Which one of Asus!

[EvilGenius]

Hey Guys,

 

I'm almost done my build and I'm hesitating between 2 motherboards. The Asus Z97-Pro (WiFi AC) and the Asus Maximus VII Hero. Which one would you guys choose? There's only 1$ difference where I will purchase it, so it really comes to which one is the best. Open to suggestions!

 

 

There's my build:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K 

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 1 4GB GDDR5 

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi AC) or Asus Maximus VII Hero

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB 

SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB

Hard Drive HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 750W 80 Plus Gold

DVD Player/Burner: ASUS (DRW-24F1ST/BLK/B) Internal 24x DVD Writer

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M

Fans: Corsair Air Series AF120 x2

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144hz 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 

 

 

Thanks!!

[andre82693]

Asus Maximus VII Hero

[techguru]

both pretty expensive

personally if Im going that high...probably the mark 2

[EmeraldKiwi]

MAXIMUS VII Hero. I have it in my current PC and it's pretty dam good looking and has tons of features that are pretty neat even if I don't use all of them.

[ForsakenLive]

Get the Hero if you want red in your system!

[Umzipumzi]

Maximus. ROG boards are fantastic and the only time I had a problem with one is when I dropped it off the balcony and it bent a pin.

 

(It's OK i fixed it though)

[EvilGenius]

both pretty expensive

personally if Im going that high...probably the mark 2

The Asus Sabertooth Z97 MARK2? 

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_1207_1206_1201&item_id=071441

[W-L]

-SNIP-

 

Between the two they are both excellent boards but the only different I believe is the lack of Sata Express on the ROG Hero board and the option for thunderbolt compared to the Z97-Pro. I personally own a Z97-Pro and have no complaints on it other than the gold accent which I recolored. 

[EvilGenius]

Maximus. ROG boards are fantastic and the only time I had a problem with one is when I dropped it off the balcony and it bent a pin.

 

(It's OK i fixed it though)

 

 

Get the Hero if you want red in your system!

 

 

MAXIMUS VII Hero. I have it in my current PC and it's pretty dam good looking and has tons of features that are pretty neat even if I don't use all of them.

I was going with the Coller Master Nepton 240M but its hard to keep that logo in white, its tempting to go with the Corsair to change the color of the Pump light logo.

[EvilGenius]

Between the two they are both excellent boards but the only different I believe is the lack of Sata Express on the ROG Hero board and the option for thunderbolt compared to the Z97-Pro. I personally own a Z97-Pro and have no complaints on it other than the gold accent which I recolored. 

What's the difference with the sata express and normal sata? I will only have one SSD and one HDD. Whats Thunderbolt? 

[W-L]

What's the difference with the sata express and normal sata? I will only have one SSD and one HDD. Whats Thunderbolt? 

 

Sata express isn't out yet to the consumer market widely at least for SSD which will run at higher than the regular 6Gb/s on Sata III, I believe sata express was 10Gb/s, someone correct me if I'm wrong. As for thunderbolt it's Apple's connector that they partnered with Intel for mass storage drives and data, I personally don't use it and it does require an add in card for it to be functional.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_%28interface%29

[EvilGenius]

Sata express isn't out yet to the consumer market widely at least for SSD which will run at higher than the regular 6Gb/s on Sata III, I believe sata express was 10Gb/s, someone correct me if I'm wrong. As for thunderbolt it's Apple's connector that they partnered with Intel for mass storage drives and data, I personally don't use it and it does require an add in card for it to be functional.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_%28interface%29

So for now the sata express i don't really need it and the thuinderbolt if it doesnt change much I don't mind.