The perfect partner to the G3258 Anniversary Edition CPU? Motherboard manufacturers are continually looking at ways to differentiate their boards from the competition. This task is becoming increasingly difficult as Intel and AMD integrate more and more technology into the processor itself, leaving board designers little room for innovation. We have shown that inexpensive Intel Z97 boards perform as well as dearer ones even when the CPU is overclocked by a healthy degree.

ASRock, meanwhile, is looking to use the positive commotion surrounding the Pentium Anniversary Edition chip - unlocked from the factory - to focus attention on a particular board in the Z97 line-up. It's of no surprise that it's called the Z97 Anniversary, coinciding with the processor, and it's available in standard ATX and micro-ATX form factors.