Stefan Mileschin

"Personally, I feel this board, the ECS Z97-PK along with a G3258 processor is a great entry level system that is both affordable and stacks up decent performance especially in games. No it's not the fastest thing on the market, but it doesn't always have to be. You can play decent games at decent settings letting you at least have a setup. I'm not saying this has to be a "starter" system either, it could just be your main system. Though it's a bit harder to argue the price having known it was an amazingly priced combo for a few days – that was a serious deal. At these costs ~$140 for the ECS Z97-PK and G3258 it's a little harder to "sell". It is still only a Dual Core (don't get me wrong, a Dual Core can be a beast), but it is about impossible to get an i3 or an i5 at a similar cost."

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