Motherboard Vs. Motherboard

Jack Poole · Aug 22, 2014

Hi! I have found two motherboards that seem to be identical and wanted a second opinion on witch I should get, I might do a little over clocking(maybe bump my i7 by .4) Thanks!

Motherboard One: ASUS MAXIMUS VII GENE LGA 1150

Motherboard Two: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO LGA 1150

Rest Of Specs!

Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)

Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2

Ram: G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM

Graphics Card: Sapphire TRI-X AMD Radeon R9 290 OC 4GB GDDR5

Case: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout 2 ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

Hard Drive: Some old 2TB Western Digital I have

Thanks!

ArnoBaes · Aug 22, 2014

I would get the hero

TechyInAZ · Aug 22, 2014

The Maximus Gene is Micro ATX while the HERO is standard ATX. Both boards have identical features, only the form factor is different.

So it all depends on what form factor you want or what fits your case.

Also, the gene is older while the HERO is only 2 generations old. This doesn't really matter, though it is interesting.

Jack Poole · Aug 22, 2014

TechyInAZ :

Thanks!

Jack Poole · Aug 22, 2014

ArnoBaes :

TechyInAZ :

Oh an also, do you think it would benefit me if I got a newer motherboard? Right now I'm not going to be doing to much over clocking but in the future I might. Thanks!

geofelt · Aug 22, 2014

The only big difference is that the gene is M-ATX and the hero is full ATX.
The gene has probably a better sound chip.

The VII indicates the latest generation, not to be confused with earlier VI versions.
You want VII and Z97 versions.

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 22, 2014

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