Asrock Z97 Extreme4 or MSI Z97 Gaming5

Mark__

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Sep 19, 2015
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Been doing a lot of research for mobo got down to final two Asrock. ATX Z97extreme 4 ATX or MSI Z97 Gaming 5 ATX want to play likes of GTA 5 BFH on ultra if possible also use for editing. CPU I7 4770K. GPU 970 CPU Cooler H100i will be overclocking can anyone advise me on which is best choice out of these 2. ??. Plz.
Als is buying a new manufactures refurb from eBay safe or best to avoid? reason for asking is can save £30 if i go down that route. Thanks in advance.
 
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I have the ASRock and it's a great board. Paired with 4790K and had it at 4.4 easy, no issues before my water cooler went tits up. Running stock atm. I'm actually on my third board. First one had a bad PCIe slot. Disappointing but no big deal. The second one got fried when someone who shouldn't be touching the breakers tripped one and decided she could reset it herself. Thankfully I didn't lose any other parts. It was almost like the board saw the bullet coming and jumped in front of it to protect the rest of the family.

utgotye

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I have the ASRock and it's a great board. Paired with 4790K and had it at 4.4 easy, no issues before my water cooler went tits up. Running stock atm. I'm actually on my third board. First one had a bad PCIe slot. Disappointing but no big deal. The second one got fried when someone who shouldn't be touching the breakers tripped one and decided she could reset it herself. Thankfully I didn't lose any other parts. It was almost like the board saw the bullet coming and jumped in front of it to protect the rest of the family.
 
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