asus h87-plus vs asus h87M-plus

[eldonfranco]

I wanted to buy a asus h87-plus mobo but by mistake I ordered a asus h87M-plus. can you tell me the diff. other than the form factor

 

[eldonfranco]

sorry I posted it as Z87A but it is the asus Z97A

 

[LukaBoki]

Nice choice then. 😀

 

[eldonfranco]

Nice choice then. 😀

 

[eldonfranco]

so far I have ordered a asus Z97A , i54690K. I will get windows 7 but what brand memory would be good. I want to go with 2 sticks of 4gb ddr3 1600. any sugestions

 

[LukaBoki]

G.Skill Sniper is my personal favourite

 

[littleleo]

Here are a few more options

G.SKILL Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) .
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9B-20-231-587&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC-_-pla-_-Desktop+Memory-_-9B-20-231-587&gclid=CITi0LWnzcECFZJgfgod7KAAzA

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-20-231-314

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-20-145-345

 

[LukaBoki]

Ripjaws definitely.
Why?
Lower heatsinks than Corsair Vengeance and TridentX.
These are also great:
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-20-231-460

 

[littleleo]

What case are you building your system with? Be sure you setup a go airflow thru your case from front to back. Usually 12cn fans are a good choice with one in the fron to pull in cool air and one out the back to exhaust the hot air. You can even add on to the top if you have ports there. The AMD cards tend to run hotter then Nvidia so if you go AMD you'll need good ventilation. Regardless of what brand you get heat is the enemy of your system, so be sure you have a good air flow thru your case to protect your investment.