Best Z97 motherboard in 130-160$ range?

[overco]

Looking to replace my Z97S SLI Krait because I am worried about the quality, what is a good value and good overclocking board in that range?

[Pandora]

the sli krait is excelent quality. anyway the motherboard really doesnot effect your overclocking potential on haswell that much. 

 

[Dabombinable]

the sli krait is excelent quality. anyway the motherboard really doesnot effect your overclocking potential on haswell that much. 

 

Yep, considering I can get my 4790K to hit its limit (without sub zero cooling on a Z97 motherboard) of 4.8GHz on an Asus H87M Pro (and that's only because of the FIVR in Haswell/Broadwell).. 

[overco]

Yep, considering I can get my 4790K to hit its limit (without sub zero cooling on a Z97 motherboard) of 4.8GHz on an Asus H87M Pro (and that's only because of the FIVR in Haswell/Broadwell).. 

 

 

the sli krait is excelent quality. anyway the motherboard really doesnot effect your overclocking potential on haswell that much. 

 

So it isn't worth upgrading my motherboard just for extra features and stuff?

[Pandora]

So it isn't worth upgrading my motherboard just for extra features and stuff?

nope. ur cpu is already pretty decent to be stabe at 4.7 ghz at 1.24v. your not nearly pushing the potential of your motherboard already. you might find more use by spending your money on some sort of AIO cooler and pushing ur cpu a little harder instead of buying a mobo.

[overco]

nope. ur cpu is already pretty decent to be stabe at 4.7 ghz at 1.24v. your not nearly pushing the potential of your motherboard already. you might find more use by spending your money on some sort of AIO cooler and pushing ur cpu a little harder instead of buying a mobo.

I was planning to buy an Enthoo Pro with a Noctua NH-D15

[iiNNeX]

MSI Z97-GAMING 7 or if you can afford a few extra bucks Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

 

But they wont make much difference on the overclock, just more feature packed that's all. And aesthetics of course.

[Pandora]

I was planning to buy an Enthoo Pro with a Noctua NH-D15

go for it. that cooler preforms almost as well as an AIO and i love phanteks.

[Pandora]

MSI Z97-GAMING 7 or if you can afford a few extra bucks Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

 

But they wont make much difference on the overclock, just more feature packed that's all. And aesthetics of course.

sli krait is a pretty baller looking mobo already. its hard to find white mobo's

[overco]

go for it. that cooler preforms almost as well as an AIO and i love phanteks.

Where would you put my limit at, like what voltage I should stop at because believe me, I've gone farther than you are supposed to as in 1.365v. Where should I realistically stop?

[iiNNeX]

sli krait is a pretty baller looking mobo already. its hard to find white mobo's

 

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Jk, yeah it does look good, depends what theme he is going for really. Most motherboard choices today come down to looks and features, as almost all overclock just fine.

[Pandora]

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Jk, yeah it does look good, depends what theme he is going for really. Most motherboard choices today come down to looks and features, as almost all overclock just fine.

agreed. honnestly if they made a matx krait mobo i would trade in my msi z97m gaming 5 mobo in a heart beat. i dont use half the features and i have never even seen a sata express cable let alone ssd.

[overco]

Racism.....reported.

 

Jk, yeah it does look good, depends what theme he is going for really. Most motherboard choices today come down to looks and features, as almost all overclock just fine.

I have a B&W theme