how does this board handle overclocking?
577284
Any modern day motherboard (Including the M5A97 r2) is not a determining factor when overclocking. What determines the overclock-ability is the processor and the cooling solution (ex. Water cooling or air cooled) I used this board and an AMD FX-4350 with a base clockspeed of 4.2ghz and was able to achieve 5.1 at 50 degrees C. while idle and 58 C while under load. As a basic answer to your question this board will handle overclocking very well just make sure that you are using an FX series or unlocked processor and I would recommend watercooling it.
577285
I use it every day 8+ hours even sometimes closer to 18 or so. I've had perfect game playing with it. Even over clocking. Nothing wrong with it.
852495
MSI 970A-G46. It'a a decent and inexpensive board. I'm using it in the same case as we speak. It has overclocking capabilities as well as Crossfire/SLI compatability at full x8 speed whenever you want to upgrade.
1424820
this board is rated to DDR3-2400 so you are fine... I don't know where those other answers are coming from, it will clock correctly for your CPU / Ram combo then you can OC to wherever you want.... these other answers are completely wrong... it won't crash anything... it's completely automatic and works great... jeez
858965
Depends on if you're OC or not... I'm using a Zalman 9700 and clocking @ 4Ghz and it does a great job. It's a rather large fan, so you'll need room in your case for it.
1374234
I try overclocking yet. And the cooling system is great because it has extra functionality that allows you to turn on more powerful coolers.
2045003
This is a good stable board. You can tweak the settings for both Processor and memory. The processor must be unlocked so keep that in mind when selecting one. This board is not an enthusiast or extreme overclocker. You can push a little more with no problems. If you really want to go to the limits then look for something like the Z77 OC Formula or the MSI Z87-GD65 gaming board.
238192
I can't tell you for certain but is a very solid board. It has been on since I finished building it. Contact ASUSTEK about your processor. They would be your best source of information.
1231836
Yes it does. Just a standard one. Unless you're overclocking it works just fine.
2023987
This powers my rig without issues. I have a 9600 gt overclocked 9850 processor overclocked 4 80mm fans 2 120 mm fans 8gb ram overclocked passed a 24 hour stress test and has lasted something like a year for me. Not a single voltage is dropping on me yet so the capacitors are of good quality. I cant say it will support your setup 100% for sure as I have not tested yours, however the price is worth the risk, I figured it was gonna last a week and die but it worked out great for me.
779185
yes it does as long as your cpu is unlocked. This mini itx board even comes with an easy to use over clocking software from gigabyte as long as your using something better than the stock cpu cooler it'll over clock great im using the coolermaster seidon 120 water cooler and i can over clock to gigabytes stage 3 OC setting and its running at 4.7ghz on my amd a10 6800k
996722
I am using the ASUS maximus z97 hero and it has a ton of features, looks amazing, and over clocks great!
1349280
Yes, very much so. The K at the end of the product number is Intel's way of signaling this. I run mine at 4.6GHZ for hours on end. Very easy to overclock. I did find and odd thing with the "enhanced speed step" used on this chip with my X79 Mobo and ASUS X79 Deluxe. Enhanced speed step came "enabled". I was getting really poor performance with parallel processing using all four cores at max demand. This was strange, it was slower then my old laptop. I then switched off enhanced speed step and it flew like crazy. It left my laptop in the dust. I now keep enhanced speed step set to "auto" or "off". Many people say speed step does not matter - enhanced speed step on this setup does make a huge difference, if you don't mind paying for the electric to run it.
627552
Yes it is and it's working pretty well with my current build so far no issues and I haven't even overclocked as of yet so when I do it will be interesting to see how it performs hope that was helpful
315665
I'm currently Using this Processor on a LGA 1150 socket, Z97 motherboard. I have not been able to Overclock using the wizard without the computer Crashing the GPU (GTX 660) I have not tried to overclock manually. I can say that the fan that comes with it does a decent job and can be used for running High Quality games without overclocking (WatchDogs looks great, it has it's own problems, Tomb Raider works great on Max, Skyrim looks great too, But I do have 32gigs of memory as well) So, Yes. And Overclocking isn't needed so far, I can't find a game I want to play that can challenge this processor even at it's out-of-box speed.
1921790
While I don't overclock I've heard good things about ASUS boards in general when it comes to Overclocking. I Also have an FX8350 but see no need to OC it. As for a GTX780 SC I don't see why there would be a problem with placing an NVIDIA Card on this board. People do it all the time.
719428
The BIOS on this board has tons of features, and I can indeed confirm there are settings for fan speeds in it. I currently have my fans running at max (don't care about noise, etc)
1408504
The FTW version is clocked higher right out of the box. It's been tested by EVGA at these clock speeds to be stable. The regular superclocked version may be overclocked to these levels but may or may not be stable. I'm happy with the FTW version. I think it was worth a little extra.