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Z97-Machine Software

Intel Z97 Express: Five Enthusiast Motherboards, £115 to £130
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ECS fills the installation disc of most motherboards—including the Z97-Machine—with shareware, trial software, and freeware. The company still has its own tuning software, but it should probably be treated as a supplement to Intel’s downloadable XTU package.

ECS eOC looks even more restricted when paired with the locked CPU we’re using for benchmarks, but it does at least have a setting to enable your custom settings at boot.

Other ECS applications includes fan control, BIOS update, and a webpage link to software updates.

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    Putolev , 14 May 2014 09:28
    Sorry to say but this "review" didn't bring anything worthwile to me at all. If you take a certain price range and compare the products found there, they ought to be quite similar, right? Well then there's no surprise if no great differences are to be found. Like the reviewer stated, the features make the difference between like the great deal with Gamecaster (which has no value to me at all).
    What I found lacking is the reviewing of those features like software (audio, fan control etc.), VRM quality, "other stuff".
    Now what is this "other stuff" really? Which motherboard has the best "other stuff"? I didn't get it from the review.
    Apart from the very simple introduction to the software and hardware, I can't really make what's better between Gigabyte and MSI, the one's I'm interested in. MSI has better UEFI, I understood but how is the software? How many VRM phases and their quality? Is MSI's audio suite better than GB's?
    These are what make the products apart in the same price range but finding the value leader with good explanations for why was not possible from this article despite it's title.