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Jordan359
By Jordan359
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Guys,

 

OCD may be kicking in here, but looking for advice on performance vs aesthetic preferences.

 

The computer will mainly be used for gaming and photo editing - My current colour preferences are Blue & Black or Yellow & Black which will go with the overall "Lightning" Theme.

 

People seem to recommend the MSI gaming series boards over both the Asrock (Extreme) & MSI (M power) series. Unfortunately, the gaming series boards have red accents which would not suit the rest of the build; Any other board suggestions which would match the theme and offer greater or similar performance would be appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Jordan

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If you wan't black/yellow get one of the MSI Z97 MPOWER. They are just as good if not better than the gaming series just different feature sets and aimed at overclockers.. And as for Blue/Black - Asrock is the only one who makes Z97 in that color sheme afaik.

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Asus Z97-AR.

 

It will match any build, and its Asus, so its the best mobo manufacturer. 

 

#AsusMoboMasterRace

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MSI Z97-G55 SLI

It's cheap (around 120$ USD online) it supports SLI, overclocking, has all the features one might want and is black and blue! :)

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97g55sli

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