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When the Intel Z97 Chipset made its debut earlier this year, most of the attention was in favour of the mid ranged to high-end motherboards. The lower end entry boards tend to miss out and are often overlooked. Today we'll be looking at a board with a...
So now that we have had a nice look at the Z97 GUARD-PRO and put it through some testing, how does it hold up when paired with the Intel Pentium G3258? Is it a viable gaming motherboard or should it be left for Mining as its sole purpose? Lets have a...
The sole purpose of this review was to see how the Z97 Guard-Pro performed when paired with the Intel Pentium G3258. For comparison we also tested with the i5 4670k just to see if there was such a need to spend so much more on a CPU. As expected the...
The MSI Z97-Guard Pro does at least come across with a goal: to integrate into a system as part of a cheaper single GPU and Pentium G3258 build, or to form the base of a PCIe workhorse. That latter point is expressed on the art of the box, and indicates...
The MSI Z97-Guard Pro provides a nice base for a low cost Intel PC where Pentium G3258 overclocking combined with single GPU gaming, or non-PCIe bandwidth based compute, are important. For gamers on a budget, press the OC Genie button and pair it up with a USB DAC or PCIe sound card for a good all-around experience.
