Best affordable lga 1150 Gaming mobo?

BigC847

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My PC died recently and I narrowed it down to either the PSU or the Mobo. Sent my psu back to evga since it was still under warranty and I'm just trying to do some research in case my PC still doesn't work. I just need a decent gaming board that can possibly handle a mild overclock. I have an i7 4790k, gtx 1080sc, and use the pc for VR (Oculus) so the more usb ports the better. I'd like to spend somewhere between $100-$200 but would love to keep it as low as possible, money's kinda tight right now. Thanks
 
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A brand new Z87/Z97 board is pretty much unavailable in brand new condition or rather over priced. Your best bet is finding a good condition board on eBay. Note: Z87 will require a BIOS update to be compatible with Devil's Canyon.

While I don't like the fact that it ships from China it's one of the popularly sold on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Z97-PC-Mate-LGA-1150-Intel-I-O-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-0-ATX-Intel-Motherboard/162545208971?epid=7002475009&hash=item25d8730e8b:g:6hkAAOSwZ4dZOCob

If you want something that ships from the US here I applied some filters, you can try searching from here...
A brand new Z87/Z97 board is pretty much unavailable in brand new condition or rather over priced. Your best bet is finding a good condition board on eBay. Note: Z87 will require a BIOS update to be compatible with Devil's Canyon.

While I don't like the fact that it ships from China it's one of the popularly sold on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Z97-PC-Mate-LGA-1150-Intel-I-O-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-0-ATX-Intel-Motherboard/162545208971?epid=7002475009&hash=item25d8730e8b:g:6hkAAOSwZ4dZOCob

If you want something that ships from the US here I applied some filters, you can try searching from here:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/Motherboards/1244/i.html?_from=R40&_sop=15&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000%7C1500%7C2000%7C3000&_nkw=z97&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1&_trksid=p2045573.m1684
 
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