Best H97-Z97 mobo for $1300 video editing PC

davide445

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This my present conf, to be used for video editing under EDIUS or PowerDirector and sometimes realtime game engine such as CryEngine:

Case Midi Corsair Carbide Series 300R Compact PC Gaming ATX Black
Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 2TB 3.5" 64MB SATA3
RAM DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 1.5V CL9
PSU PC XFX TS 550W ATX 80+ Gold
CPU Intel Core i7-4790 Socket 1150 3,6GHz 8MB 22nm HD Graphics 4600 Boxed
CPU Cooler Raijintek Themis Socket Intel 775/1150/1155/1156/1366/2011 AMD
Mobo Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H Socket 1150 Intel H97 DDR3 USB3 ATX
GPU Sapphire - R9-270x-4gddr5
Fan Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition High AirFlow 2x120mm
DVD burner Samsung SH-224DB DVD/CD 24x Sata Black Bulk
OS Microsoft Windows 8.1 64bit OEM DVD EN

Questions:

- Worth the effort upgrade to 1866 RAM?
- Asrock Z97 Extreme3/Pro3 can be a better choice? Or others?
- There are similar priced mobo with Thunderbolt?
 

davide445

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Ok for the Gskill RAM but Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H didn't support 1833Mhz ...

The question is: worth using a 1833 over 1600? What's a good mobo for that RAM? It's compatible with planned CPU and GPU?
 

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