The old saying states that "You get what you pay for", personally I have found that the idea is not really true in all cases. There are plenty of cases where I have found the cheaper product to be just as good or even superior, especially with regards to food. We all know that the grocery stores certainly try to push this idea that their store brands are just as good as the brand name products and to save your money. Clearly doing your research is worth the time sometimes with regards to price to performance and can save you money.

Electronics are one of those areas where I usually don't like to skimp and usually end up buying higher cost products for what generally equates to a better quality product. But like store brand products the more expensive product is not always superior. At other times there is simply the need to provide a balance of what is deemed necessary on a product and not just fill it superfluous features. That is exactly what Biostar's intention was with the Hi-Fi Z97WE motherboard, to provide a good set of features that perform well at a good price point.