Z87 MPOWER SP vs Sabertooth Z97 mk 2

[pastafingers]

Hi everybody, again!

Here I am with another question..
I'm just casually looking for what to buy for my new rig and searching for a motherboard. I want to buy a decent Z87/Z97 with stable and good OC capabilities, good onboard audio and NIC. Onboard PR buttons and debug LED would be nice too. So, I found MSI Z87 MPOWER SP and ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 quite attractive at their price point. What do you guys suggest? Maximum what I can spend for the motherboard is 150€ in Lithuania (where I live). And I will be putting a i5-4460 in it... *"no need for Z87/Z97" comments coming*. I'm going to use the potential of Z87/Z97 later, since I'm going to upgrade to an OCable CPU, but I don't want to buy a low end MB now and stick with it until I save up the money for an overclockable set. Going to use my rig for content creation (audio editing, music creation, video editing/effects, photo editing and etc.) as well as light gaming and browsing, document creating... What's your advice?

Thanks in advance,
Jonas.

[H4X3R]

The Z97 mpower is a very good board for some decent overclocks and Z97 goodness (m.2, good audio,etc.):

http://www.kilobaitas.lt/Pagrindines_plokstes/MSI/MSI_Z97_MPOWER,_Z97,_DualDDR3-/Z97_MPOWER/CatalogStoreDetail.aspx?CatID=PL_660&ID=556085

 

Z87 is not worth it, especially when you can get Z97 for a little more. You can then buy an overclocable broadwell (i5/i7 - 5XXX) in a few months time.

[Astralify]

I vote for the MPOWER. Great bios and good overall board. Plus I like the theme more. (I hate military stuff)

EDIT: Also, buy the z97 MPOWER, not the z87.

[Jumper118]

i vote for the mpower unless you are colour blind