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Was there a real difference between Z87 and Z97 Chipsets?

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It seems that they have the exact same feature set, minus some kind of Boot Guard technology on the Z97.

 

Would there be any practical reason at all for one to move from 87 to 97? This is just a thought experiment, I'm not interested in upgrading (so don't suggest Z170 please), just curious as to why Intel might release a brand new chipset for no feature upgrades.

 

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As for the 4th/5th generation processors, all one needs is a BIOS update to run a 5th gen processor on Z87.

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Broadwell only works on z97, that's the only reason for that chipset.

 

Edit: out of the box I mean, so no need for BIOS upgrades and any other problems that might arise by using z87.

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It's mostly support for newer technologies.

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I believe that the Z87 only supported the tick 4th gen and the Z97 supported Devils cannon 

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Z97 supports Broadwell + Haswell refresh

Z87 supports Haswell and with BIOS update also Haswell refresh

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8 minutes ago, themctipers said:

I believe that the Z87 only supported the tick 4th gen and the Z97 supported Devils cannon 

Considering I had my i7 790K at 4.8GHz on my Asus H87M Pro....and the motherboard's VRM had no problems dealing with it because of the FIVR.....

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9 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

Z97 added native M.2 and SATA Express suport, but nothing else.

Technically it supports a later version of ME as well along with Device Protection.

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Z97 officially supports devil's canyon, haswell refresh, and broadwell

 It supports sata express, m.2 and nvme.

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Interesting, so someone with a Z87 chipset wouldn't be able to use PCIe NVME storage drives?

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4 minutes ago, TheAudiophile said:

Interesting, so someone with a Z87 chipset wouldn't be able to use PCIe NVME storage drives?

I think its native support that is meant. Z87 should be able to do everything that Z97 does as long as the bios allows it.

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