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hey

Im upgrading my pc (cpu and motherboard only at the moment). Im getting rid of my old amd athlon II x4 and I chose i5-4460 (refreshed haswell) for the upgrade.

I am now choosing the motherboard, and I was thinking Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H.
The price and features are 'ok', but im wondering is it a good fit?
If not- why?
 
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Yes, that's a very solid motherboard for that processor. Of course, it would help to know more details, and you're planed usage, upgrade paths, etc...

Keep in mind this is a "Micro"-ATX motherboard, which means your case has to support "Micro-ATX" (most do, but check first.) The regular full-ATX board is the GA-H97-D3H (no 'M').
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Yes, that's a very solid motherboard for that processor. Of course, it would help to know more details, and you're planed usage, upgrade paths, etc...

Keep in mind this is a "Micro"-ATX motherboard, which means your case has to support "Micro-ATX" (most do, but check first.) The regular full-ATX board is the GA-H97-D3H (no 'M').
 
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GA-H97M-D3H - I know its mATX, but as I mentioned - I dont need any more features (at least I think so...), and Im pretty sure it will fit into my case (which is 10yrs old no-name :) but it works just fine). Thanks to this the price is a little bit lower, which matters at the moment (as it is an unplanned upgrade).

Future upgrades? Nothing fancy, I'll probably replace GPU within 1 year or so.. (im currently running an xfx radeon hd 4890, which I know is old but still sufficient for my needs).

Generally its for gaming and office work. Obviously, no OC.

I would consider GA-H97-D3H (ATX), but only if it makes a serious (mesurable in any way) difference.

As for the AsRock H97 Killer, i couldnt find any in my area. I could order, but that would increase my spending, so I'll pass. (im not an ASrock guy anyway ;) )
 
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Yeah, I'd stick with one of those Gigabyte's personally. They were reviewed very well, and have an extremely low failure rating and great performance, when all else is even.

The full-ATX size would give you more room for expansion, (more PCI cards, USB ports, SATA/Drive ports, etc...) and are usually a little easier to work with (more space to fit your hands in there...) Probably not a big priority in your situation.
 
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Well, Im really using only 1 pci-ex, 4-5 usb's and 2 sata ports at most. I'll look around for the full-atx version just for the sake of work comfort, but its good to know it doesnt *really* matter.

Thanks for the help!
 
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