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what do you think of ECS Elitegroup Z87H3-A3X Gank Drone?

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Is it a legit motherboard? Is it good to pair with i7 4790k? I'm just asking because I haven't heard that brand before. Thank you!

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Seems legit to me, I seem to recall hearing that brand a few times in the past...

 

http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/l337/l337-drone_z87h3-a3x.htm

 

Being a Z87 board, you may need to flash the BIOS to support the 4790K. I would recommend a Z97 series board.

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it is a legit board, ECS has been around for years, they also bought PCChips [an infamous motherboard maker, known for faking L2 cache chips on 486 boards]. board looks good and it should work with i7 4790k. but still it is a budget board.

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I've used ECS and Biostar stuff when the need arose. You'll be alright. Better than the unbranded boards on ebay/aliexpress.

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54 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Seems legit to me, I seem to recall hearing that brand a few times in the past...

 

http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/l337/l337-drone_z87h3-a3x.htm

 

Being a Z87 board, you may need to flash the BIOS to support the 4790K. I would recommend a Z97 series board.

is flashing the BIOS easy? I can't seem to find some z97 boards in our local stores right now :/

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12 hours ago, Jimboynoob said:

is flashing the BIOS easy? I can't seem to find some z97 boards in our local stores right now :/

It's easy, but to do it on a Z87 board to support Z97 CPUs, you will need a CPU that is supported by the Z87 board.

 

If you don't want to go through that, the Core i7-4770K is still a decent chip and will work out of the box on Z87.

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ECS is a budget brand. It is legitimate, but support might not be as good as with the Asuses, MSI's or EVGA's of the world.

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