asus z97-a vs msi z97 gaming 5

Tradesman1

Legenda in Aeternum
I'd go the Z97-A, the gaming 5, is the renamed and re-directed from their GD45 line, they changed the 45 and the GD65 models back in the Z77 day from blue-black to red-black trying to imitate the look of the Asus ROG mobos...These are simply their lower line of standard mobos replacing the names the GD45, 55 and 65. Until they pick up the QC efforts, I myself won't do client builds on their mobos...MIght look at Asus, they are introducing a new entry level ROG mobo, the Ranger