will the ASUS Z97-E/USB3.1 and i5 4690k work

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LOL your awesome with all your help dude thanks and i swear it did not show up for me xD
 
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That depends on what your priorities are.

The Asus board has USB 3.1 (10Gb/sec) vs the MSI having USB 3.0 (5Gb/sec}
The MSI has a better realtek audio chip plus lots of special circuitry for audio including headphone amps, bass boost and other things. Asus also claims to have good sound, but the realtek audio chip is a lower end chip.

Other than those 2 things, they look almost identical on paper.

So pick whats more important of those two items I covered, and go with the board that fitsa your desires more.
 
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so the msi is just better for the sound realy
 
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I have no USB 3.0 or 3.1 devices, so I have no need for that.

On the other hand, I game alot and I love my music via my headset. So that would get my attention. In fact, the AsRock motherboard that I biought 2 years ago had similar audio circutry that the MSI board has, and I am still using it.
 
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i have no usb 3.0-1 devices so but i do love my music and headset :)
Whats a good MOBO around the same price of these two that is realy good for gaming :)
 
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is this a good mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128709&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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Almost all Z170 are good for gaming. The Z series motherboards are specifically made for gamers.

I am seriously beginning to think that you are overthinking this. You asked me to choose between two good boards, I did, and despite you seemingly agreeing with why I went with what I did, you now want something else. It is your money. You get to decide what to nspend the money on, but you had two boards there that had everything you (and I) want on a motherboard, but you seem to be unwilling to buy one of them.
 
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sorry if i am making it hard i just want to see all my choices
 
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go to pcpartpicker.com ... Select Individual Parts, and then select Motherboards.

On the left side is a series of filters. Check the Z170 filter, and set the price ranged you are willing to pay. On the price ranges, it is much easier to click on the actual numbers and type them in manually, rather than sliding the dots back and forth. Make sure you make the low end at least $1 to eliminate the motherboards that show up without a price since they are no longer available anywhere.

Once you have that done, scroll to the far right side, and up. Click on the Price header until you get the lowest priced boards At the top. Pay attention to the ratings column. Anything below 4 stars means you do not want that board.

When you find something that interests you, search for some reviews on that board, and see what they like and dislike about the board.
 
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ok and i herd that z97 are made for devil canyon is that not true thats why i bin so interested in the z97 because i would expect great performence and no problems and the z170 is a 1151
 
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All Devils Canyon CPUs, Haswell CPU, nearly all previous 1150 CPU's will function on a Z97 based motherboard. But only the Haswell and Haswell refresh CPU's AKA Devils Canyon will be able to take full advantage of all of the Z97 motherboard.

The Z170 motherboards use the newer Skylake CPU's use an 1151 socket and nearly all of those motherboards also need DDR4 memory instead of DDR3. A few can use DDR3LP where LP means Low Power. Using regular DDR3 1.5 volt memory on these motherboards risks the change of killing the memory controller in the CPU package, effectively killing the CPU.

Slylake will be succeeded by Kaby Lake later this year and into next year with another 14nm refresh.
 
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im no longer getting the skylake processor because i have the i5-4690k so i just need a mb for it thats why im looklng for a 1150 socket mb :)
 
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