What Motherboard should i choose for an intel 4790k?

[gregor00]

Should I go for the ASUS Z97-AR or the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 or possibly the Gigabyte Mod 1150 GBT G1.Sniper Z97 ATX Motherboard? Any other recommendations will be taken into consideration. price doesn't matter. it will be for a gaming system with an intel 4790k, in a Enthoo Pro M Window Edition case with a dark rock 3 cooler.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Price always matters. Here are some boards I would recommend.

MSI: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97gaming5

Gigabyte: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaming5

ASUS: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a

ASRock: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97extreme4

 

[gregor00]

Price always matters. Here are some boards I would recommend.

MSI: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97gaming5

Gigabyte: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaming5

ASUS: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a

ASRock: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97extreme4

Thank you for the quick response, may i ask, which one would you personally choose?

 

[geofelt]

With Skylake now available, there is absolutely no question in my mind that a new build should be Skylake.
a. Prices for cpu, z170 motherboard and ddr4 ram are almost precisely the same.
b. 6600K has an estimated 5-10% performance improvement per clock over haswell.
c. 14nm runs cooler, you get a decent overclock without the need for exotic cooling.
d. The Z170 chipset permits the use of much faster ssd devices on the horizon. Samsung 950 pro for example:
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/ssd950pro/overview.html
e. skylake can be upgraded in the future to kaby lake.

For gaming, the i5-6600K is just as effective as the more expensive i7-6700K.
They both will oc to the same 4.6+ level.
Few games will use more than 2-3 cores so the hyperthreads of a i7 are largely irrelevant.

 

[gregor00]

With Skylake now available, there is absolutely no question in my mind that a new build should be Skylake.
a. Prices for cpu, z170 motherboard and ddr4 ram are almost precisely the same.
b. 6600K has an estimated 5-10% performance improvement per clock over haswell.
c. 14nm runs cooler, you get a decent overclock without the need for exotic cooling.
d. The Z170 chipset permits the use of much faster ssd devices on the horizon. Samsung 950 pro for example:
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/ssd950pro/overview.html
e. skylake can be upgraded in the future to kaby lake.

For gaming, the i5-6600K is just as effective as the more expensive i7-6700K.
They both will oc to the same 4.6+ level.
Few games will use more than 2-3 cores so the hyperthreads of a i7 are largely irrelevant.

i appreciate the suggestion, but my apologies as i forgot to mention that i already have this system but my mobo was faulty, twice! so i am now looking for a different one entirelly.

 

[Dunlop0078]

I would go for the MSI or ASUS. I personally really like MSI Gaming 5 I think MSI has really been stepping it up lately. I also like the ASUS mainly because of the BIOS their fan control software is excellent and the layout of the BIOS is very intuitive and easy to use.

 

[gregor00]

I would go for the MSI or ASUS. I personally really like MSI Gaming 5 I think MSI has really been stepping it up lately. I also like the ASUS mainly because of the BIOS their fan control software is excellent and the layout of the BIOS is very intuitive and easy to use.

Thanks a lot, are they both good for overclockng? also the Asus has an AR version, http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Z97-AR/dp/B00KDKUFAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454194450&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+Z97-AR is it worth it?