ASRock Z97M Pro4 - any good ?

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Hello!

I'm looking for a mobo to overclock the G3258. Now, keep in mind that I want to keep this CPU one year or two at most and the upgrade to i5 / i7 Broadwell. Is this Z97M Pro4 by ASRock any good ? Does anyone have it ? Do ou think I'll be able to get good oc on this mobo ? Something like 4.4 GHz on the G3258 ? And will it still be good in future ?

Oh yeah, and I've read on mobo's specifications page that it has 2 Chassis fan connectors. Does that means that I'll be able to connect only 2 fans ?
And also, do you think with that CPU oc at ... let say over 4 Ghz I'll get good FPS in games paired with a R9 270 ? I know that newer games require more cores but from what I've read these 2 cores are very fast and you can stil get very good results in games. I intend to play at 1920x1080 if that helps in any way. Do you think games like GTA V, Witcher 3, AC: Unity will work well on this Pentium ?
 
Solution
Sweet little mobo, and yes good for OCing, you can add additional fans using cable splitters and tying the fans into the PSU molex source plugs