Which Sandybridge Mobo? Mid level gaming etc.

Berno · 11 May 2011 at 12:54

Hi Chaps

Well I'm about to uprade my system that I'v had for a few years now.
It's done well over the years but with a new 27" monitor and gaming at
2560x1440 I dont think its upto the job.

Old rig! = 790i ultra, Q9450, 1x GTX280 AMP, 4GB Cosair Dominator etc etc!

Now I do like my gaming, so my new rig must be upto the job

What I plan to use -

i7 2600k Sandybridge (with a nice overclock)
8Gb (2x4) Corsair Vengence (or something along those lines)
Sata 6gb/s HDD's
GTX580

Already have -

Corsair 800d with plenty of cooling
Tagen 1300w BZ PSU

I'm after a board that will be stable, and able to clock well.

Don't really wanna go over £200, but will if required

Was looking into the Asus B3 revision Sabertooth

With not upgrading for a while, I'm surprised how much the top end boards retail for these days!

Any help appreciated

Muzy · 11 May 2011 at 13:02

Z68 released today:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-457-AS

Berno · 11 May 2011 at 13:13

Yea just been looking at these.

what's the general thought on these?

Muzy · 11 May 2011 at 13:17

Berno said:
Yea just been looking at these.

what's the general thought on these?

Review:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...3-and-asus-p8z68-v-pro-review-conclusion.html

chippy08 · 11 May 2011 at 13:35

Berno said:
Yea just been looking at these.

what's the general thought on these?

Wait let everyone test them first just in case theres any problems.

Berno · 11 May 2011 at 15:23

MMM Well does seem a bit pointless buying a P67 at this moment

May wait and see how the Z68 pans out?

DennisMenace · 11 May 2011 at 21:25

Maybe consider the 2500K if you're mainly gaming (or even if you're not).

Put the £75 towards a SSD, particularly if you go for Z68 (SSD caching).

philjohn · 12 May 2011 at 09:13

DennisMenace said:
Maybe consider the 2500K if you're mainly gaming (or even if you're not).

Put the £75 towards a SSD, particularly if you go for Z68 (SSD caching).

this. The 2600k has hyperthreading whereas the 2500k doesn't, but unless you're doing video encoding or serious number crunching you won't notice a difference. For gaming 2500k is definitely the sweet spot.

sk82jack · 12 May 2011 at 16:08

Berno said:
What I plan to use -

i7 2600k Sandybridge (with a nice overclock)
8Gb (2x4) Corsair Vengence (or something along those lines)
Sata 6gb/s HDD's
GTX580

HDDs don't saturate 3GB/s let alone 6GB/s, it's just a marketing scam. Go for a Samsung F3 or Seagate 7200.12 - cheap as chips with good performance!

You could also think about a small 30GB SSD to go with a HDD if your going for a Z68 board.

Berno · 12 May 2011 at 16:58

cheers for the input gents, much appreciated

Mmm well yea if you put it that way, the 2500k does sound better cost wise

Yesa it's a gaming rig + general use and nothing more

Looks like I will hold out for a Z68

Whats this about SSD's catching and SSD's in general.
All I know is they are solid state drives lol

What do you think I should do?

2500K (overclocked)
Z68

And SSD?

back to the HDD's and 6gb/s? so they dont even saturate 3gb/s making SATA 6gb/s pointless for my main windows drive?