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Bang for the Buck Z97 Motherboard Showdown Part 2

@Slick can you talk about overclockability

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I may be wrong, but that "fan connector" on the Asrock board (far left @2:38) appears to be a speaker connector. Good video overall, nice roundup of the features on these boards. Looking forward to the next video :)

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that..........

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This is a huge part of the next video

 

The next video is all about UEFI BIOS so we will be covering ease of use, layout, fan control, boot priority, etc etc

 

the video after THAT will be covering their software and support within the OS

 

unfortunately due to CES timing these 2 videos will have to wait but i will be right back at it after CES

Thanks. I have to say, it feels awesome to hear a confirmation about my idea.

I hoped enough people would suggest this that it would make it to the video, but as always with well known youtubers, I thought about giving up thinking "There's no way they would listen to a single random fan".

Thank you.

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Next board again will likely be Gigabyte.  They keep doing right by me and have very affordable boards loaded with features.  Thumbs up for Gigabyte!

Too many ****ing games!  Back log 4 life! :S

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I am taking a survey and asking everyone what their serial number begins with I am looking for trends as to which boards serial number are BAD I have found that some boards start with a 46 47 48 are BAD My serial number starts with a 48 PLEASE HELP ME thank you

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  • 3 weeks later...

This is a huge part of the next video

 

The next video is all about UEFI BIOS so we will be covering ease of use, layout, fan control, boot priority, etc etc

 

the video after THAT will be covering their software and support within the OS

 

unfortunately due to CES timing these 2 videos will have to wait but i will be right back at it after CES

We need part 3, do not forget about us slick :3

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