Low end vs. high end Z97

Canonical · February 28, 2016

So I'm building a dual-boot Hackintosh, and I want to save as much money as possible on this system. (Who doesn't? ) I intend to game with this board, with a 980Ti plugged into it, and I will be overclocking (first OC though so not sure how hard I'm gonna push this 4690K)

Right now I'm between buying a Gigabyte Z97-HD3 and an Asus Z97-E. The Asus is around 50 bucks more, but the guy at my computer store said it has better onboard audio and listed a bunch of other stuff. So my question is, would the HD3 be able to fulfill my needs? Or will it melt to a thin liquid when I try to game on an OC'd CPU?

Clyne · February 28, 2016

Well the HD3 is confirmed to work to "Hackintosh", the Z97-E status is unknown.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gigabyte+hackintosh&oq=gigabyte+hack&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.4478j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=gigabyte+z97+hd3+hackintosh

A higher end board will most likely have more features(such as USB, Sata, better audio, PCIE slots) and a better power phase(as in more chokes/phases for the power to go through) for overclocking.