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Gigabyte Z97X-SOC FORCE Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps
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 Gigabyte continues to produce their orange themed overclocking motherboard series. The first of the series was the immaculate X58 OC motherboard, a trimmed down on features board, however purely designed to provide the ultimate overclocking experience. Sadly the X58 OC board arrived just a tad too late on the market to become a major selling product. Nevertheless a trend was set: deliver affordable, yet customized for maximum tweaking potential motherboard series. Other brands had similar overclocking friendly boards yet retailing at far more elevated prices. The predecessor, the Z87X-OC was one of the most utilized overclocking boards during the last year according statistics expert Massman from HWBot.org. Gigabyte had to live up to its name and make the Z97X-SOC FORCE as good or preferably even better"
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MSI Z97 XPower AC Review
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The Z97 XPower is MSI's flagship offer when it comes to Z97 Express based motherboards. This board not only comes with a massive 32 phase digital power design but also lots of additional overclocking and gaming related features. Other than that MSI provided this board with their unique and good looking color scheme, where basically almost anything is black apart from a few yellow spots.
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Z97 & Z87 Motherboard Charts: 35 Models tested
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In our comparison tables, meanwhile you find benchmark values regarding 35 recent Z97 and Z87 motherboards. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right motherboard.
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MSI Z97 XPower AC Preview
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The Z97 XPower is MSI's flagship offer when it comes to Z97 Express based motherboards. This board not only comes with a massive 32 phase digital power design but also lots of additional overclocking and gaming related features. Other than that MSI provided this board with their unique and good looking color scheme, where basically almost anything is black apart from a few yellow spots.
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ASUS Maximus VII Impact Preview
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If there is a motherboard this year, which makes each and every enthusiast, gamer or even overclocker listen closer, than it's the Maximus VII Impact from ASUS' ROG department. After having set a new trend for mini-ITX gaming rigs, ASUS now brings this form factor to the next level by releasing this feature packed and powerful mini-ITX board. Next to an extra powerful VRM design and an additional sound module, there are plenty of other features and obviously, we're going to show them all to you.
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ASUS Z97-DELUXE (NFC & WLC) motherboard
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The Z97-DELUXE is one of the most feature-rich motherboards currently available and with the addition of innovative NFC and wireless charging modules, ASUS has brought it to the next level.
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ASRock FaTal1ty Z97 Killer Series Motherboard Review
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“We are looking at the newest variation from ASRock’s popular Fatal1ty series. This is the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series Motherboard. With Haswell’s refresh chipset in full swing, we have tested a number of great performing motherboards. But today, the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series has another advantage in this arena due to its aggressive pricing. So let’s move forward and put this motherboard to the test and see what it can do with our Intel 4770K Haswell Processor.”
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Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Motherboard Review
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geared this motherboard towards SLI as its defining feature. However, there is more than meets the eye. At a glance, this board looks a little more simplified when compared to the popular UDX series board. Will it pack the same punch? Let’s put the Z97X-SLI to the test and see how it stacks up to Gigabyte’s reputation.”
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ASRock Z97 Extreme4 Motherboard
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The ASRock Z97 Extreme4 is a top mid-range socket LGA1150 motherboard based on the new Intel Z97 chipset, bringing a high-end audio codec, eight SATA-600 ports (allowing one SATA Express connection), and eight USB 3.0 ports.
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MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC Motherboard Review @HiTech Legion
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"The MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC Mother Board is equipped with options, options found on more expensive motherboards . The Gaming 9 MSI Z97 Motherboard comes complete with extra features one of which can downclock a CPU during common and non-demanding task, like simple web browsing."
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ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ Motherboard Review
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FM2+ Motherboards sporting the A88X chipset started appearing in October 2013, but the improved functionality over the latest FM2 motherboards only became truly apparent with the release of the Kaveri line of APUs in January 2014. Add to that the recent release of AMD drivers supporting the Mantle API, and the FM2+ motherboards start to make sense. Benchmark Reviews has the AMD A10-7850K APU and a couple of FM2+ motherboards on hand. This article is dedicated to reviewing the ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ Motherboard to discover what sets it apart from the rest of the FM2+ crowd.
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Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE Motherboard Review @HiTech Legion
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We have to take a look at the Biostar Hi-FI Z97WE motherboard as a basic motherboard that anyone can use. Especially when we consider that it is in the budget to mainstream price range what you get is expected."
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ASUS Z97 SaberTooth Mark 1 Motherboard Review
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In this review we look at the ASUS Z97 SaberTooth Mark 1 motherboard from ASUS. The Z97 TUF themed mainboard is intended for Intel's 22nm Haswell and Haswell refresh processors on that Socket LGA1150 platform. It is a mainstream to high-end segmented product amongst the ASUS Sabertooth series that comes with some nice features and very decent overclock potential.
Read the entire article right here.
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MSI Z97M Gaming Review @ ocaholic
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Also MSI has meanwhile a gaming motherboard in their portfolio, that features mATX form factor. Therefore there is an interesting mix of features mainly targeting gamers but also addressing overclockers to a certain extent. Overall we are really curious to find out what MSI came up with in case of this board and here we will have a look at features as well as layout."
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Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE Motherboard Review
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Overall, the Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE is a decent value option with some unique extras for a budget level Z97 board including dual Gigabit LAN, a 5-phase VRM and even LN2 mode.
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MSI B85M Gaming Motherboard Review
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For those of limited budget, the MSI B85M Gaming motherboard paired with a Haswell i3 or even an Intel Pentium G3220 saves a lot of money which is better spent on getting a powerful discrete graphics card and an SSD.
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