Motherboard not good enough?

[stavrosmast]

So i got a asrock z97 motherboard and I see that in the socket of the cpu it has 3 I think VRM'S But linus in his vid says "entry level" motherboards have that amount of vrms but How does asrock h81m and asrock z97 anniversary be entry level too? Are these capacitors good enough to handle OC'D i7?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRODHoQAHI

 

[MarkW]

H series chipsets do not offer much in the way of overclocking.

Z series motherboards are the overclocking motherboards, and should have more than enough power to overclock the CPU and the GPU as long as your power supply is also strong enough to supply the needed power.

 

[stavrosmast]

look and my other questions

 

[Tradesman1]

Lower end mobos are more for basic use and features than made for OCing. Some are aimed at the 3258 for 'OCing'. It's really more the design and components used than it is simply a number of VRMs or power phases. There are boards with 126 phases that really suck and don't manage power as well as good 8 phase designs. When it comes to OCing a CPU, don't skimp and get a budget mobo

 

[stavrosmast]

Ok then what do you believe in terms of specs and oc ability for my asrock z97 anniversary?

 

[Tradesman1]

Low, with the Rock mobos and planning to OC a i5 or i7 I'd look at the Fatl1ty Killer as an entry level OC mobo

 

[stavrosmast]

Oh..
Why so bad?

If I didnt plan it for cpu OC how good is it in quality and specs and for things important for a mb?

 

[Tradesman1]

It's fine as a mobo, I just would plan on OCing on it 😉

 

[stavrosmast]

But you just said you would consider for entry level i5/7 oc the fatality killer... 😵

 

[Tradesman1]

Sorry, thought you were still talking about the Anniversary mobo.

 

[stavrosmast]

So what about my last questions about the z97 anniversary?,not the fatality 😀

 

[Tradesman1]

Last question appears to be
"If I didnt plan it for cpu OC how good is it in quality and specs and for things important for a mb? "

if so, that's what I responded to about the Anniversary

 

[stavrosmast]

Ok so you/we got consfused

Would you OC on the anniversary z97?
Do you believe its high quality enough?

 

[Tradesman1]

I wouldn't use it for OCing - No

 

[stavrosmast]

Ok