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Z97 Asrock extreme 4 vs MSI Gaming 5

Skreedles
By Skreedles
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id say Gaming 5


CPU Intel I7-4700MQ @2.4 ghz, turbos to 3.4 

Motherboard  whatever toshiba put in the thing

RAM 8GB 1600mhz 

GPU  Nvidia Geforce GT 740M  

Storage 750Gb 5400rpm   

Cooling  Crappy laptop fan 

Operating System  windows 8 64 bit

 


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Um for asrock, I'd probably only go as high as the anniversary edition, haven't used much of their products, but their killer 990 FX for AMD kinda had problems. So i'd take the safer side and go with MSI. Assuming if price isn't a problem..

Remember a wise man once said, "You'll most likely hear/see more bad reviews from products than good, because if they get a good product, they won't bother to write a review, and if they got a bad product, they'll complain about the product" ~ SoftenButterCream

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I'd go for Asrock z97 Extreme6.

 

It has great reviews, and it's pretty hard to find a mobo with decent reviews.

System: Thinkpad T460

 

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Um for asrock, I'd probably only go as high as the anniversary edition, haven't used much of their products, but their killer 990 FX for AMD kinda had problems. So i'd take the safer side and go with MSI. Assuming if price isn't a problem..

I want something that works well price isnlt as much of a problem.

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I want something that works well price isnlt as much of a problem.

Ah i see, i personally went with the ASUS Z97M-Plus i belive, and its been fine so far. But may i ask chip are you pairing it with?

Remember a wise man once said, "You'll most likely hear/see more bad reviews from products than good, because if they get a good product, they won't bother to write a review, and if they got a bad product, they'll complain about the product" ~ SoftenButterCream

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Ah i see, i personally went with the ASUS Z97M-Plus i belive, and its been fine so far. But may i ask chip are you pairing it with?

i5-4690k

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im looking for the same answer as you, Im kind of leaning towards the MSI because my last mobo was ASrock and it is currently dying after about 2 years :/   

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i5-4690k

Since you already decided between the two. I'd personally go MSI.

Remember a wise man once said, "You'll most likely hear/see more bad reviews from products than good, because if they get a good product, they won't bother to write a review, and if they got a bad product, they'll complain about the product" ~ SoftenButterCream

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im looking for the same answer as you, Im kind of leaning towards the MSI because my last mobo was ASrock and it is currently dying after about 2 years :/   

I've heard bad things about MSI, but I've heard good things about the MSI Gaming 5 mother board.

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I've heard bad things about MSI, but I've heard good things about the MSI Gaming 5 mother board.

 

you are going to hear a lot about all the motherboard manufacturers.

best mindset is to research all your connectivity needs (SATA support, NIC

support, USB needs, fan header support, and PCIe slot needs) and pick

the best mobo in your price range and move on, there really isn't a crap

board, just those that bought the cheapest and expected the most expensive

performance.

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Ah i see, i personally went with the ASUS Z97M-Plus i belive, and its been fine so far. But may i ask chip are you pairing it with?

I am looking at the Z97M-Plus for my build. Which cpu are you using and are you overclocking it?

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I am looking at the Z97M-Plus for my build. Which cpu are you using and are you overclocking it?

I'm using the the I5 4690k, soon i'll use a hyper 212 evo with sp 120 in pull/push

Remember a wise man once said, "You'll most likely hear/see more bad reviews from products than good, because if they get a good product, they won't bother to write a review, and if they got a bad product, they'll complain about the product" ~ SoftenButterCream

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I'm using the MSI gaming 5 here and have had no problems. Great audio for the price if your into that kind of thing. When building my PC I dropped the screwdriver on the mobo and thankfully I have not seen any problems resulting from this lol. But I guess you could say its durable? xD But if you are undecided I would recommend this board. I tried OCing on it too and it was easy and I got 4.5 with no problem on 1.25v.

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I don't know if you already made up your mind but I'm actually using an Extreme4 and it's a great board for the price. Two close friends of mine have one as well and they're happy with it, and I'm planning on buying an Extreme9 for my next build.

Don't pay too much attention to rumours, I've seen people claim that 90% of the mobos they send back are Asus, which is absurd.

There's always the faulty one and you can bet its owner will put up a real pandemonium online to complain, that it's not indicative of anything.

AsRock's not a bad brand at all, and I'm surprised so few people review their motherboards on YouTube.

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