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Which Asus Z97 Motherboard for overclocking an i5 4690K?

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  • Overclocking
  • Corsair
  • Motherboards
  • Intel i5
  • Asus
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August 19, 2014 2:08:17 PM

I have decided that I will buy an Asus mobo for an i5 4690K, I'm going to get a Corsair H110 cooler and 16Gb of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866Mhz CL9. I already have a Samsung 840 EVO 500Gb SSD, a Corsair Carbide 500R Case, 750W PSU and an R9 290 Radeon GPU. I just need to decide which Asus mobo to get, a Z97-K, Z97-A or a Z97 ROG Ranger? I may get another R9 290 in the future but not for some time, my main goal is to get a good stable overclock on the 4690K, is the extra money for the Ranger worth it?

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August 19, 2014 2:26:18 PM

Ranger is good, but the sabertooth mk2 is better for oc imo
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August 19, 2014 2:32:35 PM

I think that the ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO would be about the best OC'ing board. The HERO line of asus boards has always been consistently good OC'ing boards. And from what I hear, number VII is too.
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August 20, 2014 10:27:17 AM

Thanks for the responses, is the extra cost involved over the Z97-A (Sabretooth £15), (Hero £50) worth it though? What do you get for the extra money?
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August 20, 2014 10:31:19 AM

Sabertooth gets your military spec materials, 10yr warranty and different bios
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August 20, 2014 12:03:03 PM

Depends on your budget, the Hero is my favorite, have both the Z87 and Z97 and think it's well worth it, the Z97 Pro is also good and a little lower costwise, the Sabertooth does well and the Z97-A is also a good OCing mobo
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August 22, 2014 1:24:54 AM

Thanks again, I think I'll go with the Sabretooth Mark 2
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August 22, 2014 2:00:41 AM

TRBob said:
Thanks again, I think I'll go with the Sabretooth Mark 2


It's a great board :) 
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August 22, 2014 2:39:17 PM

legend001523 said:
TRBob said:
Thanks again, I think I'll go with the Sabretooth Mark 2


It's a great board :) 

wOOt!~
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