msi z97 gaming 5 vs msi z97a gaming 7

ash90 · 19 Jan 2016 at 21:16

Im building a pc and not sure which board to go with the cpu im going to be using is a i5 4690k what would you pick out of the 2 boards above.

I have the chance of buying the z97a gaming 7 for around £75 as new condition or should i go with the gaming 5 brand new for £110.

Thanks .ash

pingu666 · 21 Jan 2016 at 15:15

i wouldnt buy msi again, their support is shockingly bad, nice hardware though.

ash90 · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:49

Thanks pingu. What would you say is the better choice though out of the z97 gaming 5 and the z97 gaming 7 once i have picked the board i can get on with my build im just stuck for choice with all the boards on the market

Apreciate your input though pingu and will look into it now.. ash

vince99 · 22 Jan 2016 at 00:57

If the 5 has all the features you need i would say that`s preferable to a used 7. After all you don`t know its history.

queeg · 24 Jan 2016 at 14:00

been using the 7 since it launched its a great board I think the 5 just has a few less sata ports but other wise the same & as said above I would rather go with new. just noticed the A so that's the newer gaming 7 with usb 3.1 or whatever it was