Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 Mark 2 -.VS.- Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 Mark 1

robbob_70

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Hi,
i'm torn between the two Motherboards above.

I'm building a gaming machine.. and the above are £140 for Mark 2…. and £180 for Mark 1..

the rest of my spec is:

CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00 GHz
Motherboard - ASUS Z97 Pro
CPU Fan - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Video Card - Sapphire AMD R9 290X VAPOR-X OC Graphics Card (4Gb DDR5, 384-bit, PCI-E)
Video Card - Sapphire AMD R9 290X VAPOR-X OC Graphics Card (4Gb DDR5, 384-bit, PCI-E)
RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB
SSD - Crucial M550 240GB
HDD - Western Digital Black 1TB
Case - CM Storm Stryker – Full Tower
Power Supply - Seasonic M12II-850
Optical Drive - Samsung 24x SATA DVD RW


which would be best for gaming? - i'm trying to future proof my rig… and so i'm leaning towards the Mark 1…… - but i don't really know what i'm doing :)

thanks,
R
 

romirez

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Well... thermal armor testing for P67 looks not bad:
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clankfu32

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Yes but according to that chart, it's only a 0.5-1 degree difference in temp right?