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I am sick of the brown on my Asus Z87-A. What would be a good price/performance motherboard. I am a Asus Fanboy, but the MSI Z87 MPOWER, MSI Z97-GD65 or MSI Z97-GD45 do look really awesome. Especially that you can't see the the conductors. 

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I would go for a Z97 motherboard, for future upgradeability to broadwell.

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Especially that you can't the the conductors. 

wat?

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I am sick of the brown on my Asus Z87-A. What would be a good price/performance motherboard. I am a Asus Fanboy, but the MSI Z87 MPOWER, MSI Z97-GD65 or MSI Z97-GD45 do look really awesome. Especially that you can't see the the conductors. 

Asus Z97-AR?

Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK?

"Rawr XD"

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wat?

 

fixed

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Asus Z97-AR?

Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK?

 

The gigabyte is to expensive. I will think about the Asus. 

Intel 4790k | Asus Z97 Maximus VII Impact | Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 16 GB 1866Mhz | Asus Strix GTX 980 | CoolerMaster G550 |Samsung Evo 250GB | Synology DS215j (NAS) | Logitech G502 |

 

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z97 sli krait *fapfap*

 

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z97 sli krait *fapfap*

 

 

 

omg that looks gorgeous

 

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Edit: those pci slots on the bottom  <_<

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omg that looks gorgeous

 

 

Edit: those pci slots on the bottom  <_<

the krait is a good board select solved if you go for it or ask for other recommendations...

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Asus Z97-AR

"I genuinely dislike the promulgation of false information, especially to people who are asking for help selecting new parts."

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Msi Z97 Mpower

I haven't gotten a chance to watch a review about it yet. From the fist look it has a high end appearance and tons on sata connections.

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I haven't gotten a chance to watch a review about it yet. From the fist look it has a high end appearance and tons on sata connections.

 

Well the mpower is very similar to the Gaming 7 basicly.

The only thing i dont like from the gaming series is the killer lan. (But yeah thats personal)

On the other hand, the Gaming 7 has better audio. with 2 onboard amps for front and back audio io

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