much choice little decision. z97 mobo

overkil2006

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hi. i am looking for a z97 board for my new build. so far i have decided on a 4790k and gtx980. there just seems like there is so many good boards out there i am not sure which to go with. my budget is maximum of £200 but would like to spend a little less. i am leaning towards the asus maximus VII hero. any advice or idea very welcome.

btw this is my first ever intel build. only had amd before. so anything you think i should note please say :)
 
Cant say for the MSI board as I never tried one, but the Hero, I've had for a while now and had no issues with it, paired with my 4790k, overclocking is good, undervolting the CPU, and SLi with my cards never been a problem, and it looks good in my case also :D
 
Have in mind though that the Hero doesn't have a DisplayPort so if you are going for G-sync later on you should find something else.

I was considering the Hero but I want a G-sync monitor next year. Too bad because the Hero had everything else I really wanted in a motherboard.
 
Have in mind though that the Hero doesn't have a DisplayPort so if you are going for G-sync later on you should find something else.

I was considering the Hero but I want a G-sync monitor next year. Too bad because the Hero had everything else I really wanted in a motherboard.

I'm not really following here... The display port on the board is for onboard graphics... G-sync is only for NVIDIA graphics cards!
 
I'm not really following here... The display port on the board is for onboard graphics... G-sync is only for NVIDIA graphics cards!

Now this is something I totally missed out on... Thanks for pointing this out. Now I can easily go for the Maximus VII Hero myself.
 
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