The best Z87 micro-atx board?

[Remobz]

Hey all,

A board that covers all the bases and like OC, built in sound and so on......



I was wondering what you all consider to be a good matx mobo? Or best bang for the buck?

 

[Kenmitch]

When I built my 4670k rig there was only a couple of matx boards available.

I wound up getting this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128599

No regrets. OC's fine.

You won't need anything too fancy to overclock a haswell k chip.

Compare features to see what you need/want. Things like SLI support are a must for some people, others like Intel LAN's, etc.

 

[Remobz]

When I built my 4670k rig there was only a couple of matx boards available.

I wound up getting this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128599

No regrets. OC's fine.

You won't need anything too fancy to overclock a haswell k chip.

Compare features to see what you need/want. Things like SLI support are a must for some people, others like Intel LAN's, etc.

I will not SLI. Intel LAN is very important.


On another forum the Asus Maximus gene IV is getting a lot of praise followed by the Asrock OC Z87M formula.

 

[Kenmitch]

I will not SLI. Intel LAN is very important.


On another forum the Asus Maximus gene IV is getting a lot of praise followed by the Asrock OC Z87M formula.

Guess you lost me with the " best bang for buck " statement in your original post.

The above 2 examples wouldn't be good bang for the buck.

Something like the following would be considered more bang for the buck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157373

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128601

 

[Zap]

A board that covers all the bases and like OC, built in sound and so on......

Any Z87 chipset mATX board should fit that bill.

Intel LAN is very important.

Why?

I like Intel LAN too, but that's because everyone else says it is good and thus owning it gives me warm fuzzy feelings. I have yet to discover any "real world" benefits of having it over any competing gigabit chipset in my use case (gaming, simple file transfers over network, backing up over network).