After a SB 1155 M/B < £100 for i5-2300

dlknight · 18 Oct 2011 at 11:01

As title - looking for a Sandybridge 1155 motherboard less than £100 for an i5-2300.

I do like bells and whistles

- and I'm planning on probably upgrading to a i5-2500k at some point as I do like a bit of overclocking. Current system in signature.

Will be used with the following hardware:

AMD Radeon 5850
Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 Platinum PC3-12800
Prolimatech Megahalems Cooler
2 x 250GB SATA 2 HDDs

Cheers

scottmuir424 · 18 Oct 2011 at 11:05

dlknight · 18 Oct 2011 at 11:11

Thanks Scott - but already have ram and looking for a full size board really

Surveyor · 18 Oct 2011 at 11:33

@scottmuir424

There's no buying or selling outside of the Members Market, including offers to sell.

I suggest you edit your post before the Mods. see it.

stulid · 18 Oct 2011 at 12:26

Theres two boards to look at,

Only want a single card - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

SLI/Crossfire future option - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-368-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

dlknight · 19 Oct 2011 at 11:46

Cheers stulid - I do like the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3.

What is the Asus equivalent of the Gigabyte board? - there doesn't seem to be anything at the same price range with equivalent features - a gap in the market !

Also what are your thoughts on the GA-Z68XP-UD3 vs the Asus P67 Sabertooth?

Akagi · 19 Oct 2011 at 12:39

why get an i5 2300 if you are going to upgrade to a 2500k anyway? surely it would make sense to just buy the 2500k right away?

Or do you already own an i5 2300?

dlknight · 19 Oct 2011 at 12:49

Because I got the i5-2300 for half the price of an i5-2500k

- do you have any recommendations on the motherboards we are discussing?

Akagi · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:07

dlknight said:
Because I got the i5-2300 for half the price of an i5-2500k - do you have any recommendations on the motherboards we are discussing?

*edit* sorry, missed the budget

stulid · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:15

dlknight said:
Also what are your thoughts on the GA-Z68XP-UD3 vs the Asus P67 Sabertooth?

Your right about the lack of a competing ASUS product for the same price point.

The P67 Sabertooth is obviously missing the Z68 features, but a few reports suggest because of the plastic all board cover that gives it a distinctive look, the cooling isnt that great as air cant get to the parts underneath.

dlknight · 20 Oct 2011 at 21:45

stulid said:
Your right about the lack of a competing ASUS product for the same price point.

The P67 Sabertooth is obviously missing the Z68 features, but a few reports suggest because of the plastic all board cover that gives it a distinctive look, the cooling isnt that great as air cant get to the parts underneath.

Cool I'm looking at:

MSI P67A-G45
MSI P67A-GD53
MSI Z68A-G45
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P

The Z68X-UD3P looks real nice but is starting to exceed the budget by about £15...

Not sure about the MSI - I've always thought of them as the budget brand but they do look good boards.