Lga 1150 Mini itx

Master potato · Jul 30, 2014

Which would be the best mobo to buy?

I've looked into the gigabyte ga-z87n-wifi, asrock z87e-itx, Asus z87i pro and vi impact and in terms of price to performance ga-z87n-wifi and asrock z87e-itx seems to be the clear winner but i cant decide on which i should buy as they seem to offer similar overclocking ability and similar performance, where as the vi impact seems to provide more in terms or overclocking and is it worth the extra cost ? .

ak47jar3d · Jul 30, 2014

I probably won't buy impact becuase its z87 and not worth the extra cost over MSI gaming motherboard.

MSI Z97I Gaming:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130774&cm_re=MSI_z97_itx-_-13-130-774-_-Product

TechyInAZ · Jul 30, 2014

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132122

This would be the best.

It's the only motherboard that has M.2 SSD support in the mini itx world.

Rammy · Jul 30, 2014

TechyInAZ :

That's just not true, there's several ITX boards which have M.2 support. The Maximus Impact, H97I-Plus and the Z97E-ITX all spring to mind.

On topic, which motherboard you pick has a lot to do with which case+cooler combo you intend to use, even more so when you are overclocking at ITX. Picking ANY of these in isolation of the others is asking for trouble, but as a general rule Gigabyte and MSI boards are significantly worse for case/cooler compatibility than ASRock and Asus boards (this is by no means a definitive statement).
You are right that the Impact is probably not worth the money, especially when most of it's features are mimicked by the Z87I-Pro. It's also due a Z97 replacement very soon which might cause it's price to drop.

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