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ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

  • Intel Z97
  • Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1150)
  • DDR3 1866/1600/1333
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  • Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
  • Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years


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  • Anonymous
  • 10/12/2014 10:06:52 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsBIOS update saves the day

Pros: I confess - I usually cheap out on motherboards. My last board gave me numerous headaches and severely limited my overclockability, so this time I figured I'd go with something a little more high end. Looks like I made the right choice.

I'm a fairly experienced overclocker but this is the first board I've owned that has auto-overclocking features, so out of curiosity I gave it a shot. In a matter of clicks, it brought my i5 4690k to just under 4.5GHz at a reasonable voltage - temps are great, everything is stable. At this rate, I'm not even sure if it's necessary to fine tune and stress test like I normally do, and y'know, that's JUST FINE BY ME.

Oh, and USB BIOS Flashback is a lifesaver - see "other thoughts" for details.

Cons: Now here's the thing - I spent hours upon hours troubleshooting this thing when I first set it up. Whether I connected my monitor(s) to my GPU or the processor's integrated graphics, I'd get a blank display - a signal, yes, but completely black screens. Diagnostic lights on the motherboard all looked good, so I wasn't convinced it was a hardware issue.

Eventually, I took note of the BIOS number on a sticker in the top right corner of the board - 0902. Just for laughs, I checked the CPU compatibility list... and sure enough, the K model of the 4690 was the one that was NOT compatible with that particular BIOS version.

A BIOS update and a skipped heartbeat later and bam, that beautiful and rather clunky UEFI screen graced my monitor.

Other Thoughts: Luckily, this board has a nifty feature called ASUS USB BIOS Flashback, which allows you to flash the board's BIOS even without a CPU or memory installed. Essentially, it's impossible to brick this motherboard with a bogus or botched flash. Unfortunately, this feature is very poorly documented and (as far as I can tell) not even listed in the motherboard's manual. Google didn't turn up much more. So here's what I did to update my board's BIOS:

1) Grab the nearest USB stick and format it to FAT32
2) Download the latest BIOS (1304 at the time of this review) from ASUS's website, rename it to Z97ST2.CAP, put it on the USB stick
3) Plug that sucker into the dedicated BIOS USB port on the motherboard
4) Press the BIOS flash button above and let it do its thing - once it stops flashing, you're good to go!

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  • CALVIN N.
  • 10/11/2014 7:22:10 PM
  • Tech Level: Low
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsNeed help!

Pros: The motherboard is fairly simple to put everything together.

Cons: I just built a computer with this motherboard but it won't display anything on my monitor. When I turn it on the green light turns on, the cpu fan, case leds and fans turn on, a red light next to cha fan 2 turns on. I plugged it into an hdtv with hdmi and nothing displays. I plugged it into a monitor with dvi cord and dvi to display port adapter. The PC uses integrated graphics I used the hdmi and display ports. How do I get it running and get help from customer service?

Manufacturer Response:

Hello Mitchell,

I am sorry that you are experiencing issues with your motherboard display sir. Have you already tried installing a graphics card as well to see if there is video displayed? If so, perhaps you can check the BIOS as well to see if the port is enabled. I have supplied the ASUS support website and phone number below for your reference. If you would like to discuss this case further, please contact me through email and include your reference number within the subject line. In addition, please provide me with what troubleshooting steps you had tried, as well as the rest of the systems hardware configuration. Thank you. Cs#N141032463

http://www.service.asus.com/#!consumer/csn9
1-812-282-2787

Regards,

Lou
ASUS Customer Loyalty
cc-lou@asus.com

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  • Triena H.
  • 10/9/2014 11:52:18 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

4 out of 5 eggsGreat board

Pros: No problems yet, easy install, looks great. Great price!

Cons: Had some problems installing with the power supply and some of the power ports are weird, but overall I am very happy with the mobo.

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  • Chris B.
  • 9/21/2014 11:56:15 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsAsus Sabertooth Mark 2 Z97

Pros: Easy to work with, comes with good drivers and sleek bios. Very sturdy, and easy to use.

Cons: wish it had one more usb 2.0 header, but not a big deal

Other Thoughts: Seems like a great product, have had no issues yet.

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  • Deep P.
  • 9/20/2014 4:28:44 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsExcellent

Pros: Even though online specs didn't indicate it, the manual did - This MB supports all the latest and fastest ram speeds as of this writing. The BIOS is great and at the price point I think this may be the best ASUS board out there. Great for overclocking as well.

Cons: None

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  • Anonymous
  • 9/14/2014 8:22:24 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

5 out of 5 eggsAmazingly stable @4.9Gghz

Pros: First time buying Asus motherboard, hooked this up to my Devils Canyon 4690k and was amazed at how well this board overclocked and stayed super cool! Got a 4.9ghz oc out of my 4690k@1.400 vcore and stayed very stable through benching. Has extreme over volting settings specifically set up for Ln2 cooling, this board is server grade quality. Thermal radar is SICK! This deck has 9 thermal sensors as well has 100% control over fan settings, memory overclocking etc. 6x 6gb Sata 3, Intel Lan controller, tons of ideal connections for cooling fans, even has a built in 40mm fan on board. Tuf components means this board will last a decade! Super satisfied with this deck so far, way better than some of the other Z97 decks I've recently put together for clients. 5 yr warranty on top if it.

Cons: none so far

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  • Jeff S.
  • 9/9/2014 7:43:11 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2—UPDATE sort of

Pros: Nothing yes nothing well a better SATA controller and more USB 3.0

Cons: This board and the new i7-4790 Haswell Quad-Core 3.6GHz LGA 1150 W/8GiG of ram has been a bust for me very lacking in guts/power. I own an older ASUS P7P55D-E LGA1156 board that has an i7 680 2.80GHz and 12 GiG of ram that as far as I see still kicks my newer SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 and CPU’s behind. My older board even has the older SATA controller so it can’t take full advantage of my SSD’s max speed.

Other Thoughts: NOT an UPGRADE at all from my old computer very sad 5 years and this is the best they offer

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  • Martin Z.
  • 9/8/2014 10:49:01 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

4 out of 5 eggsRating: 2/5 Only reads 1 stick of ram??

Pros: The TUF fan controller and Thermal Radar work great. 7 fan headers,
Solid board; nice BIOS.Great warranty. Had the quality I wanted and parts I did not care for, ie.: no M.2 or SATA express.
Was installed in a a Corsair 540 Air. Great match.

Cons: Agree with PRICE. I can confirm.
This board hates ASUS WLAN card:
ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 300/300Mbps

Now running external USB WLAN stick.

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  • DAVID B.
  • 9/4/2014 6:56:53 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsSabertooth mobo

Pros: Smooth setup.. Plenty of on board fan hook-ups. Handles everything I have thrown at it thus far. Great price. Runs nice and cool.

Cons: None at this time.

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  • Anonymous
  • 9/1/2014 2:49:09 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsNice board

Pros: Good, stable, well priced board. I haven't overclocked yet but will be easy with this bios. love the UFI bios. lots of control available. there are a couple YouTube videos showing it. no problems yet and if you use high end components you won't be disappointed. I've been building systems with Asus boards for over 15 years. while this board may not have everything it also doesn't have a $300+ price tag

Cons: none so far

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