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Marcus Torre DeProspero
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Does one of the two chipsets really provide more?

Z97 is an evolution. It has some new features that Z87 lacks like M.2 support and Broadwell CPU support. Other than that they are almost identical really.

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z97 has better overclocking support.

no that is wrong

 

both Z87 and Z97 are OCable chipsets

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Well no. Unless you want m.2 then not really. Just make sure the bios is updated on the z87.

 

z97 has better overclocking support.

 

Z97 is an evolution. It has some new features that Z87 lacks like M.2 support and Broadwell CPU support. Other than that they are almost identical really.

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Z87-XPOWER-LGA1150-Motherboard/dp/B00D12OBZE/ref=sr_1_61?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451364580&sr=1-61&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2057458011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A7111792011%2Cp_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A5657494011%2Cp_36%3A15000-35000

 

it is a z87 and has an m.2 slot

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z97 has better overclocking support.

 

Not necessarily, they should be the same quality, so this is not true... The chip set doesn't determine over clock ability. The MOSFETs and CPU cooler do.


Yes but its more main stream on z97, because it was integrated into the chipset.
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That's a special one. It also has a PLX chip to expand the amount of PCIE channels available. Very niche board.

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that m.2 slot is ment for wifi cards and stuff, not m.2 ssds
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