Haswell mATX motherboard?

[GoodRevrnd]

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?

 

[Remobz]

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?

Do you want one with a built in Intel NIC or a lesser one?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Does it matter that much?

 

[IGemini]

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/

 

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Do you want one with a built in Intel NIC or a lesser one?

Can you give details as to why the Intel nic is better in this case?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

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?

 

[IGemini]

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?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Because at the end of the day it's only $50 at most between a good solid model and a full featured one.