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Makemecrazy123

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Hello guys !

So i am on a hunt for my motherboard and i wanted to know what are some good motherboards?
I am on a pretty cool budget (not over 300$) i love Asus, MSI and Gigabyte myself. The motherboard should not have any fancy stuff i just want to buy it -> plug it in -> done. No overclocking or anything no pressing on buttons. i hope you get what i am getting at.

These are my parts for the motherboard:

CPU: Intel core i5-4670k
GPU: ASUS GTX 770 DirectCU II
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DIMM 240-PIN DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz

I will try and answer all of your questions (if you have any) as good as possible

Hope you guys can help me out :)

Cheers !
 
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I have a Z87-a the Z87 Pro gives u more things like wifi and all that stuff but i dont really need it i just got a usb wifi adapter and i am fine
The Pro z87 is better than the Z87-a but for me it brings a lot of unecessary things to the table so i just saved up that cash and got a better GPU
Now yes, the Z87 series from Asus are great and ANY of them are great options
the Z87-a and the Z87-pro can both SLI/CF at 8x/8x dont know if that influences u
now if u go to the MAXIMUS VI Z87's like the name says they aer maximum, they are very high end boards, excellent if u want multi card SLI crazy overclocks and all that insane stuff, but for gaming , normal overclocks and a decent SLI/CF the Z87-a or pro are both as good
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Thx guys for your fast replies !

Have been looking out for the z87 series of Asus would you guys think the Asus z87-a would be a good choice? its on a pretty nice low price or is the Pro, Formula, Hero or Extreme better? (i mean ofc its better but im not asking THAT much of it, it should just be a good quality and performance no need for pressing anything or do anything just plug it in and done ! So yeah Asus z87-a good choice?
 
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I have a Z87-a the Z87 Pro gives u more things like wifi and all that stuff but i dont really need it i just got a usb wifi adapter and i am fine
The Pro z87 is better than the Z87-a but for me it brings a lot of unecessary things to the table so i just saved up that cash and got a better GPU
Now yes, the Z87 series from Asus are great and ANY of them are great options
the Z87-a and the Z87-pro can both SLI/CF at 8x/8x dont know if that influences u
now if u go to the MAXIMUS VI Z87's like the name says they aer maximum, they are very high end boards, excellent if u want multi card SLI crazy overclocks and all that insane stuff, but for gaming , normal overclocks and a decent SLI/CF the Z87-a or pro are both as good
 
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Makemecrazy123

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Thank you guys getting more and more confident in my final choice

I think it's gonna be a Asus z87-a. And no Portuguesetechie i am not planning on SLIing :) but thanks for pointing that out.
We are thinking maybe a bit the same thing with upgrading yeah yeah its better but more unecessary stuff comes along with it i mean for me and MY needs there gonna perform really the same.

Thank you for all the great answers and recommends for the motherboards :)
 
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Yes that was my main reason why i got the Z87-a, its excellent built it furfills all the needs i may have, no need to spend 60euros more on something that i wont use when i can get a better GPU :p
YOure welcome mate, :) just relax and enjoy your choice, its a very good build :)
 
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mATX as in micro ATX, just 1-2 PCIe slots smaller than full ATX.

lately I buy boards as small as possible to give me the most case options and not have 5 unused empty wasted expansion slots. seriously, I had a fleeting thought of taking my mATX mobo and putting it on a bandsaw to cut off the parts I wasn't using just to stuff it into a smaller nicer case. but that thought got replaced with just buying the right size mobo and starting fresh, which was ITX (for that specific build)
 
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Makemecrazy123

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Well amazing you found the right thing in the end :)

However i think ATX is the right choice for me i dont really care about haveing unused PCI slots and dont care about the size of the case mid tower is just perfect for my needs. But ofc i get what you mean by haveing empty wasted expansion slots (PSI, and the GPU without SLI) but i would rather have wasted slots than actually needing and missing them for maybe a future SLIing (probably not but still) or extra RAM.

 
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