Best mATX Motherboard for overclocking Intel i5 4690K

[Deanyo2k7]

Hi, which of these 3 motherboards is best for overclocking the intel Core i5 4690K? If you have any better suggestions, the form factor has to be Micro ATX. Thanks

MSI Z97M-G43

ASRock Z97M Pro4

Asus Z97M-PLUS

P.S - The CPU is going to be water cooled by the Cooler Master Nepton 240M incase you need to know.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

ASRock Z97M Pro4

Asus Z97M-PLUS

It's a tossup here , both are almost identical power phase and thermal designs.

 

[Archaic59]

Micro ATX boards don't have very good power phase, mostly because they have limited room for the hardware. If you want to overclock you should be getting a full size ATX board. Pretty sure all those have 4+1 power phase so it won't really matter. Good for a small overclock but that's all.

 

[Deanyo2k7]

ASRock Z97M Pro4

Asus Z97M-PLUS

It's a tossup here , both are almost identical power phase and thermal designs.

What about the MSI board? Is that not as good

 

[Deanyo2k7]

Is there any difference between the Asus Z97M-PLUS and the Asus H97M-E? If so what are they and what difference does it make

 

[Archaic59]

Is there any difference between the Asus Z97M-PLUS and the Asus H97M-E? If so what are they and what difference does it make

H97 boards don't support overclocking 'K' CPU's. You need the Z97 for that. They are also limited to DDR3 1600 memory.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I ran 4.6Ghz 24/7 at 1.274V on a mATX ASRock Z97M Formula OC (and got to 4.8Ghz at higher voltages over 1.300 which is more than I like), which was $100 on sale. The CPU is now in an ASRock Z97M Pro 4 and we have yet to get over 4.4Ghz at the same voltages (but have not given up and the memory is different)

 

[Deanyo2k7]

I'm not even doing this setup now 😀. I'm going with Skylake:

ASRock Z170M Extreme4
i5 6600K