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Hello!

My motherboard died last night so I've been looking for some update options, these are the ones that I liked:

1.- Asus Z97-A Motheboard + Intel i7 4770.
2.- Asus Maximus VII Ranger + Intel i5 4670k
3.- Asus Z97-A + Intel i5 4670k + Xonar DX

I use my pc mostly for gaming, I have a GTX 660 Ti wich I will upgrade next summer, so which option do you think will be better, I thought of the Devils Canyon CPU's but they will take longer to be on sale on my country, I would like to last me at least 3 o 4 years, what do you think?

My budget is between $500-$600 dlls, and I didn't choose MSI motherboards because of their supposed bad QC and because they are hard to get in Mexico.
 
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Asus Z97-A + i7 4770 will be the best option for better overall performance. Though you can opt for H97 chipset motherboard( like Asus H97-Plus) with i7 4770 since you can't overclock i7-4770 and overclocking is the primary purpose of Z97/Z87 motherboard or alternatively i7-4770k + Z97-A motherboard makes more sense.

i5 4670k + Z97-A will be best for only a gaming rig.

Games are becoming to use more threads/cores so I would recommend i7 4770 + Z97-A/H97 if you want your system to be futureproof ( and I think overclocking is overrated as far gaming is concerned, one should invest on better GPU instead since it will provide with biggest performance boost unlike OC'ing)
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Asus Z97-A + i7 4770 will be the best option for better overall performance. Though you can opt for H97 chipset motherboard( like Asus H97-Plus) with i7 4770 since you can't overclock i7-4770 and overclocking is the primary purpose of Z97/Z87 motherboard or alternatively i7-4770k + Z97-A motherboard makes more sense.

i5 4670k + Z97-A will be best for only a gaming rig.

Games are becoming to use more threads/cores so I would recommend i7 4770 + Z97-A/H97 if you want your system to be futureproof ( and I think overclocking is overrated as far gaming is concerned, one should invest on better GPU instead since it will provide with biggest performance boost unlike OC'ing)
 
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Thanks for you answer, so do you think ROG Motherboards are not worth it, I myself don't see that much difference from the ROG Motherboards from what I get from the Z97-A, and like you said Im not thinking in overclocking, I thought of the i7 4770 in case games start to use hyperthreading more and more.
 
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If you don't plan to break world records in overclocking then no need to go with VII ranger.

Z97-A is a great choice for overclocking either i5-4670k or i7-4770k without paying heavy premium.

Any game optimized to use 8 cores (few for now)will benefit from HT on i7. There are many titles optimized to use 4 cores which take advantage of HT on dual cores i.e. i3
 
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