Good LGA1150 Motherboard?

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Alright, so I'm making another thread about my build. I've already bought an i5-4460 Cpu, so I'm "Stuck" with a 1150 socket ( In " because I'm perfectly fine with this).

I've been looking at this H97 Motherboard, but I recently found that they have this very similar motherboard with a Z97 chipset for $10 more. I noticed the Z97 supports more memory types... so is it worth it? Also, is there a better motherboard for a similar price? (Preferably Black, Blue, White, or a combination, but not neccesary)
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Entry-level motherboards (B-series and H-series) are all very similar feature-wise since most do little more than expose the CPU's and chipset's IOs. It comes practically down to picking your favorite vendor. I personally have never had issues with Asus' motherboards so I tend to shop Asus first. I never tried Asrock but as far as I know, they are just about as good... so are boards from most other major motherboard manufacturers.
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Entry-level motherboards (B-series and H-series) are all very similar feature-wise since most do little more than expose the CPU's and chipset's IOs. It comes practically down to picking your favorite vendor. I personally have never had issues with Asus' motherboards so I tend to shop Asus first. I never tried Asrock but as far as I know, they are just about as good... so are boards from most other major motherboard manufacturers.
 
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I've been doing lots of research, and it seems to be ASUS is the more expensive yet highest quality brand in the Motherboard market. It seems like ASRock is the cheaper version of ASUS (Branched off from ASUS supposedly), but good for someone on a budget like me. I suppose I'll go with the H97 due to not having a "k" series processor.
 
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The H-series chipsets make the most sense for people who choose to skip the K-chips since the Z-series chipsets' only specific "feature" is unlocking the K-series CPUs's extras and the ability to split the CPU's x16 PCIe controller for SLI/CF.

Since the only major feature Z-series chips provide is unlocking CPU features that are otherwise present regardless of chipset, that makes them little more than gimmicks to screw enthusiasts by an extra $10-20 on top of the K-CPUs' extra $20-30 in my book.
 
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The only reasons I might consider spending a little extra for a standard ATX-sized motherboard is the extra fan header or two and more spaced-out headers.

If you have no plans to put much more than a video card in the PCIE slots and do not care that much about extra fan headers or less tightly packed motherboard IO headers, micro-ATX is fine if it saves you a few bucks.
 
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That answer was perfectly put. Thanks for all this help, I'll definitely look into getting a Micro.
 
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