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As far as the Z87 boards go from Gigabyte, is there any useful difference between the UD3, UD4, and UD5 boards in the context of overclocking? My build will most likely involve a 4770K, and RAM overclocking isn't terribly important.

 

I know the UD5 board has two extra SATA ports and a second LAN port and support for 1394a connectors and an additional system fan header, and that there are subtle differences between the UD3 and UD4, but those features aren't very important to me at the moment.

 

If there is a better board for overclocking, feel free to share thoughts. I'd prefer to spend less than $200 on the motherboard, and the computer will be used for Solidworks, Matlab, Altium Designer, and miscellaneous engineering programs, as well as for software development and maybe photoshop and video editing on the side.

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Motherboard might not be the key here, with Haswell its pot luck how good your cpu will OC compared to the motherboard.  Having good cooling in your case help's a lot too, as if your cpu anf gpu is getting to hot to quick it will cause problems with OC, just like normal.  

 

For buying a motherboard find one that has what features you what and the price you're willing to pay and just hope your 4470k OC good.

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