H81 vs H97

[Atticus No]

Differences and similarities betwen H81 and H97? I know they both can't officially overclock.

 

[timeconsumer]

The H81 can overclock the G3258 Pentium, actually. But as for other chips, a big difference is a lot of H81 won't recognize a Haswell refresh out of the box. That means if you want to do a 4460 or 4590 then you need another chip to boot and flash the bios before you can boot with your processor.

For other differences check the chart here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150