oc-formula-motherboard-review-design-testing-performance/3/
 
It seems all 3 of these boards have the Intel LAN. Only the Asus has eSATA. It seems based on that I can toss out the Gryphon. Go for budget and adequate OC and features on the Gigabyte or man up on the ASRock?
 
I'm curious...you said you "don't want to pay for stuff you don't need" but are going all for the corvette uATX models. What's selling you on the top-end?
 
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