Which is better? MSI Z97 PC Mate S1150 or Gigabyte Z97P-D3?

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Hey guys, soon I will be upgrading my PC and I've chosen everything apart from a motherboard. I'm stuck between 2 which are very similar and features and in price. Which one would be better?

MSI Z97 PC Mate S1150: http://www.dabs.com/products/msi-z97-pc-mate-s1150-intel-z97-ddr3-atx-9G5K.html?refs=492970000-42180000&src=3

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Gigabyte Z97P-D3: http://www.dabs.com/products/gigabyte-z97p-d3-s1150-intel-z97-4xddr3-4xusb3-0-10xusb2-0-gbe-atx-9FWX.html?refs=492970000-42180000&src=3

In the system I will be running an i5-4440, GTX 650 Ti BOOST, Crucial (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport XT (1600mhz) in a CoolerMaster CM Force 500 case.

I won't be overclocking by the way, I simply chose the cheapest 97 boards to be compatible with Broadwell and well, and they both happened to be Z97.

Which one is better and why? Thanks in advance!
 
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I didn't really want to think about a different mobo - this one costs £30 and all it really has is SLI support which I'm not going to use. I was asking more specifically about the motherboards I mentioned. I looked more on the specs, and the the only things that are different are that the MSI one supports RAID (which I won't use). Apart from that, the only things are really the brand, the software and some brand specific hardware features - is that a massive difference? Which one is more reputable, or maybe which features are more beneficial?
 
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If you won't go SLI,you really don't need that board.I would go MSI Z97 PC MATE,more power phase than Gigabyte Z97P-D3.

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £63.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-02 02:57 GMT+0000
 
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