Which motherboard is better for gaming

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Hello PC experts im trying to choose which motherboard is better. I got a lot a answer on my other post and I can't choose between Asus Z87-A or the Asrock H97M Pro4. People told me to not get the Z87 models because the Z97/H97 models are better for gaming and such but I don't know. So I went on Newegg and Amazon for reviews of both. For the Z87-A I saw a lot of negative reviews on Newegg 3/5 egg, for Amazon I saw quite a few good ones. For the Asrock H97M I saw fairly good ones on Newegg 4/5 eggs, while on Amzon I saw a lot of extremely good reviews on it. That's why I chose it. On eBay someone is selling a New Asus Z87-A for $75 while for the Asrock I bided on a new Asrock H97M Pro4 lga 1150 for $54 not bad ? So which one should I choose ? Also I'm going to be using a I5 quad core haswell procesor.
 
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Either will make for a good rig if going Z87, the Z97 gives the upgrade option to Broadwell CPUs when they arrive and Z97 is much improved towards OCing, DRAM handling, BIOS improvements and some add ons. The Z87 is still very viable and a great platform, between the mobos you are looking at I lean towards the Asus, I built a number of Z87-A rigs and all turned out well and the clients all loved them

Tradesman1

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Either will make for a good rig if going Z87, the Z97 gives the upgrade option to Broadwell CPUs when they arrive and Z97 is much improved towards OCing, DRAM handling, BIOS improvements and some add ons. The Z87 is still very viable and a great platform, between the mobos you are looking at I lean towards the Asus, I built a number of Z87-A rigs and all turned out well and the clients all loved them
 
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Tradesman1

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;) Last I looked at the Egg, think Asus had 3 of the top 5 Z97 selling mobos, (GB and the Rock rounded out the top 5) and also 3 of the top rated (of the mobos that have more than 20 some reviews, the Z97-A, The Pro and the Hero). IN overall mobo sales MSI continues in number 4 and falling even further behind the big 3 of Asus GB and the Rock