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Never the less take Z97, just to be on the safe side. If you won't be using sli take Msi z97 gaming 3.

Currently i'm building a new pc and I'll take Msi Z97 gaming 5 (just because of sli support).

Overclocking on H97 would be risky.

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I;m going to buy anew mother board and i'm confused ! some people tell me that i can OC i5 4690K with h97 Mobo ! and others tell me that i must get a z97 for overclocking ! i wouldn't overclock it too much ! around 4.4/4.5 GHz ! 
and i could hardly get a z97 mobo and i won't use sli ! 
so Can the job be done with msi H97 Gaming 3 mobo ? or i must get a MSI  z97 gaming?
thanks in advance

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only Z series boards can overclock LGA 1150 chips (such as the 4690k)

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You can't do serious overclocking on a H97 chipset. The most you can do is raise the bclk a bit, not the multiplier.

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Z97 is made for overclocking, it's always better to overclock with "Z" motherboard (Z87 & Z97). You can still do overclock besides "Z" motherboard like H97 but it has less capability to overclock.

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Never the less take Z97, just to be on the safe side. If you won't be using sli take Msi z97 gaming 3.

Currently i'm building a new pc and I'll take Msi Z97 gaming 5 (just because of sli support).

Overclocking on H97 would be risky.

Hope this help!

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Yeah there's only a handful of H97s that allow overclocking. The H87s had more options previously, but considering the price parity its better to just spend the little extra for a Z board and not have to worry.

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