So....! One of these threads indeed!
Is the any merit in these high spec motherboards for £180+ ? I have always bought a really good motherboard and not regretted it.
What motherboard would you get, today, if you had to?
What ram would you stick in it?
Cheers!
Update
Being a new build, it makes sense to go Z77 right?
Last edited by spac3d; 27-04-2012 at 09:41 AM.
Hello, i'm spaced. Lover of mountains and lakes.
Unless you use the features I'd say no. I was in this position a while ago with P67 boards and an i5 2500K. Went with the cheaper MSI P67A-GD65 and haven't regretted it for a single day. Overclocks likes a mofo, is hugely stable and runs really cool. Personally I've never been a fan of boards totally covered by heatsinks as the benefit was always marginal at best. Never had need of dual nics, firewire or E-sata and figured if I did in the future then I could always by an add in card. So do your research and work out what you really need/want, then the choice should be more obvious. For me I'd probably go with MSI again so Z68A-GD65 or even a lower GD55 if it had what I wanted.
spac3d (18-04-2012)
Nice one mate. Cheers.
Hello, i'm spaced. Lover of mountains and lakes.
A lot of the 180ukp+ boards have an extra PCI-E controller chip on to give extra lanes for people that want quad-sli, tri-fire, raid cards, sound cards etc eating up lots of lanes.
Other then that, I cannot see anything on them to justify the prices over much cheaper boards.
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Hello, i'm spaced. Lover of mountains and lakes.
Z77 Chipset and boards , well the ones I have experienced are much more stable with full slot population especially of the DIMM slots. So at any stage you want SLI, Crossfire or more importantly a RAM upgrade to four sticks or your starting with 4 sticks anyway then go Z77 for sure.
Go for Z77, the axctual board wil depend on which features you require.
Go for Z77 - look at the Asus P8Z77-V LX for a cheap board, or further up the P8Z77-V family for more features. The ASRock Extreme4 or 6 might also be worth a look, again depending on the features you want. As long as it's got enough DIMM slots and the ports you require, you should be golden with any of them.
Went for the Extreme 6. Just testing the stability of it now.
Hello, i'm spaced. Lover of mountains and lakes.
Can you post some feedback on your experience, would be grateful as I am going to have to decide soon before the wife finds the moneyOriginally Posted by spac3d
Went for the Extreme 6. Just testing the stability of it now.
Thanks in anticipation
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