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I need a great microATX board to put in my corsair air 240 that's good for overclocking and can do sli or crossfire and that is preferably for lower than 150  and maybe a little future ready with usb 3.1 or something. the socket is LGA 1150 

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I need a great microATX board to put in my corsair air 240 that's good for overclocking and can do sli or crossfire and that is preferably for lower than 150  and maybe a little future ready with usb 3.1 or something

What socket and CPU? I'm guessing LGA 1150 so http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130780

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Future ready with USB 3.1, lol dream on.

 

Any Z97 motherboard from a reputable manufacturer should do.

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For USB 3.1 you need an add-in card, but if you have dual slot GPU's you need some risers to plug it in (yiu have this issue with every mATX board)

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Future ready with USB 3.1, lol dream on.

 

Any Z97 motherboard from a reputable manufacturer should do.

many Z97 MSI boards have 3.1 i even saw one with a USB Type C connector on it

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I need a great microATX board to put in my corsair air 240 that's good for overclocking and can do sli or crossfire and that is preferably for lower than 150  and maybe a little future ready with usb 3.1 or something. the socket is LGA 1150 

 

Asus Gryphon Z97 - add a usb 3.1 PCIE slot card when they are a real thing.

 

You will likley want to either watercool the cards or use leaf-blowers as the cards will sit on top of each other. 

 

Crossfire you can put the second card in the bottom slot. SLI you cant

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Asus Gryphon Z97 - add a usb 3.1 PCIE slot card when they are a real thing.

 

You will likley want to either watercool the cards or use leaf-blowers as the cards will sit on top of each other. 

 

Crossfire you can put the second card in the bottom slot. SLI you cant

I think Gigabyte made a Z87 board that had SLI run through the highest and lowest spot, it was one of there lime green boards if I remember correctly.

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I think Gigabyte made a Z87 board that had SLI run through the highest and lowest spot, it was one of there lime green boards if I remember correctly.

 

that would be the best best pick

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many Z97 MSI boards have 3.1 i even saw one with a USB Type C connector on it

Saying that MANY have them is misleading. There are motherboards that have USB 3.1, but a lot of them are clearly outside the budget range that OP is looking at due to it being considered a rather luxury technology.

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