Which mobo should I get? i4670 - Future upgrade to 5th generation?

jvictorcm

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Hello there, Im changing my mobo from a h81m-a to a new one and Ive got some options in my contry/price in dollars:


ASRock Z97 Anniversary ($123)
ASRock H97M ($111)
ASRock H97 Performance ($144)
GA-Z97M-D3H ($144)
Asus z97-a ($214)
Gigabyte H97-D3H ($146)
GA-z97x-sli ($171)
H97m Gaming 3 ($155)
Asus z97m-plus ($148)
ASUS H97-PRO GAMER($228)

Right now my rig is i5 4670(non K but Im considering the h97/z97 for future upgrade)
gtx 970
8gb ram (considering 16gb for the next month)

Which would you guys pick? thx

edit: Im adding some mobos here.

Gigabyte H97m-plus ($148)
ASUS B85-pro gamer ($166)
Asus H97-pro gamer ($207)
MSI Z97-G45 GAMING ($153)
GA H97m gaming 3 ($155)
Gigabyte G1.sniper b5($156)
MSI H87-G43 ($178)
MSI H97 Gaming 3 ($174)
 
Solution
ASRock H97M works fine if you just need a basic motherboard. I'm partial to having the best sound chip and a built-in headphone amp found on the MSI Gaming series motherboards.

jvictorcm

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MSI here would get almost 2x more expensive then the asrock one. Im also looking foward to put it on a haf xb evo with a red theme :)
 
I love my HAF XB, and I'm running red LEDs with an MSI Gaming board. Got to love heatsinks shaped like dragons!

MSI%20Dragon.jpg


 
The cheap MSI boards are horrible, but the Gaming ones and anything higher are very solid.

Even my old GD65 was able to push a 5.2GHz OC. MSI doesn't put a granny throttle on the VRMs so they are going to burn up instead of shutdown (good for me, but not for everyone).
 

jvictorcm

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Sadly I cant get my hands on one right now. Its at least $250 here :/
 

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Do you think that mobo has more audio quality then the H97 GAMING 3? The h97 looks like has a top quality audio with led pathing.