Hi guys,
I'm in the process of choosing the parts for a new gaming rig for my brother and was planning on setting up a Core i7-4790K with an Asus Maximus VII Hero. However when I started going through the specs of the Z97-Pro Gamer, most of them seemed to be similar to the Hero to some extent, and some even looked better on the z97-pro gamer like the include amp, sound to noise ratio, and SATA express port.
I've been away from the scene a while so I'm trying to catch up with all these new storage connection and protocol methods for SSD so I don't know what the impact would be on the long run of not having an express SATA port on the Hero (e.g for upgrades, etc). And in terms of the sound I don't think there are detailed reviews on the differences between these boards, so I'm not sure if there would be audible differences between the two.
Anyway, the main purpose of the PC is for gaming and it will be overclocked, so if you guys can give us some advice on which board is the best to go with that would be great.
I'm in the process of choosing the parts for a new gaming rig for my brother and was planning on setting up a Core i7-4790K with an Asus Maximus VII Hero. However when I started going through the specs of the Z97-Pro Gamer, most of them seemed to be similar to the Hero to some extent, and some even looked better on the z97-pro gamer like the include amp, sound to noise ratio, and SATA express port.
I've been away from the scene a while so I'm trying to catch up with all these new storage connection and protocol methods for SSD so I don't know what the impact would be on the long run of not having an express SATA port on the Hero (e.g for upgrades, etc). And in terms of the sound I don't think there are detailed reviews on the differences between these boards, so I'm not sure if there would be audible differences between the two.
Anyway, the main purpose of the PC is for gaming and it will be overclocked, so if you guys can give us some advice on which board is the best to go with that would be great.