bottomshot

I am planning the same build as well. In my research I have been led to believe the mobo's power supply type and number of phases affect the overclock potential. Is this critical for "midlevel" OC'ing or only when trying to reach max potential? Has this been over blown or maybe marketing hype? Doesn't more $$ equal higher quality caps? Or more marketing hype? Since I am near a Microcenter I was going to go with a Maximus VII Hero, $189 combo price, but since I'm new to overclocking, I thought I could forgo all the bells and whistles, and settled for the Z97 Pro Gamer. Apart from available ports, etc I also considered the UEFI interface, each mfg has their ins and outs.