Asus Z97-A

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12 May 2014 15:36 #34718 by garfi3ld
Asus Z97-A was created by garfi3ld

With the Z87 launch, Asus made a few big changes with their mainstream motherboard line, the biggest being the change to the gold color scheme. That change came with a mixed response but the high quality and big feature set that Asus includes on all of their boards they were still very popular. With the Z97 launch, they have stuck with the gold theme but they have softened the color slightly to make it a little less polarizing. Today I will be taking a deeper look at the Z97-A, one of Asus’s mid ranged mainstream boards. I can’t wait to see what they changed for the Z97 launch and to see how the softer gold looks as well.

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12 May 2014 19:41 #34719 by garfi3ld
Replied by garfi3ld on topic Asus Z97-A
We started off our Z97 coverage yesterday, today I take a look at a second motherboard. This time the Z97-A from Asus. Have a great day

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28 Sep 2014 21:58 #35722 by Phreedom
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Hello...you stated, "I was a little disappointed in the network performance of the Intel NIC on the Z97-A...this is to be expected at a price point like the Z97-A’s though". I've been looking at getting the ASUS Z97 Deluxe which is almost twice as much as the -A version @ $275 and it uses the same Intel I218-V NIC. Even the $350 Z97 Deluxe NFC/WLC uses the same NIC as the Z97-A. Soooo...no matter what price point I'm at in this line of ASUS motherboards, I can't get very good network performance???

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28 Sep 2014 22:08 #35723 by garfi3ld
Replied by garfi3ld on topic Asus Z97-A
Actually in later testing I found this to be a specific issue only with the model of switch that we do our testing on. You can find a little more information here

lanoc.org/review/motherboards/6927-asus-...uxe?showall=&start=8

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28 Sep 2014 22:23 #35724 by Phreedom
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Awesome...thanks!

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29 Sep 2014 17:06 #35725 by L0rdG1gabyt3
Replied by L0rdG1gabyt3 on topic Asus Z97-A
I built a CAD workstation on one of these boards last week, and the performance is very good.

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