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budget overclocking ITX for G3258

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Please help me choose from this ITX boards for G3258:
Asus Z87I Pro
Gigabyte H87N WiFi
Asrock H97M ITX/ac
..I'm on a tight budget but want to be safe for years to come. These are at same price, the Asrock just about $5 cheaper. I want to OC also the memory..and upgrade to the highest 1150 chip down the line.

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go for a z97 board if you wanna OC, if you go for an h97 you will need to do a BIOS update to enable overclocking, dont go for neither h87 or z87

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i would go for the asus, cos i love the brand and with a z seires board you can overclcok a 4770/90k

 

Edit:try get  Z97

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97mitxac

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only the ASUS one lets you overclock on H87 so... get the asus one

asrock and gigabyte do too

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i would go for the asus, cos i love the brand and with a z seires board you can overclcok a 4770/90k

 

Edit:try get  Z97

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97mitxac

I've used this board in an OC build before with the G3258; works great!  Got to 4.6ghz stable with ease and have had no issues since. 

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I've used this board in an OC build before with the G3258; works great!  Got to 4.6ghz stable with ease and have had no issues since. 

Nice, never used it but saw it on promo, looked like a good deal

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The cheapest Z97 I can have would be $24 more than  my options..which is MSI Z97I AC. Should I just sacrifice for it?

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The cheapest Z97 I can have would be $24 more than  my options..which is MSI Z97I AC. Should I just sacrifice for it?

I am wouldn't know as I haven't used that board, but the AsRock board is really easy to OC and has great build quality.

Want a good game to play?  Check out Shadowrun: http://store.steampowered.com/app/300550/ (runs on literally any hardware)

 

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Cheaper, especially when it comes to buying PC parts, is generally not going to be better

Want a good game to play?  Check out Shadowrun: http://store.steampowered.com/app/300550/ (runs on literally any hardware)

 

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The cheapest Z97 I can have would be $24 more than  my options..which is MSI Z97I AC. Should I just sacrifice for it?

it would be worth it, 90 series cpus dont overclock well on z87s, but you could just upgrade to a 4770k  

First Build:

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy Black          GPU: MSI R9 270 Gaming@1050/1500         CPU: i5 4570          Motherboard: ASUS H81I Plus          PSU: Corsair CX600          RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport XT         Cooling: 230mm Bitfenix Spectre Pro Intake; Corsair AF140 Rear Exuast; 2x120mm Stock Case Fans Top Exuast        Storage: WD Blue 1TB          OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
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The Asrock Z97 Anniversary ?

 

I haven't seen an itx version yet, I only know of atx and matx anniversary mobo.

 

 

 

 

I would say that first linked board is a no go. It will come with a inop DIMM slot 1 due to missing pin in the cpu socket. Being an itx board that leaves you with only one operational ram slot which means no dual channel and max 8 gigs which will not give you the years of use you are looking for.

 

I am interested in this thread as i am too looking for a cheap build around a pentium G3258 for my sons first gaming rig. Keep the advice rolling.

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