Is there cheap Z-97 MOBO, everything i checked are more than 200$.
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Try the ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark2 board. Its around 165 - 175. Its a great board that has served me well!
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This would generally be considered an enthusiasts board. Many of its features are for those who like to tinker with overclocks and such. I would think that ASUS has offerings that would fit your criteria equally well at around a $100 price point, but it depends. One of the reasons I bought this board is for the toslink port which seems to be missing on many of the less expensive boards. I would say if you see an ASUS board at a lower price point that has the configuration you want, but maybe not quite as aggressive a bios, I would save some money and pick that up, but I do highly recommend this board otherwise. This would generally be considered an enthusiasts board. Many of its features are for those who like to tinker with overclocks and such. I would think that ASUS has offerings that would fit your criteria equally well at around a $100 price point, but it depends. One of the reasons I bought this board is for the toslink port which seems to be missing on many of the less expensive boards. I would say if you see an ASUS board at a lower price point that has the configuration you want, but maybe not quite as aggressive a bios, I would save some money and pick that up, but I do highly recommend... » Read More This would generally be considered an enthusiasts board. Many of its features are for those who like to tinker with overclocks and such. I would think that ASUS has offerings that would fit your criteria equally well at around a $100 price point, but it depends. One of the reasons I bought this board is for the toslink port which seems to be missing on many of the less expensive boards. I would say if you see an ASUS board at a lower price point that has the configuration you want, but maybe not quite as aggressive a bios, I would save some money and pick that up, but I do highly recommend this board otherwise. « Show Less
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For amd only, try this one ASUS Maximus V FORMULA/THUNDERFX LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard and stick with asus, auto overcloking rocks
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I use the MSI-B85 Motherboard. I'd recommend this if you don't need SLI or anything too fancy.
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No this will bottleneck your datastream if you get a nice graphic card. Whats ur budget? I would recommend a mobo thats above 900 on both north and south bridge this one is only around 700
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No, and I would not recommend this Mobo to anyone! Asus also just so happens to have some of the worst customer support. Give it a try call them tell them you just bought something of theirs that is defective and its to late to return it to the store. They will want you to pay for the S&H; to and from them even if they make mistakes.
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It is a value motherboard rather than a performance mobo. If you have a tight budget and want a fully AMD solution than, sure, it is "good for gamin". The AM3+ designation gives you processor choices, it has USB 3.0, plenty of SATA III ports, has SATA II ports if needed, even has an IDE port, has gigabyte lan, is easy to work with and somewhat elegant in its simplicity. So it is "white bread" but will meet the average gamer's needs.
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Long story short, this is the microtower version of z77 extreme 4. It's much more compact. Since I have Haf X tower... I'm regretting getting this motherboard honestly, but I don't think there'll be much difference between this motherboard and z77 extreme4 performance-wise except for a few plugs missing (z77 extreme4 has more sata2 and sata3 ports, etc)
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The Bios would need an update, I suggest going for a Z97 board, which you should easily be able to find for a similar price.
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1.0 most likely, but you might get lucky and get one from the new stock. It's a crap board anyway, only 4-phase CPU power connector. There are far better options for mini itx in this price range. The GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 for instance.
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No, I don't think so. Besides, if you are using the Black and want a ASUS you should probably get the ASUS M5A97 mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
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What the responder said Am3+ is fine. Look at the details on the coolers the block compatibility shows what types of motherboards are good.
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Yes, but I would suggest updating your motherboard bios if it's any chipset below Z97. Z87 boards are pretty good with it too, but update just to be safe.
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I do not have an Asus z97 deluxe, but I looked it up on the Asus website, and that motherboard supports DDR3 1600mhz. You can use 1866mhz ram, but in order to get 1866mhz speed you will need to overclock it in the bios. Otherwise, your bios will lower its speed automatically to a lower, but supported speed. Great ram though, very high quality.
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I got the ASRock G41C-GS for my Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 cpu. It bought it for $65, but look around for a better price. It supports both DDR2 and DDR3 RAM, 8GB max. It's a good quality basic motherboard.
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Just grab something with the z97 chipset and you'll do just fine. Other factors will narrow it down like SATA ports, 3.0 headers, sli/crossfire support, and such.
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I was planning to buy next week too. Hopefully its a temporary issue...I don't want to pay $200 more for a 2.0 Ghz processor & Superdrive.