z97 mobos for overclocking?

[chalklin]

I will be picking up an i7 4790k and some sort of z97 motherboard, but my question is will i get better overclocking performance out of a higher end board? The board im looking at right now is the z97-a, purely because it is mention as one of the best budget boards every time i see the name. Will i get better performance out of a different board at a similar price, do i need to spend more? 

 

Also, on the topic of sli, i see that almost every gpu runs at x8/x8 when in sli, so is it important to have more than one x16 slot, or is it just a useless thing that companies promote?

[Mr.Reggin]

I will be picking up an i7 4790k and some sort of z97 motherboard, but my question is will i get better overclocking performance out of a higher end board? The board im looking at right now is the z97-a, purely because it is mention as one of the best budget boards every time i see the name. Will i get better performance out of a different board at a similar price, do i need to spend more? 

 

Also, on the topic of sli, i see that almost every gpu runs at x8/x8 when in sli, so is it important to have more than one x16 slot, or is it just a useless thing that companies promote?

x8 on pcie 3.0 is totally fine for sli

[chalklin]

x8 on pcie 3.0 is totally fine for sli

okay so having more than one pci 3.0 x16 is pretty well useless and manufacturers just put on more than one x16 slot for advertising?

[mlbguy4life]

In my opinion the Asrock z97 extreme 6 is a "better" board and it is about the same price as the asus z97 a. Just look up the reviews of the 2 from reputable websites like anandtech and toms hardware, places like that. You will see that the asrock board is clearly the winner at only a few dollars more, i believe you can get it on sale right now for roughly $145 usa

[Mr.Reggin]

In my opinion the Asrock z97 extreme 6 is a "better" board and it is about the same price as the asus z97 a. Just look up the reviews of the 2 from reputable websites like anandtech and toms hardware, places like that. You will see that the asrock board is clearly the winner at only a few dollars more, i believe you can get it on sale right now for roughly $145 usa

ASRock sounds cheap doe

[Syraz]

In my opinion the Asrock z97 extreme 6 is a "better" board and it is about the same price as the asus z97 a. Just look up the reviews of the 2 from reputable websites like anandtech and toms hardware, places like that. You will see that the asrock board is clearly the winner at only a few dollars more, i believe you can get it on sale right now for roughly $145 usa

ASrock been putting on decent boards for awhile, and extreme6 has good reviews for it. Hell I plan on getting the extreme6a/c myself since I think I wont need the 2 extra cores of a 5820k x99 like originally planned

[i_build_nanosuits]

1- will i get better overclocking performance out of a higher end board?

2- Will i get better performance out of a different board at a similar price, do i need to spend more? 

3-i see that almost every gpu runs at x8/x8 when in sli, so is it important to have more than one x16 slot

1- No

2- No

3- If you wan't to run SLI you need a board with two pcie 3.0 X16 slots, if you insert two video cards they will run at 8x/8x speed due to CPU lane restrictions

and this is perfectly fine it won't impact performance.

[chalklin]

1- No2- No3- If you wan't to run SLI you need a board with two pcie 3.0 X16 slots, if you insert two video cards they will run at 8x/8x speed due to CPU lane restrictionsand this is perfectly fine it won't impact performance.

Okay but saying that, since they'll only run at x8/x8 why do I need two x16s?

[ComputerGUY82]

Asus z97-a or msi z97s sli krait edition

[grimmjow660]

Okay but saying that, since they'll only run at x8/x8 why do I need two x16s?

Because of lane restrictions.