Poll: POLL: Which Z77 Manufacturer - Motherboard will you be buying this time around?

Motherboard will you be buying this time around?

  • ASRock

    Votes: 38 14.3%

  • Asus

    Votes: 87 32.8%

  • Biostar

    Votes: 3 1.1%

  • EVGA

    Votes: 9 3.4%

  • Gigabyte

    Votes: 100 37.7%

  • Intel

    Votes: 3 1.1%

  • MSI

    Votes: 25 9.4%
  • Total voters
    265
If i were to upgrade I'd stick with ASUS , really pleased so far with my extreme-z board
 
My MSI GD80 has served me well so I'll look at MSI again but ultimately I'll go for the best combination of price and features that I want.
 
If I were to change I'd go Giga as they are my faves. I went ASUS this time round as it was a bargain.
 
I voted asus 'cos the Z77-I Deluxe is looking likely to be the best ITX board of the bunch, but I'll be happy with whichever ITX board turns out to be the best. I'm really excited about the prospect of having a 'proper' ITX setup!
 
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, most likely Gigabyte for me - I usually go for them but the Biostar is tempting me.

Gigabyte come with the new 3D UEFI Bios - this is appealing and something different, Gigabyte have the best warranty for people in the UK, also some Z77 boards come with the latest WIFI Technology, handy for Bluetooth and the latest IPhone/IPads, also the higher end boards use the Intel Lan instead of Realtek = less CPU % use - I think Asus use Intel Lan also.

The MSI Z68 was good but only one option of LLC and no offset option for DVID/Offset, the MSI boards look the best and have the best design layout imo, the GD 80 has Thunderbolt, no other board has this Technology yet and MSI are the first manufacturer to finally get rid of PCI on there boards - good or bad thing? I guess this depends if you use a lot of PCI cards inc soundcard and prepared to switch i.e. extra costs.

The Biostar boards are something different I would consider and will be cheaper than the other top of the range boards and probally overclock really well, warranty is handled via the distrubutor here in the UK - Target Computers.

Asus / ASRock boards have good overclocking options, can use LLC with Offset and same with ASRock this appeals to me, warranty a pain with Asus if anything goes wrong, ASRock warranty good but based in Holland - could be expensive if you handle the warranty.

I haven't seen the EVGA boards yet, they are slow at bringing their boards to the table, and I woudnt bother with an Intel motherboard anyway.

Obviously their is a lot of other factors for different people, cost for one.
 
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Surveyor said:
Where's the "Wait for some reviews before deciding" option?
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Well their is no one forcing you to vote straight away, vote whenever you have read the reviews, some people will buy just on brand loyalty or have made their choice on previous chipsets, right or wrong but thats the way it is. :)
 
im tempted by the z77 sabretooth or the p8z77 v deluxe, both of which look the bees knees
 
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Nelly said:
Well their is no one forcing you to vote straight away, vote whenever you have read the reviews, some people will buy just on brand loyalty or have made their choice on previous chipsets, right or wrong but thats the way it is. :)
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If that's how it works can we have a poll on which manufacturer's motherboard people will be buying for Haswell?

I'm happy to wait 12-15 months before registering my vote.
 
Liking the look of the Gigabyte ud5 and the all black Asrock extreme 6 boards. Usually go for Asus but fancy a change, will wait for reviews.
 
I think the ASrock's look extremely(see what I did there ;)?) good and I'm probably going to opt for a high-end one in my next build. But it's all dependent on what prices everything comes out at. I'll be doing my research for the best :P
 
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