Please recommend me a good Z87 MB

ivan1973

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Dear experts, please recommend me a good Z87 MB with the following features:

Required:
Socket 1150
ATX
PCIe 3.0 (do not need SLI)
RAID 0
DDR3
SATA 6Gb/s
USB 3.0 (the more the better)

My preferred brand is MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte MB as they are easily available in my country. Other special features are good to have but not required as I want to minimize cost.
 
Most of those features are guaranteed on any Z87 motherboard. There are plenty that are ATX. Thunderbolt is what limits you. Here's the least expensive model that has it:
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-Z87EPET

However, why do you need the thunderbolt port on the motherboard? If you're using it to connect to a monitor, that will only work with your iGPU, not with the discrete video card you're probably getting since you specified PCIe 3.0. If you're connecting something else, what's wrong with getting a thunderbolt add-in card?