Question 1

are these motherboards new or use?

Accepted Answer

They are new the only thing they don't come with are the standoffs and screws hopefully they came with your case or you have done laying around or you'll have to purchase them separately but overall a great motherboard!

Question 2

Looking to purchase one of these to replace what i thought was going to be a good board in a Gigabyte gaming 3 atx, question is could you use 4x 4gb memory sticks or could you only use 2?

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You can use up to 4 memory sticks, which I believe you mean RAM slots with support up to 32 GBs of RAM (4 x 8 GB RAM). As far as good goes, I have never been happier with a purchase. I am a huge time gamer and I only want the best when it comes to gaming. Mix this with a 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (EVGA), like I did, and satisfied will degrade how you feel. I have 2 x 8 GB RAM and I play games like Skyrim with every HD Mod I can find + everything set to Uber-high performance = no lag... at all... lol. Although this price may sound a little pricey, it is not! worth every penny I put into it.

Question 3

I bought this board a little while ago. Now that I'm nearing completion, I'm looking into what OS I want to use.
I don't see windows 10 drivers for this board on EVGA's site. 
Does anyone have any insight on this?

I was Initially going to go with 8.1, but since 10 is literally around the corner now, I figured I'd take a chance and go with that.
But now that I'm not seeing drivers for 10, looks like I'm sticking with my original plan of 8.1

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Look, if you are building your own computers, part of the experience is you have thrill of making something work that 80% of people wouldn't even try to put together. All compatibility problems that you overcome build your pride that you CAN overcome and 8.1 would be a cop-out to me. From what I have heard win 10 is going to surprise a lot of people by being more intuitive and I believe that there will not be very many driver problems because a lot is riding on this for Microsoft. Board manufacturers have had the system early and should have drivers or should have bios updates at start-up or shortly after release. It's a $150 decision or a free upgrade. 10 is their future there is no going back to 8.1. There are always some problems with a new system you build or a new operating system. Be the future not the past. That's the fulfilment of your since of pride that you are an "A" personality that MAKE things work. That is the way of the computer builder. Believe in yourself. Go with 10, you can always go back to 8.1 if things don't work out. Microsoft knows that people weren't blown away with 8.1, that's why they are offering a free upgrade to 10.0. I really don't think the problems were with drivers, they just moved everything around and made it harder to find with 8.1 and they know it. You know you really want 10 over 8.1, be a leader not a follower, that's how you learn. The only decision I have is upgrade (which I hate for past problems) or a clean install which will probably be less headaches. Free upgrade is hard to pass up. I haven't had time to finish this build,but it will have 10.0 on it. I thrive on the challenge, I hope that you will too.

Question 4

Does this motherboard support a NVidia GTX 970 Graphics card? I noticed it said memory standard is DDR3 but the 970 is DDR5.
I'm not an expert on computer technology and compatibility so if this is a really dumb question then I'm sorry ;(

Accepted Answer

Dumb questions are how you learn at first :-) .  The DDR3 specification is just for the memory plugged directly into the motherboards memory slots and does not carry over to the memory used by the video card.  The 970 will work with this motherboard.

Question 5

Hey, just wondering, does this come wifi enabled or will I need to buy that separately?

Thanks

Accepted Answer

It has a M.2 slot for WiFi that needs to be bought separately.. Its a really good MoBo I have had no problems with mine, and EVGA has really good tech support, I would definately will buy EVGA from now on,,

Question 6

Does this come with a UEFI Bios?

Accepted Answer

EVGA refers to it's new refined GUI BIOS interface on the box and in the literature that came with the board. Every where else that I have seen a board that has a UEFI BIOS the manufacturer makes a point to let you know that it has the UEFI BIOS in these exact terms. So I am thinking that the answer to your question would be NO!

Question 7

I see that the specifications for memory say: "DDR3 2666+/2400/2133/1600/1333/1066/800". Two questions:

1. Does this MOBO inherently support the 2133, 2400, and 2666? I ask because I have seen other boards say that they support 2133(OC), 2400 (OC), etc. I have had so many problems buying RAM for current board to the point where I just want to upgrade everything.

2. Why does it say 2600+? What does the plus mean?

I just want to make sure that if I buy 2600 MHz RAM that if I plug it in it will work. Thanks ahead of time.

Accepted Answer

Sean.
The memory controller on most Haswell and Broadwell CPU's run at a default frequency of 1600Mhz. To achieve memory speeds above 1600 may require manual setting of the memory timings, frequency and voltages and/or overclocking of the CPU. For overclocking support visit the EVGA Forums.

Before buying any memory, I always go to the EVGA support page.  They have a listing for your motherboard that shows all the memory that has been tested on your board and is compatible. It is very comprehensive with lots of choices from different manufacturers. It shows exact module product i.d. numbers.

Question 8

Hello! I have recently been considering this board for use with an i5-4690k. I want to switch out the stock cooler with a hyper 212 evo, but the massive heatsinks are making me wonder of it would work? I'd it doesn't, are there any other si liar priced coolers that would?

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For chip cooling a EVGA 100-FS-C201-KR 120mm works well as will the C0rsair hyper 212 evo.  QA mid- size case is needed because they are big.  Close install for both but worth it but worth it.  Another solution is to use a pre-packaged liquid cooler like the Corsair H100i  (it has a large radiator but will usually fit most cases as noted about for the air coolers).

Question 9

will EVGA 04G-P4-3975-KR GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card fit this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

I have a 770 in it and it fits fine, evga should be able to tell you if the 990 card is any bigger but i highly doubt they would make a vid card that wouldnt fit into their own mb.

Question 10

Is it SLI possible, for instance can i put two GTX 760's on the board?

Accepted Answer

Yes,the board supports dual-SLI, but one slot at 16 and the second at 8.

Brand	EVGA
Model	Z97 FTW

CPU Socket Type	LGA 1150
CPU Type	Celeron / Core i3 / Core i5 / Core i7 / Intel Core 4th Gen (LGA 1150) / Intel Core 5th Gen (LGA 1150) / Pentium / Xeon (LGA1150)

Number of Memory Slots	4x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 2666+/2400/2133/1600/1333/1066/800
Maximum Memory Supported	32GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

PCI Express x16	4 (1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4, 1x8+4+4+1)
PCI Express x1	1 x PCI Express x1

Serial ATA (SATA)	8 x SATA 6Gb/s
M.2	1 x M.2
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10/JBOD

EVGA Z97 FTW (142-HR-E977-KR) LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

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Back I/O Ports	1 x DisplayPort / 1 x HDMI / 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 / 4 x USB 3.0
HDMI	1 x HDMI
DisplayPort	1 x DisplayPort
USB 3.0	4 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0	4 x USB 2.0
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Audio Ports	5 Ports

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC898
Audio Channels	8 Channels

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset	Intel I217
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

Physical Spec
Form Factor	ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	12.0" x 9.6"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Item#: N82E16813188159