any news on z68 boards?

MilanoChris said:
What cooling?

What's a realistic overclock with a decent case and H70?
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he will have a cherry picked CPU ;)
depending on the quality of your CPU and what you consider realistic you could be looking at 4.6-5.2, the difference between good and average Sandy Bridge CPU's is pretty dramatic

oh & yes, to comment on an earlier post from what i've seen during my testing there is no difference in CPU/memory performance or OC ability between Z68 and P67
 
MilanoChris said:
Can someone sum up which is the best board for my needs please? I don't need wifi, would like as many USB3/SATA3 ports as possible, I don't need Bluetooth, I watch a lot of HD stuff streamed to my PS3 from my PC and I also unrar lots of files. I am also interested in one that is energy efficient as my electric bill is high enough!
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I would say this, but you can check reviews to see for yourself, MSI boards are the most power efficient on the market thanks to their DrMOS and military class II components.

Since you won't need a discrete graphics card for what you are doing I'd probably recommend a H67MA-E35/E45 or if you want to OC your CPU & memory a Z68MA-ED55
 
MilanoChris said:
I'd be happy with 4.5GHz to be honest, though if I can get a good clocker I'd be happier with the headroom.
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every sandy bridge CPU that I've come across will do 4.6GHz at pretty reasonable volts (less then 1.4V) which would probably give a full load peak temp of about 60C on a H70

RJK will probably be able to give you more info as he spends all week building & OC'ng Sandy Bridge.
 
Was going to swap my P67A-UD4 for the Z68X-UD4 so I can use the onboard graphics but no video sockets on it...

What a let down Gigabyte Z68 is..
 
chippy08 said:
Then you have the choice of MSI or asus then you can use onboard graphics.
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Plus of course the Asrock boards - I think most of these boards like the P67 before them are much of a muchness and will almost run identically no matter how high or low up the range you choose to go.

Just choose the features you need and the pricepoint you are willing to go to ... bang job done.:D
 
Anyone ever wondered what happened to all those B2/Rev2 P67 mobos that got sent back? Did they all get put in the skip??

I'm not suggesting anyone did, but could they have been "recycled" - either into B3/Rev3 P67s, or even into Z68s?

Purely coincidentally, while Asus & MSI have released new Z68 mobos, Gigabyte appear to have re-released P67 boards with a Z68 chipset soldered in. Obviously they haven't done this, but I'm sure some cynical conspiracy theorists will have their doubts. :confused:

PS I heard that Osama Bin Laden was working on Z79, but threatened to sell details to Elvis - which was why he was terminated. Seems logical to me. ;)
 
Well got my Asus Z68 pro up and running ok. They've still not fixed the resume from sleep problem when overclocking if internal overvoltage is enabled. I'm a bit surprised that if you have a discreet graphics card installed the integrated graphics is limited to just 64 meg, otherwise it can be increased to 128 meg which still seems on the low side.

Windows is telling me I need to activate it again and I also need to run the windows experience again. I think I'll do a clean install and get rid of all the old drivers.
 
Thanks its good to get some info on the asus but a shame they havent fixed all the problems. Also like you say 128meg for video does seem low i thought they would have gone @ least 256meg.
Just hope no more of the old problems arise.
 
Made an interesting discovery the bios supplied with my board was v0221 dated 6th april, on the Asus site version 0401 dated 10th May is listed as the 1st release bios version. Flashed to this 0401 version but the sleep issue remains, the Asus site shows a beta bios version 8801 also released on the 10th May but the Asus bios updater program reports this as being dated a day before the 0401 version? and I'm stayying well clear of it.
 
ScottiB said:
although you have to agree that a decent proportion of high end users would appreciate the Quicksync functionality and the ability to basically turn the discrete card off, reducing power consumption and heat output, when it's not needed.

I for one certainly would like the later ability as my bedroom gets uncomfortably warm in the summer when i'm doing nothing but downloading or web browsing. :(

It gets so bad that I've actually considered downgrading my graphics card.
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Similar sort of reason I want a good Z68 board. But in addition, I'm in no position to fork out £100+ for a 60GB SSD yet either so I also want to take advantage of caching and get a small SSD.

I just need something that will be in the £130 range, capable of supporting 6-8 fans, a 6950, small SSD, a HDD, 4GB RAM and possibly an Antec Kuhler. Not too much to ask is it?
 
chippy08 said:
Waiting for the MSI Z68A-GD65 myself before i decide which to buy.
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Likewise, but the price o nthe Z68MA-ED55 isn't too shoddy! Maybe another £20 ontop of that for the GD65?

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I take that back. Found elsewhere for £20 less :confused:
 
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After having bought the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 and been very pleased about it I wouldn't wait. The Extreme4 is definately a very strong contender! :)
 
Ezyryder said:
After having bought the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 and been very pleased about it I wouldn't wait. The Extreme4 is definately a very strong contender! :)
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What is the warranty with these boards? I saw a link to the Asrock site (for all components generally) which said 1 year unless otherwise stated - and nothing specific has been quoted on the OcUK page (I'm too lazy to look elsewhere).
 
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