Haswell motherboard recommendation

cawill · 2 Jun 2013 at 09:37

Hi All,

I'm looking to purchase a Intel Core i5-4670K with an MATX motherboard.

I had been looking at the following listed below:

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1 x ASRock Z87 PRO4 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Asus Z87M-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £97.99
Total : £318.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

I'd like to overclock above 4 Ghz if possible, is this achievable with the lower end Z87 motherboards?

Would anyone be able to recommend which board I should go with? Are there any significant differences?

I appreciate Haswell has only just come out so detailed reviews of these boards are not readily available.

Thanks for any help anyone is able to provide.

stulid · 2 Jun 2013 at 09:47

4GHz is easily achievable with a lower end board.

I would go with a Gigabyte board as you get a great warranty, dualBIOS (a nice safety featuer)

cawill · 2 Jun 2013 at 10:41

Thanks, looks like I'll purchase that board then.

stulid · 2 Jun 2013 at 10:47

No worries, what I am worried about is my inability to spell "feature" correctly"

cawill · 2 Jun 2013 at 16:08

I completely overlooked this, however, despite the mistake I'm still opting for the Gigabyte.

Thanks again.

Pr0SteR · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:09

I have a bit of a dilemma for haswell mobo. Always has been an Asus user, however Asus ROG Extreme is out of my budget, I was thinking about Gigabyte as well.

So should I go for Asus Z87 Sabretooth, GA X OC, Asus Z87 Deluxe, or UD5, I am aiming for around 250 squid.

Any advice ?

stulid · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:27

Pr0SteR said:
I have a bit of a dilemma for haswell mobo. Always has been an Asus user, however Asus ROG Extreme is out of my budget, I was thinking about Gigabyte as well.

So should I go for Asus Z87 Sabretooth, GA X OC, Asus Z87 Deluxe, or UD5, I am aiming for around 250 squid.

Any advice ?

The Asus range (apart from the ROG boards) look proper nasty.

If you are using a case then the Z87X-OC main features such as OCtouch, all the dip switches to disable slots, clearCMOS, reset buttons, dualBIOS disable buttons and so on and so on....won't be easily accessible to you.

Making the UD5H a more sensible option.

apeksdiver · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:30

Ud5h would be my choice

wazza300 · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:40

stulid said:
The Asus range (apart from the ROG boards) look proper nasty.

If you are using a case then the Z87X-OC main features such as OCtouch, all the dip switches to disable slots, clearCMOS, reset buttons, dualBIOS disable buttons and so on and so on....won't be easily accessible to you.

Making the UD5H a more sensible option.

get it got it good

stulid · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:45

Pr0SteR · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:51

Is the colour scheme the only thing that would bother in an otherwise good looking spec board?

wazza300 · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:53

its probably a very good board but ow,my eyes