Coming from AMD (Phenom 2 965 mounted on a Crosshair III Formula) I've decided to move to intel, the CPU will be a i5 4690k... now that has been settled, I need an acceptable board to run it.
Having discarded the Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2, and after reading some reviews, I think the MSI Gaming 5 is the way to go... it's worth mentioning that I plan to do a mild OC to the 4690k, the idea is to make it run at 4.0GHz, and see how it reacts from there.
Between the Hero and the Gaming 5, there's a difference of 70 USD (in my country). Both mobos are more or less the same in terms of hardware and general performance, but the difference relies on the software and the BIOS, both of them in favor of the Hero.
Besides, I THINK (personal opinion here) the Hero is a better overclocker than the Gaming 5, but I could be terribly wrong.
Does it worth paying the difference and grab the Hero?
Having discarded the Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2, and after reading some reviews, I think the MSI Gaming 5 is the way to go... it's worth mentioning that I plan to do a mild OC to the 4690k, the idea is to make it run at 4.0GHz, and see how it reacts from there.
Between the Hero and the Gaming 5, there's a difference of 70 USD (in my country). Both mobos are more or less the same in terms of hardware and general performance, but the difference relies on the software and the BIOS, both of them in favor of the Hero.
Besides, I THINK (personal opinion here) the Hero is a better overclocker than the Gaming 5, but I could be terribly wrong.
Does it worth paying the difference and grab the Hero?