ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer Motherboard Review

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   TheTolsonator on June 8, 2015 at 6:43 pm

   Finally a black and red z97
   Finally a black and red z97 board that isn’t stabbing you in the eyes with the amount of red. Simple splashes of color do wonders!

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   SilverBullet on June 8, 2015 at 11:05 pm

   I still don’t get for a
   I still don’t get for a ‘gamer’ board why there is all the display options. Also a PS2 port really? If it’s a gamer board, no one should be using on board gfx.

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     JxcelDolghmQ on June 8, 2015 at 11:21 pm

     I still use PS/2 for an IBM
     I still use PS/2 for an IBM Model M keyboard. It’s not completely unheard of, and they aren’t exactly running out of space anyway.

     As for the display options, it can be nice to have a few additional ports in case your video card doesn’t have enough or enough of the right ones. (This works with multiple discrete cards but I’m not sure if this works with integrated GPUs – maybe someone can confirm?) Certainly it’s not the most important feature, but keep in mind that people may have different needs than you.

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   Dr_b_ on June 8, 2015 at 11:35 pm

   What is the target market for
   What is the target market for a gamer board with PCI and VGA connectivity? I cant understand the PS2, but VGA and PCI? That is getting old even in the server space.

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     Morry Teitelman on June 9, 2015 at 1:07 am

     Some gamers still have their

     Some gamers still have their favored PCI cards, including sound cards, that they've been using for years.   As for the other video ports, its possible to use them for secondary/terciary monitors…

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     CrisisHawk on June 9, 2015 at 8:22 am

     The two PCI slots are
     The two PCI slots are positioned in such a way that if you are running SLI/crossfire they are both covered by duel slot cards anyway. And you still have access to 2 PCI-e 1X slots and the bottom slot. So while some people are still holding on to a soundcard or something they still want a PCI slot for, they are not going to make a difference to most people. And if you are using enough add in cards that they are a problem, you should probably be looking at a higher end board anyway.

     As for VGA, there is probably some oddball case where someone wants to use an old monitor as an auxiliary display, but other than that I don’t know what self respecting gaming enthusiast is still using a VGA monitor, let alone plugging it into the motherboard. Still, I’d prefer to see some more HDMI/displayports and some more USB replace that DVI/VGA block.

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4. 

   justin150 on June 9, 2015 at 10:22 am

   With all the new technologies
   With all the new technologies coming out I am putting on hold building a new gaming machine for 6 months.

   m.2, u.2, and NVMe or not.
   DDR3 or DDR4
   Skylake?
   Another round of GPU updates (or rebrands in AMD case)
   USB3 or 3.1 type C
   Gsync/Freesync
   4K or not.
   Windows 10

   The only thing I can be certain of is my old mechanical hard drives can be ditched – perfect for a NAS (particularly in 6+TB per disk), no longer needed for desktop machine [do we really need all those SATA sockets?]

   I am a firm believer in “you can never have too much memory” but I do not wish to break bank to afford it.

   Monitors for gaming – bigger is better but hate proprietary standards, and refresh rate fixed at max 60 MHz sucks.

   Never been a big fan of multi-GPU set ups though

   And I watercool the CPU and GPU

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5. 

   jchambers2586 on June 9, 2015 at 11:28 pm

   I just bought me a new case
   I just bought me a new case for my skylake build I am on z77 and will me moving to skylake. I just upgraded to a 970 from a 570 that was a huge perfomance improvement.

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