How do you choose the right Z97 board?

[slumbarr]

I've checked around and getting a bit confused over which Z97 to get as an upgrade, it ranges from US$100 to US$399. I want to do a bit of PhotoShop, video editing and some gaming like League of Legends and be able to play Game of Thrones when it comes out. BTW, my budget is around US$1200-1,500, which I think should be more than enough..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=z97&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[Bhavneet Pannu]

Motherboard doens't get you more fps. They just have more features. I just look for a 4 dimm slot, SLI/Crossfire (If i am planing), Raid suppport (all of them). Then I find the cheapest buy and put more money for my GPU.

 

[leedreamer189]

It all depends on what kind of case size you want as well, are you going to do single gpu, sli/xfire, tri-sli/xfire. What resolution do you want to play at.. What storage.

I been hearing lots of good things on the ASRock Z97 Extreme6, you might take a look at that one.. if you want something more on the cheap you can go for ECS Z97-PK.
But I would recommend you to have a good quality board, its the base of a stable PC

 

[ohenryy]

You shouldn't just buy the cheapest board, just becareful of RMA support. And if you're planning to to have more than 1 graphics card and be sure it's compatible with all the other parts you buy, better buy from one that is popular like Asus, Gigabyte, Asrock, MSI.