MSI Z87 G45 Gaming Vs Asus Z87 A Vs AsRock Z87 Extreme4

[TheEliteNewbie]

As the title says which one is better? I want to overclock relatively well, be able to SLI/Crossfire in the future and I want it to last me a long time. Thanks in advance for all your responses.

 

[ACTechy]

You have 3 excellent options. I like the MSI myself, and it has more 5 egg reviews. With well reviewed boards like these your probability of having it last a long time and having a good experience is good. Any of them could have unforseen/fluke issues, but overall, it's a good set.

Cheers!

 

[RealBeast]

All three are very good choices. I would decide based on any specific features that you may want and budget considerations, otherwise all will perform equally well within a very narrow margin.

 

[abrox96]

All three are very good choices. I would decide based on any specific features that you may want and budget considerations, otherwise all will perform equally well within a very narrow margin.

Even I cant decide between these three boards. Please help me make a choice.
The rest of my components will be.
CPU: i7 4770k -Haswell
Memory: Corsair Vengeance4gbX2 -1600MHz
Case: NZXT Phantom 410
SMPS: Corsair VS 550 PSU
HDD: 1TB Seagate
.
I am not gonna overclock in the near future, but I want it as an option.

 

[RealBeast]

Choice 1 Asus Z87 A -- I've done 20 builds with them no problems, great overclocker and excellent price for ASUS
Choice 2 AsRock Z87 Extreme4 -- half dozen builds no problems
Choice 3 MSI -- no builds but had to put in a couple Intel LAN cards when the Killer NICs did not work properly

 

[abrox96]

Choice 1 Asus Z87 A -- I've done 20 builds with them no problems, great overclocker and excellent price for ASUS
Choice 2 AsRock Z87 Extreme4 -- half dozen builds no problems
Choice 3 MSI -- no builds but had to put in a couple Intel LAN cards when the Killer NICs did not work properly

Thnx buddy..! I guess ill go with ASUS.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well as for me asus is out as far as i can tell there z87 boards dont have a com/rs-232 on them witch i still need and use [linux] but was told ''just buy more stuff t make it work'' so i mean why not spend on one that still supports me instead of me supporting them?? what else has been removed from the asus the will leave me hanging and spending more to support it???

 

[RealBeast]

well as for me asus is out as far as i can tell there z87 boards dont have a com/rs-232 on them witch i still need and use [linux] but was told ''just buy more stuff t make it work'' so i mean why not spend on one that still supports me instead of me supporting them?? what else has been removed from the asus the will leave me hanging and spending more to support it???

COM ports are not commonly needed any more and are generally a waste of space for most users, obviously you are not one of them. For those that need them they are $10 like THIS unless you have a box of 50 of them in the closet like me from when ASUS used to give them away with boards.

With your logic they should leave floppy header and a couple IDE connectors on there just in case a guy somewhere needs one. Time marches on and things progress, those of us with specific old needs find a way to make due. I've got one old rig with 2 5.25 floppies and a bunch of old stuff to convert client files since nobody has those drives around anymore.

 

[junkeymonkey]

ya thats all good did not know they took up so much space. you see i live in the third world part of the USA [worlds most powerfull richest nation] and still the best internet service here is 56k dialup [thanks AT&T for keeping us in the 80's ] or hi$$ satilite witch due to weather and trees just dont cut it here. and useing linux its kinda dumb to buy asus and then an adaptor[usb cause there is not eaven a header on the asus for the ones i think your talking about] were the outher brands still have the header for the same price point with out me having to spend extra $$ for asus. i'm not mad or nothing i was just pointing this out incase someone needed that info like my self. i thought it was funny that the asrock z77extreme6 still had a floppy port. but its all cool thanks

 

[RedJaron]

I'd go with the Extreme4 as it has two features the other two don't: eSATA port and DTS-Connect. You may not care about the DTS-Connect, but I use the eSATA on my Z68 Extreme4 quite often.

 

[RealBeast]

ya thats all good did not know they took up so much space. you see i live in the third world part of the USA [worlds most powerfull richest nation] and still the best internet service here is 56k dialup [thanks AT&T for keeping us in the 80's ] or hi$$ satilite witch due to weather and trees just dont cut it here. and useing linux its kinda dumb to buy asus and then an adaptor[usb cause there is not eaven a header on the asus for the ones i think your talking about] were the outher brands still have the header for the same price point with out me having to spend extra $$ for asus. i'm not mad or nothing i was just pointing this out incase someone needed that info like my self. i thought it was funny that the asrock z77extreme6 still had a floppy port. but its all cool thanks

OMG! 56k dial-up, that's just wrong, I'd probably move. 😀

I live in the sticks of East Texas and have 60Mbps/4Mbps, the mid level plan for $65 a month.

 

[junkeymonkey]

it is you cant eaven get call waiting but you knw i get charged the same bill as some one who get all the good services, i was working for IP just over the line near sherveport [in the sticks there too ] and the phone line dsl was sooo good it was as good if not better then my buddies cable. and just $45 [AT&T} i just dont understand why there not doing any thing here for us. my folks that lucked up and got in the sprint area that live just as deep in the sticks as me got nice dsl att just wants to charge $$ with out supplying service here. i dont get it

 

[s5229]

I cant decide between the MSI or the Extreme 4..I like the looks of the msi, but I like the HDMI throughput on the Extreme4 which will allow a gaming console to be displayed on same monitor. I also heard that Asrock boards arent as dependable..meh can't decide

 

[watafak]

i know its not what u asked for, but go for msi gaming 7. very nice mobo with cool feutures. i cant say how its like cause i have 5 days i ordered it and cant wait. Trust me i did a lot of digging to choose that mobo.