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Z87 MPOWER Max is pretty much my go to choice.

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what specific features are you looking for and AMD or Intel? For Intel the MSI Gaming Series and MPower series are great. the gaming series would fit the bottom end of your price range too. For AMD msi has 2 new boards under their gaming line but their too new for me to have any say. I cant say enough good things about MSI though, great brand and quality. http://us.msi.com/product/mb/#/?sk=quickserach-gaming

 

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what specific features are you looking for and AMD or Intel? For Intel the MSI Gaming Series and MPower series are great. the gaming series would fit the bottom end of your price range too. For AMD msi has 2 new boards under their gaming line but their too new for me to have any say. I cant say enough good things about MSI though, great brand and quality. http://us.msi.com/product/mb/#/?sk=quickserach-gaming

 

Intel socket i will be using i5-4670k

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what specific features are you looking for and AMD or Intel? For Intel the MSI Gaming Series and MPower series are great. the gaming series would fit the bottom end of your price range too. For AMD msi has 2 new boards under their gaming line but their too new for me to have any say. I cant say enough good things about MSI though, great brand and quality. http://us.msi.com/product/mb/#/?sk=quickserach-gaming

 

He specified Z87 in the OP but your recommendations are still solid. I find MSI has great build quality and they have reasonable prices.

 

For the OP's price range Ill just say the gigabyte UD-4H is a good board as well.

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Intel socket i will be using i5-4670k

 

then any of the MSI gaming and mpower boards are great.

He specified Z87 in the OP but your recommendations are still solid. I find MSI has great build quality and they have reasonable prices.

 

For the OP's price range Ill just say the gigabyte UD-3 is a good board as well.

oh ya didnt think much when i saw Z87 i guess

 

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What do you think of this board

 

Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87, Socket-1150

I think that would be a little over kill for a build. It looks like a great motherboard. Hearing the fact that GIGABYTE makes great products. 

 

I would rather spend money on the MPower or the Gaming Series from MSI. Not because I'm fan boying it, but because you get a better value out of those motherboards.

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Are there any specific features you're after? If not, you could go with literally any z87 mobo. 

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Hi What z87 motherboard would you suggest?

it has to be atx, z87, and about 160-275$

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Are there any specific features you're after? If not, you could go with literally any z87 mobo. 

 

^. This.

 

As far as performance/OC? If going SLI? Anything past a MSI Z87 G45 is a waste of money other then aesthetic value (which may be important to you, and if it is pick the board YOU think looks best).

 

If AMD and crossfire or not going to be running SLI? The board in my sig and a I5-4670k is currently 220 bucks COMBINED at Microcenter, in store and will OC as well as a ROG board (if you OC MANUALLY, which you should be doing anyways). Sound is a little better if you have like 1000 dollar headphones on a board like g45, but the network stuff is nonsense. All the Z87's have a decent network chip in them. You are comparing heatsink art/colors and the color of the MB on Z87 past a certain point.

 

I would get a cheap z87 and a big GPU all day every day, unless I had a professional sound studio, in which case I would probably be getting a dedicated sound card anyways, which makes these on board sound chips pointless.  

 

If you don't have a Microcenter local? Of course go with something a little better at the same price then the G-41. Look at the sound card. The higher the number on the chip the better. Everything else doesn't matter other then SLI or not.

 

This was not always the case with Intel, it is unique to z87 due to on die VRM. It is most likely going away so their is less heat on the chips and more pressure back on the power phases with z97. Z87 offers excellent budget. Take advantage of it.

CPU:24/7-4770k @ 4.5ghz/4.0 cache @ 1.22V override, 1.776 VCCIN. MB: Z87-G41 PC Mate. Cooling: Hyper 212 evo push/pull. Ram: Gskill Ares 1600 CL9 @ 2133 1.56v 10-12-10-31-T1 150 TRFC. Case: HAF 912 stock fans (no LED crap). HD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB. Display: Dell S2340M IPS. GPU: Sapphire Tri-x R9 290. PSU:CX600M OS: Win 7 64 bit/Mac OS X Mavericks, dual boot Hackintosh.

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^. This.

 

As far as performance/OC? If going SLI? Anything past a MSI Z87 G45 is a waste of money other then aesthetic value (which may be important to you, and if it is pick the board YOU think looks best).

 

If AMD and crossfire or not going to be running SLI? The board in my sig and a I5-4670k is currently 220 bucks COMBINED at Microcenter, in store and will OC as well as a ROG board (if you OC MANUALLY, which you should be doing anyways). Sound is a little better if you have like 1000 dollar headphones on a board like g45, but the network stuff is nonsense. All the Z87's have a decent network chip in them. You are comparing heatsink art/colors and the color of the MB on Z87 past a certain point.

 

I would get a cheap z87 and a big GPU all day every day, unless I had a professional sound studio, in which case I would probably be getting a dedicated sound card anyways, which makes these on board sound chips pointless.  

 

If you don't have a Microcenter local? Of course go with something a little better at the same price then the G-41. Look at the sound card. The higher the number on the chip the better. Everything else doesn't matter other then SLI or not.

 

This was not always the case with Intel, it is unique to z87 due to on die VRM. It is most likely going away so their is less heat on the chips and more pressure back on the power phases with z97. Z87 offers excellent budget. Take advantage of it.

Uh? SLI/CF is standard with full atx z87 boards. Your board can do sli/cf.

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Uh? SLI/CF is standard with full atx z87 boards. Your board can do sli/cf.

 

Negative on SLI for the G41. Other lane ain't full speed. G45 is the cheapest MSI board that gives you true SLI. That and the Asus-A. Buy whatever is on sale/cheaper. Crossfire works fine though on this board though. Was going to go AMD, but...the price hike from mining went crazy. Got the GTX 770 for under 300 open box. 

 

Can't complain. My board and chip were 280 with tax combined, which is just stupid. :) 

CPU:24/7-4770k @ 4.5ghz/4.0 cache @ 1.22V override, 1.776 VCCIN. MB: Z87-G41 PC Mate. Cooling: Hyper 212 evo push/pull. Ram: Gskill Ares 1600 CL9 @ 2133 1.56v 10-12-10-31-T1 150 TRFC. Case: HAF 912 stock fans (no LED crap). HD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB. Display: Dell S2340M IPS. GPU: Sapphire Tri-x R9 290. PSU:CX600M OS: Win 7 64 bit/Mac OS X Mavericks, dual boot Hackintosh.

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