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Is the Gigabyte LGA 1150 Z97 AMP-UP Audio Quad DAC-UP Multi graphic support Micro ATX Motherboard Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboards GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5, good for my R9 280X and i5 4690k
 
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It's a decent motherboard. The only real complaint from people has been that it's lacking standoff attachment points. Most full atx mount to 9 standoffs, this board only mounts with 6 and leaves a portion of the motherboard unsupported. Primarily the upper right corner of the board. Installing ram would probably be safer to do with the motherboard out of the case rather than after it's installed. Too much pressure (like applied when seating ram) on this unsupported area could potentially stress the pcb of the motherboard.

Here's a couple of pics showing the difference, the standard 9 mounts outlined in blue and the missing standoff mounts shown in red.
Gigabyte z97x ud5h:
uctehBs.png


And the Gigabyte z97x...
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It's a decent motherboard. The only real complaint from people has been that it's lacking standoff attachment points. Most full atx mount to 9 standoffs, this board only mounts with 6 and leaves a portion of the motherboard unsupported. Primarily the upper right corner of the board. Installing ram would probably be safer to do with the motherboard out of the case rather than after it's installed. Too much pressure (like applied when seating ram) on this unsupported area could potentially stress the pcb of the motherboard.

Here's a couple of pics showing the difference, the standard 9 mounts outlined in blue and the missing standoff mounts shown in red.
Gigabyte z97x ud5h:
uctehBs.png


And the Gigabyte z97x gaming 5:
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