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ASUS Z97 Motherboard Lineup Unveiled – Hero, Gene, Ranger, Sabertooth, Deluxe pictured

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I know most of the gamers like the black and red theme, but if Asus were to release a full black Formula(rough, mean and serious) I would be sooo happy...

 

I would pay the $300-$320 they ask for it...

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Why no yellow or green? Those could make pretty interesting builds...

 

I've been trying to find a yellow accented motherboard and i'm not really interested in the MSI ones.

 

Has anyone nailed down a release date for Z97 boards?

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does this mean broadwell soon?

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I've been trying to find a yellow accented motherboard and i'm not really interested in the MSI ones.

 

Has anyone nailed down a release date for Z97 boards?

May

 

does this mean broadwell soon?

No, Broadwell still late this year.

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I've been trying to find a yellow accented motherboard and i'm not really interested in the MSI ones.

 

Have u ckecked these http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp?s=OC ?they are pretty awesome imo. Im aiming for the new z97 micro atx of these. There was a build in the build section using this mobo and it looked like absolutly fantastic

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Is there any real benefit from asus z87 boards?

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I'm still using an old (yet still strong) i7 920 lga1366 set up, overclocked yes, but will these boards be a substantial upgrade for me?

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the lower heatsink on the ROG boards is ugly, looks like a magazine from an ak-47 or something with the way its curved..

 

 

edit:

 

did some googling, it's actually not bad.

 

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BRING ME THE BOARDS!

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Looks like a rebranded z87 what's so special about the "new" z97

Supports the Haswell refresh and the next CPUs(Broadwell).

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RANGER?!?!? Interesting... I'll miss the Maximus name...

 

And that TUF board made me have to change my pants... So pretty.

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RANGER?!?!? Interesting... I'll miss the Maximus name...

 

And that TUF board made me have to change my pants... So pretty.

 

I believe it'll still be called the Maximus Ranger

 

Plus, Asus have used Ranger before, back in the 775 days I believe

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Still that overused red and black.

 

 

As long as people keep buying them, ASUS will keep making them... Sadly...

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But I spy a GD 65 in your build, Ihope that isnt red/black ;)

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FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!!!!

 

 

But I spy a GD 65 in your build, Ihope that isnt red/black ;)

Ive learned to hate it...

Well, at least the ROG boards have a black pcb....

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Ive learned to hate it...

Well, at least the ROG boards have a black pcb....

 

Plenty of colors to go around :)

 

Mostly black pcbs...

 

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ASUS-Z97-Deluxe-2-635x476.jpg

 

yeah, i think it's silver/nickel/some grey metal. the pic isn't the best quality, but look at the color difference between this and...

Z97-Gryphoon-635x476.jpg

this. much lighter.

 

Now, if they can just make all the LED lighting white...

that still looks gold but more champagne

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Did they ditch the gold color scheme? :o

I hope they did not do that. The gold looks pretty nice.

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Except when they look like diarrhea gold...  

I have blue case fans, so the Asus gold looks more blueish/silver. 

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I have blue case fans, so the Asus gold looks more blueish/silver. 

Ok I saw a picture now, they're more like light brown... lol

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Where's the ITX board :C

 

They are rarely if ever out with the main release, as they take considerably more effort to develop and perfect. There is just so little space to work with to create a good product. Though I'd say ASUS particularly are starting to get really good at ITX, their P8Z77-I Deluxes changed the world.

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Ok I saw a picture now, they're more like light brown... lol

They look better in real life.

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They are rarely if ever out with the main release, as they take considerably more effort to develop and perfect. There is just so little space to work with to create a good product. Though I'd say ASUS particularly are starting to get really good at ITX, their P8Z77-I Deluxes changed the world.

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I am waiting for a Z97 Deluxe.

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