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Quickie: what motherboards still offer Multicore Enhancement?

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TheRealSintel

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Obviously this is for a non-K CPU or the feature wouldn't matter.

It's totally unclear which Z97 boards have it, is it only the top tier ones or basically every SKU? And from which vendors?

I've been eyeing the Asrock Z97m Pro4 (I want mATX) due to its value-for-money but I'm not getting any confirmation anywhere. Asus seems to be offering it for all of them but they charge a premium. What about Gigabyte & MSI as well?
 
My take - if you want a machine that can actually compute faster, get a K chip. If you are just getting a computer that can run benchmark better, get a board with the enhancement.

I am also not seeing anything much more recent that the AT article that lists the boards with this, so your best bet is to go with Asus. Or get the Asrock board and use the saved money to get a K chip.
 
MCE aside, if higher than 1600 MHz RAM support is unnecessary then the lower cost H97M Pro4 is otherwise the same (even able to overclock a K-Series CPU).
 
Unsure if related but both x97M Pro4 have an option Advanced Turbo for K-Series only. Also, the H has Small Business Advantage whereas the Z should generally have Dynamic Storage Accelerator but it isn't mentioned in the manual.
 
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