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H97 or Z97 motherboard??? What the difference between them

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Hi guys^^

I'm still building my PC, everything is fine and..

I got this hard decision to choose between choosing the MSI H97-Gaming 3 or the MSI Z97-Gaming 3..

I don't know to choose between them, I don't even know the differences between the H97 and the Z97...

 

Can you guys tell me what's the difference or the quick tip between choosing one of them or the other motherboard^^

Thanks guys for reading my post, and sorry for my bad English...

 

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Z allows overclocking, H doesn't.

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if you get an unlocked processor, you need a Z chipset to allow OC

if you get a locked cpu, any will do

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Z allows overclocking, H doesn't.

 

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

if you get an unlocked processor, you need a Z chipset to allow OC

if you get a locked cpu, any will do

well then...that sums up my decision to choose Z97 motherboard...

 

thanks a lot guys^^

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8 minutes ago, Lepiyao said:

 

well then...that sums up my decision to choose Z97 motherboard...

 

thanks a lot guys^^

Remember that you also need an unlocked CPU for it to be overclockable.

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1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

Remember that you also need an unlocked CPU for it to be overclockable.

but if I dont have any unlocked CPU, it still okay right ?

yeah but it seems useless if i dont have the unlocked CPU

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1 hour ago, Lepiyao said:

but if I dont have any unlocked CPU, it still okay right ?

yeah but it seems useless if i dont have the unlocked CPU

If you don't have a K CPU, get the H97 board...

 

If you do have a K CPU, get the Z97 board...

 

In 99% of the situations, the decision making should start and stop there.  (leaving out the odd edge case)

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On 4/16/2016 at 11:34 PM, Tech Deals said:

If you don't have a K CPU, get the H97 board...

 

If you do have a K CPU, get the Z97 board...

 

In 99% of the situations, the decision making should start and stop there.  (leaving out the odd edge case)

okay then...

between these three which one is better ??
1. Asus H97 PRO (LGA1150, Intel H97, DDR3)
2. MSI H97-Gaming 3 (LGA1150, H97, DDR3)

3.GIGABYTE GA-H97-HD3 (LGA1150, H97, DDR3, SATA3, USB3)

 

thanks ^^

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1 hour ago, Lepiyao said:

okay then...

between these three which one is better ??
1. Asus H97 PRO (LGA1150, Intel H97, DDR3)
2. MSI H97-Gaming 3 (LGA1150, H97, DDR3)

3.GIGABYTE GA-H97-HD3 (LGA1150, H97, DDR3, SATA3, USB3)

 

thanks ^^

My normal default answer would be the ASUS, because frankly I'm an ASUS person. :)

 

That being said, I doubt you would go wrong with any of them, MSI and Gigabyte make fine stuff, as far as I know.

 

Do you have a favorite brand that has the BIOS design that you prefer?  Which one has better features for the price?

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2 hours ago, Lepiyao said:

okay then...

between these three which one is better ??
1. Asus H97 PRO (LGA1150, Intel H97, DDR3)
2. MSI H97-Gaming 3 (LGA1150, H97, DDR3)

3.GIGABYTE GA-H97-HD3 (LGA1150, H97, DDR3, SATA3, USB3)

 

thanks ^^

I'd take the ASUS or Gigabyte over the MSI. Nothing wrong with MSI boards that I've ever come across, just that MSI's BIOS is a little clunkier and harder to work with than Gigabyte's or ASUS' is.

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4 hours ago, aisle9 said:

I'd take the ASUS or Gigabyte over the MSI. Nothing wrong with MSI boards that I've ever come across, just that MSI's BIOS is a little clunkier and harder to work with than Gigabyte's or ASUS' is.

okay then... 

i'll buy it ^^ 

 

thanks guys 

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4 hours ago, Tech Deals said:

My normal default answer would be the ASUS, because frankly I'm an ASUS person. :)

 

That being said, I doubt you would go wrong with any of them, MSI and Gigabyte make fine stuff, as far as I know.

 

Do you have a favorite brand that has the BIOS design that you prefer?  Which one has better features for the price?

all brand is suitable for me... but i'll buy the Asus lol

 

thanks guys ^^

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