is this motherboard good? how will it oc?

[Mao_Zedong]

How good is this motherboard? http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97c i will use it with an intel i5 4690k and a be quiet! shadow rock slim. what oc can i expect from that (i know it will range, but give me an estimate).

[CoolBeans]

It is a decent motherboard, but get a Hyper 212 Evo instead of the shadow rock

[Oshino Shinobu]

Yeah, it's a pretty good board. The actual board won't effect the OC much unless you're doing some extreme overclocking. It will depend more on your individual CPU. 

[Mao_Zedong]

It is a decent motherboard, but get a Hyper 212 Evo instead of the shadow rock

why? it it that much better? the 212 is a little cheaper, but i hate how the heatpipes are directly on the cpu, which would make thermal paste complicated. it also looks worse.

[Levent]

why? it it that much better? the 212 is a little cheaper, but i hate how the heatpipes are directly on the cpu, which would make thermal paste complicated. it also looks worse.

that is a good thing ,that heat pipes are directly touching the cpu.

[CoolBeans]

why? it it that much better? the 212 is a little cheaper, but i hate how the heatpipes are directly on the cpu, which would make thermal paste complicated. it also looks worse.

 

It will perform better

[Real_PhillBert]

Its a perfectly good mobo. I am an admitted Asus mobo fan, so if it has the features you are looking for I wouldn't criticize you for getting it. 

[Mao_Zedong]

that is a good thing ,that heat pipes are directly touching the cpu.

wouldn't it make thermal paste harder to put on (from the gaps)

[Elite14]

Yep, it's good motherboard but, I would try and get a noctua cpu cooler

[Levent]

wouldn't it make thermal paste harder to put on (from the gaps)

no the surface is completely flat.

[Mao_Zedong]

Yep, it's good motherboard but, I would try and get a noctua cpu cooler

they're too expensive and look terrible, i am doing a red and black build so it wouldn't work.

[Held657]

It will perform better

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA

NO

[Mao_Zedong]

no the surface is completely flat.

yes, but it has huge gaps between the heatpipes (on the base), so i don't think thermal paste would spread well.

[CoolBeans]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

NO

 

A Hyper 212 Evo is bigger and 

 

wouldn't it make thermal paste harder to put on (from the gaps)

 

you are looking at the plus and not the evo

[flibberdipper]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

NO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

KINDA

 

The mobo is good enough.

[Mao_Zedong]

A Hyper 212 Evo is bigger and 

 

 

you are looking at the plus and not the evo

oh, i didn't realize that, i'll plan on the 212 evo then.

[Kryptyx]

The motherboard is a solid choice.

If you're going air, get the 212.

[Held657]

A Hyper 212 Evo is bigger and 

 

 

you are looking at the plus and not the evo

 

I don't know where you got your sources but the heatsink of the Shadow Rock Slim is bigger than the heatsink of the 212 EVO in every direction. Also the be quiet does what the name says: it's being quiet. You can't say that about the 212 EVO under load.

[Sintezza]

4+2 powerphase digi vrm on the Asus Z97-C.

Offcourse it won´t be a record breaking overclocker.

But yeah its also not designed for it...

 

Offcourse you could do some mild overclock on it, but don´t expect anything mindblowing.

Because the powerdelivery isn´t decent enough for 4.8Ghz stable 24/7

[Mao_Zedong]

4+2 powerphase digi vrm on the Asus Z97-C.

Offcourse it won´t be a record breaking overclocker.

But yeah its also not designed for it...

Offcourse you could do some mild overclock on it, but don´t expect anything mindblowing.

i'm only hoping for something like 4.5ghz, nothing great.

[Mao_Zedong]

would this one be better? has sata express and looks better http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128716&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

what about this one? its cheaper and has similar features. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128715&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Held657]

i'm only hoping for something like 4.5ghz, nothing great.

 

Should be possible if you don't get the crappiest CPU, but for that you'd have to be really unlucky.