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    What is the best bang for buck Intel Sandy Bridge mobo out now?

    What is the best bang for buck Intel Sandy Bridge mobo out now?

    There are three conditions I require...
    1. It must have an Intel 6Gb/s support.
    2. Ideally I want to pay less than £200.
    3. It must be ATX standard.

    Thanks to all replies in advance.
    Last edited by phillai; 25-06-2011 at 10:28 PM.

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    Re: What is the best bang for buck Intel Sandy Bridge mobo out now?

    Oh yeah, I'll be sticking a Intel Core i7 2600K CPU in this...

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    Re: What is the best bang for buck Intel Sandy Bridge mobo out now?

    1. If you don't need SLI nor need the features of Z68, then a good motherboard would be a Msi P67 G45. It fulfills all your requirements and will have no problems with overclocking.

    2. Want possibility of SLI and going to be using a small SSD in the system, then Asus Z68-V is a step up.

    Pass around £140 then only pay more if you really need the features available. More expensive models have features like firewire, bluetooth, more sata ports, dual LAN ports etc. These are generally not good value for money as it would generally be cheaper to get an add-in card if you had specific requirements. It's very easy to pay a lot of money thinking you might need features rather than whether you actually do need them.

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      • Motherboard:
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      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i7 930 2.80Ghz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) Processor
      • Memory:
      • Patriot Viper Extreme Performance 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit
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      • OCZ Agilty 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-III Solid State Hard Drive, 4 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II
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    Re: What is the best bang for buck Intel Sandy Bridge mobo out now?

    Maybe, I should have made myself a little clearer.

    I will definitely be overclocking. At the moment, I won't be doing Crossfire/SLI but I do want that option just in case.

    I definitely dont need firewire, bluetooth or LAN.

    At the moment, with all the revisions of Sandy Bridge, it's soooo confusing as to which I actually need!!

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      • Memory:
      • Patriot Viper Extreme Performance 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit
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      • OCZ Agilty 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-III Solid State Hard Drive, 4 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus ATI Radeon EAH5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
      • PSU:
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      • Case:
      • Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl
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      • Internet:
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    Re: What is the best bang for buck Intel Sandy Bridge mobo out now?

    It seems to me a Z68 mobo maybe more suited to me so I will check that Asus Z68-V mobo out, thanks.

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