New Motherboard

[TaintedShirt]

Hi guys, I'm looking to pick up a new Z68 motherboard. I have the choice down to two, so would really like your input on this.

ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

or

MSI Z68A-GD65 Gen.3

The main advantage of the AsRock as I see it is that it allows me to use my current cooler (Swiftech GTZ) (Socket 775).

The main advantage of MSI is that it has a supercharger functionality for smartphones. It is also a company I have heard of and according to Nelly's rma guide in the gfx card forum, I can expect an rma within two weeks.

So what say you guys? Which would you go for?

cheers

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Well I went for the MSI Z68A-GD65-G3, but only because of the 20% cash-back offer (that wasn't actually 20% it was just your VAT).

Otherwise I'd probably have gone for the ASRock board and just hoped I didn't experience the issues that some people seem to have. Mind you the MSI board isn't without issues either!

[TaintedShirt]

thanks GM,

Any reason in particular that you'd have gone for the ASRock?
I have been in touch with Swiftech, as I would need to get a converter for the MSI board. No one sells them here in the UK any more. The ASRock would let me avoid this problem.