Help choosing new MOBO

[ale9007]

Theres much difference or what are the main difference between this two mobos im planning to buy for my i3 4160 : ASRock B85M-DGS vs ASRock H97M PRO4 . The asrock h97m is a little bit more expensive, which feautres do i have that arent on the cheaper one???

 

[TechyInAZ]

You'll have to get the H97M pro4 in order to use that CPU out of the box because it's haswell refresh.

 

[geofelt]

I would have no problem with the ASRock B85M-DGS
It supports 4160 as of bios level 1.20 which was released over a year ago.
If you buy new from an active vendor, your motherboard will have the latest bios.
I would not worry about old stock.
If you are buying used, that is another matter.

I see no compelling differences between B85 and H97.
Here is a chart:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150

 

[atheus]

H97M Pro4 has 50% more USB 3 and SATA ports, has an extra PCIEv2 x16 slot, supports thunderbolt add-in card, supports SLI/CrossFireX, has a better audio solution, better power delivery, and as TechyInAZ pointed out, the BIOS is sure to support your CPU out of the box, rather than having to flash to a new BIOS first.

 

[Archaic59]

The AsRock H97M PRO4 comes with some virtually useless legacy PCI slots. The ASRock H97M Anniversary has two PCIe X1 in addition to X16 3.0 making it more useful and the price is very good.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $67.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 11:51 EDT-0400