Asus Ranger or Hero? (overclock)

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Anyone have tested the OC capabilities of maximus Hero and Ranger? (z97)
I'm planning to buy one of this two, and I want to know if Hero's the extra phases can push the OC stability enough to worth an extra cost of 34€

The extra pluses of Hero (lighting, 2xSATA) are cool, but I don't look for it. I just want a mobo who let me push my OC to the highest limit my cooler can keep.
 
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I agree on the HERO Maximus VII Z97 board (which also has awesome sound such as virtual 3D via the front case to stereo headphones).

However, I don't see much point in a super heavy overclock on modern Intel CPU's. For example, if getting the i7-4790K it will default to 4.4GHz with XMP but going above that disables the Intel Power Management and it runs hotter.

So 4.8GHz versus 4.4Ghz runs far hotter (thus louder) and you get a theoretical 9% increase which you'll never see. Maybe 4% better for video conversion and probably ZERO for gaming.

The same applies to any overclockable Haswell as going above the XMP profile makes them run hotter but the real-world advantage is often very small.

Plus, you need a far better cooler if temps go...
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I agree on the HERO Maximus VII Z97 board (which also has awesome sound such as virtual 3D via the front case to stereo headphones).

However, I don't see much point in a super heavy overclock on modern Intel CPU's. For example, if getting the i7-4790K it will default to 4.4GHz with XMP but going above that disables the Intel Power Management and it runs hotter.

So 4.8GHz versus 4.4Ghz runs far hotter (thus louder) and you get a theoretical 9% increase which you'll never see. Maybe 4% better for video conversion and probably ZERO for gaming.

The same applies to any overclockable Haswell as going above the XMP profile makes them run hotter but the real-world advantage is often very small.

Plus, you need a far better cooler if temps go up. I recommend the Noctua NH-U12S for XMP profiles.
 
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Yay, I agree that OC on current CPUs can be a waste, however, most of the games/programs I currently play are cpu bound. And I want to build a rig for a few years.
My current rig wears a core 2 quad Q6600 (7years old), and its my current bottleneck, so doing 25% OC to it, gives me like 20% extra FPS. And that OC was enough to extend my rig 2 years :p

In general, CPUs are the hardest component to upgrade (cause socket/architecture forces you to also upgrade motherboard and probably something more). That's why I want an OCeable CPU, in order to overclock it in a few years (not right now).
Anyway, you recommended me the cooler NH-U12S, but I was thinking about getting NH-D15 instead. What do you think about it?


Thanks everyone for the answers!!

 
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