Which z87 board?

[chiefsfan27129]

Which if the following would be best for a build that would split time between workstation and gaming?

ASRock z87 Professional: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157377&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

ASRock z87 Extreme6/ac: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157382&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Asus z87 Expert: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131992&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[Eximo]

I can assume by the name of the second board that it has wireless built in (couldn't get the link to open)

Not much difference between the other two.

Depending on what you want to use the workstation to do. Graphics, 3D modeling, Video editing, Virtual Machines, Computation, Simulation, etc. Lot of factors to choose between. Naming a few software titles would help.

If you are going for dual purpose workstation the 4670k or 4770K aren't really the best choices. At a minimum I would say H87 and a 4770 to get VT-d support if you are doing virtual machines. You might look into LGA2011 CPUs as well.

Benefits of LGA1150 are that you get 6 native intel SATA III raid ports and native USB3.0 support. Most likely one more chip for the platform before Intel moves on. Disadvantage is only 32 PCIe lanes (24 available)

X79 boards (LGA2011) Would get you quad channel memory, if you choose a Xeon you get ECC memory, as well as 40 PCIe lanes (32 available). Ivy Bridge E chips coming out soon. Disadvantages are Third party SATA III Raid, and third party USB 3.0 support.