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difference between z97 and h97 chipset?

jousef
By jousef
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Z97 supports SLi unless it the cheapest board like the MSI Z97 PC Mate

 

H97 only allows at most CF if not only 1 GPU

 

 

Z97 will be the only board to OC your K CPUs

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I suppose Z97 is better for ocing and has a few more features, and ^

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ZX7 boards can overclock.. that's the biggest difference. You also have multi-GPU support (SLI, CF) Theyre a bit more expensive though

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Go Z97 if you want SLI support or want to do overclocking. Some H97 boards will allow overclocking, but in general Z97 is better because of better features and better power delivery to the cpu allowing for higher / more stable overclocks.

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ZX7 boards can overclock.. that's the biggest difference. You also have multi-GPU support (SLI, CF) Theyre a bit more expensive though

not really the MSI offerings of Z97 boards are just over 10-20 dolalrs more if not same price as the H97 boards

 

that is if you dont mind the blue/brown boards

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