- Intel Z87
- 4th-Gen Intel Core i7 / i5/ i3 (LGA1150)
- DDR3 2800(OC)/2666(OC)
Great, reliable motherboard
04/12/2014
This review is from: ASUS Z87M-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard
Pros:
Once I figured out the BIOS everything went together incredibly easily. I purchased this motherboard for use in my electrophysiology laboratory. I chose it because it seemed like it should be reliable. I dropped am i7-4770K in it and 16GB of G-Skill 1600 RAM. I've overclocked the system to 4.7GHz on Corsair H100i and even with CPU going full throttle with PassMark CPU test, the Chip never went over 72degC even after an hour. I've since throttled it back to 4.4GHz (no particular reason, but I don't to risk stability issues in the middle of an experiment). The system has been up and running for over 3 months now and I have yet to encounter any issues. I've got an Asus GTX780TI-DC2OC-3GD5 graphics card and two 24" Asus monitors for video.
Cons:
The user manual could use a bit of work
Overall Review:
In off time, I use the box for multimedia production. I have Adobe CS6 Production Premium and do a lot of Premiere Editing. I also have a substantial subset of my Pro audio tools loaded, and I have an EMu 2020 system as well as a Universal Audio UAD-2 quad card plugged in for audio support.
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- JOHN I.
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