Best 1155 motherboard for ~£150?

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:18

Hey guys, just sold a couple of bits and pieces, so now for SandyBridge!

So, my question to you is, what is the best p67 or z68 board for roundabouts 150 quid?

I would prefer symmetrical 8x pci-e, and need an extra pci-e x1 and a pci slot for some addon cards. I also have 6 SATA devices, one of which is a Sata6

Cheers guys!

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:20

Just noticed a p8p67 pro for 123 quid on b grade, worth it?

And a ud4....

So many choices...

Oh and forgot to mention I would prefer a UEFI

stulid · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:22

Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:25

For the price is that better than the ASUS and Gigabyte from my previous post?

Cheers

stulid · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:28

Yep.

• USB3 breakout box gives an extra 2 ports
• SSD caching
• lucid virtu and quicksync
• If you ever sell your graphics card like I just have, then you can still get a display output from your PC
• Overclocks like a beast too.

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:35

Sweet, think I shall go for that then

Is 144 quid a good price for it? Or should I go searching...?

stulid · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:36

You get free delivery too, so yes, the price is right.

olivier renault · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:40

It also has good space between the PCI lanes, and also makes room for PCIE and PCI cards. Would be my board of choice atm as well if I ever came to upgrading. Quite like the Asus Pro Z68 too.

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:41

Beautiful, cheers a lot guys

Edit: and what would be the preferable thermal interface? I'm using an XSPC Rasa block

stulid · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:46

Artic silver 5, MX-2 or 4

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 17:55

Cool, what about IC Diamond?

Stulid you are pretty much a legend at speccing

stulid · 14 Jun 2011 at 18:00

I only got my free samples through the post today, so havent had chance to try them out, but I am currently using the Artic Silver5, great stuff, just needs a 24-48hr curing period where you will see your temps drop a further few degrees.

Theres a huge results thread here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18215803

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 18:16

Thanks a lot mate

That stuff is conductive isn't it?

stulid · 14 Jun 2011 at 18:18

Shayper said:
That stuff is conductive isn't it?

Yes.

Shayper · 14 Jun 2011 at 18:32

Ordered! Roll on Thursday... That's if DX do their job properly...