What Mobo to choose?

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So that's my dilemma atm... I have to choose between these Mobos.

MSI z87 g41 pc mate
MSI h97 pc mate
Asrock h97m anniversary
Asrock h97 pro 4
Msi z87 g43
Asrock b85m pro 4

I can get them around the same price all of them... plus minus 5€...
(I'm from Spain)
I only wnat to know what's the best choice between all of these nothing else...
I don't mind on the usb 3.0 ports and the Sata connections cuz I'll be using just 2-3 of them as max...
My doubts came when I tried to figure out which are the different features of these motherboards...
Is there something outstanding from the other mobos listed above? How it's used and more of that stuff.

My specs at this moment are:
i5 4460, 8gb ram , gtx 760 and my 4 fans ( soon I'll upgrade to a lquid CM 120xl ) my case is z11 plus so there's no probs with the space. I may upgrade to a K version i5 or i7 but that doesn't enter in my plans this year...
 

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I would choose the MSI Z87 G41 PC MATE or the MSI Z87 G43 if you are doing some light overclocking. The only difference between those two is that the G43 has more audio and USB ports. If you are not overclocking, go for the MSI H97 PC MATE.
 

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What about the Asrock h97 pro 4? I think it blows out the h97 pc mate in term of fan connections which is really important to me :/
 

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Sorry, forgot the Asrock. Yes, the ASRock H97 Pro4 would be better than the MSI H97 PC MATE.

 
If you think you may upgrade to a "K" CPU in the future you should consider a Z97 board now. It would be a waste of money to get a H97 now and then a Z97 board later with a new CPU. Your 4460 will work just fine with Z97. When you're ready for a new CPU just plop it in and go.
 

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It's not a bad idea but throwing in it a k processor might be a next years plan and Intel definitly would make a new socket so I don't think it would be that comfy to get a z97 board... aswell i have some z87 options which ain't a bad choice... and they support my i5 4460 with no probs right? nevermind it's a newer haswell no?
 


Probably have to update bios to use newer Haswell with Z87.
 

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Ain't a problem with me so atm idk what to choose as I'm comfy with my i5 atm and it doesn't struggle on any game atm