**The big ol' Z97 thread!**

[8 Pack]

X Power is the one I will be testing next. At the moment looking at OC Force and M7G.

 

[pgi947]

X Power is the one I will be testing next. At the moment looking at OC Force and M7G.

Do let us know how you get on with it, if it does in person what it says on paper it should be incredible. You guys have an eta on it? Says overdue on the store page...

 

[pgi947]

Think I'm finally settled on the Xpower, it appears MSI have made a great board even better.

G3D review: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_z97_xpower_ac_motherboard_review,1.html

 

[as905]

Gigabyte Future Proof 9 Series Ultra Durable Motherboards.
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/gigabyte_future_proof_9_series_ultra_durable_motherboards.html

 

[wazza300]

The GIGABYTE Z97X Overclocking Guide

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/57425-gigabyte-z97x-overclocking-guide.html

interesting read,shows what z97 improvements over z87

 

[Boomstick777]

Settled on the GA-Z97X-UD5H http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4950#ov.

Is this part of the future proof line? I hope so because I'm building this with Broadwell next year in mind

 

[wazza300]

I think the black editions are,5 year warranty if you register

 

[Tonester0011]

Settled on the GA-Z97X-UD5H http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4950#ov.

Is this part of the future proof line? I hope so because I'm building this with Broadwell next year in mind

What does it matter, you'd probably still change board

 

[RavenXXX2]

What a stupid place to put the led readout.

 

[bakes0310]

I think the black editions are,5 year warranty if you register

Correct but who keeps a board that long

 

[UTmaniac]

Correct but who keeps a board that long

My 7(+?) year old x48C read that and laughed.

 

[pgi947]

mmmm this weekend is shaping up nicely!

Item MSI Z97 XPOWER AC Sockect LGA 1150 HDMI DisplayPort 8-channel audio ATX Motherboard
QTY 1
Price £xxx.xx
Status Order Placed
Est delivery date 22/05/2014

 

[setter]

mmmm this weekend is shaping up nicely!

Very nice, great board going by reviews ive read. Enjoy mate.

 

[Boomstick777]

What does it matter, you'd probably still change board

Haha

 

[Tonester0011]

The xpower looks a good board
Shame i'm invested in orange and white colours now (painting case, already done the backplates, and have the cables )

 

[wazza300]

the ud5h looks nice tho boomstick,ive been told that the yellow looks more like a dark gold than yellow in the screenshots

some decent audio too,just wish they'd have included front headphone amp aswell

 

[pgi947]

Very nice, great board going by reviews ive read. Enjoy mate.

The xpower looks a good board
Shame i'm invested in orange and white colours now (painting case, already done the backplates, and have the cables )

Looking forward to getting it, hopefully it will live up to expectation.

Now do I drain my GPU loop or do I mcguyver some makeshift supports to hold the cards in place while I slip the board out

 

[setter]

Will you be using the delid die guard then? Iirc the chips in the ocuk extreme bundles had the lid glued back on.

 

[Boomstick777]

the ud5h looks nice tho boomstick,ive been told that the yellow looks more like a dark gold than yellow in the screenshots

some decent audio too,just wish they'd have included front headphone amp aswell

It's gonna be good finally having a new case and decent mobo, some overclocking as well. Been using this locked Xeon for a while now. Can have a play with benching again once this thing is built. Hoping the yellow / gold mobo will go well with the GPU.

Coolermaster CM690 III (Windowed version)
Z97 UD5H
4770K
Radeon R9 290X Sapphire TRI X OC

Hopefully next year just be able to drop in a Broadwell 14nm chip and then get another year out of it before Skylake etc..

 

[pgi947]

Will you be using the delid die guard then? Iirc the chips in the ocuk extreme bundles had the lid glued back on.

Lid will be staying on as it barely breaks 80c with 1.4v 5.2ghz

It appears base clock pushing and strap increases are being heavily promoted on z97, hopefully works better then on z87, 1.25 strap wouldn't post and anything over 101mhz would bsod. I see Elmor has even been running the 1.67 strap in some of the promos.