Z87 ATX board. MSI vs Asus

[jedi treasley]

I'm Getting a i7-4770k.

I chose this as it seems the closest 'future proofing' processor for a 4 year gaming build, with some video editing/encoding.

Today I'm deciding which board to purchase, hopefully with a little help from this awesome community. I haven't been overclocking since the Pentium 4 and Athlon XP days so not sure if that's important to me now..but might be later which is another reason I chose the 'k' unlocked processor. That in mind..I've picked out a few motherboards that stand out to be rich with quality/features.
Im a big fan of MSI, Asus has been a major hit or a minor miss for me int he past 3 years, but i know they're quality..so here we go.

MSI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130694

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130693

Asus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131980

Maybe there is one that I'm missing? Looking for quality, long lasting, good service, quality, and features below the 160$ ish pricepoint. Let me know what you guys think, Thank you in advance

 

[Racan]

Why not Gigabyte?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128591

 

[jedi treasley]

Racan, that is a nice board, may i ask why you chose that one?

 

[Racan]

Wanted a full ATX board unlike that Asus Z87-plus, a PCI slot for my Xonar D1 soundcard, Intel NIC, also component quality: http://sinhardware.com/index.php/vrm-list/108-sin-s-hardware/vrm-list

 

[BertolomeoDiaz]

i have the msi z87 gd65 gaming
i can´t compare it with the others, but i´m very satisfied
i think it´s the same as z87 gd 45, except i have a reset button and an "easy oc" button on the board (dual uefi? idon´t know, whether the gd45 has that, the gd65 does)

only issue so far was, that the killer e2200 network chip software interfered with avast antivirus
both turned on, i got freezes and bsods, either turned off, no problem
was a pain to find out, what it was, thought it was the xeon e3 not being compatible after all (the horror!)
works fine with kaspersky antivirus

 

[john3850]

Wanted a full ATX board unlike that Asus Z87-plus, a PCI slot for my Xonar D1 soundcard, Intel NIC, also component quality: http://sinhardware.com/index.php/vrm-list/108-sin-s-hardware/vrm-list

Thanks for the VRM list chart.
There was a time when I would always look at the chart before buying a mb.
Now with socket changes for lower power every 18 months I just try to get a fair cheap mb.
That Gigabyte would be my next choice for a board.

 

[schmuckley]

z87x-oc
Sin would love to see me say that :awe:
I would say Hi-Fi z87x 3d but..no PCI slot.

 

[*kjm]

It's a little more than you wanted to spend but I just got a ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional from new egg. They have come down in price from $250 to $170 in the last week or so. I wanted good sound and Intel Lan chips for a home cloud and this fit the bill.
I should get it on Tuesday and it's a great MB for the money.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157377