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
For me it depends on what is available in miniITX. But I expect i'll go with the Intel as i'm not really an overclocker and they tend to be stable boards.
 
AsRock offered pretty hard-to-beat value and performance with P67 and Z68 so my initial vote goes to them. However, as others have said: read reviews, look at features and best-value-per-pound as anyone sensible should.
 
Asus have always been rock solid for me, have used them years over several motherboards, see little reason to change.
 
aproctor said:
Who clicked AsRock!

Please don't.
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There's very little to complain about with recent ASRock motherboards.

There were a couple of people with damaged CPU socket pins, assuming this was actually ASRock's fault.

Other manufacturers have had their fair share of issues.

ASRock are currently up there with Asus, Gigabyte and MSI.
 
I have come to the same conclusion about asrock and think they are up there with the perceived best, other manufacturers that people revere have put out some sloppy boards but people still buy from them.
 
Surveyor said:
There's very little to complain about with recent ASRock motherboards.

There were a couple of people with damaged CPU socket pins, assuming this was actually ASRock's fault.

Other manufacturers have had their fair share of issues.

ASRock are currently up there with Asus, Gigabyte and MSI.
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Of course, i certainly wouldn't say they were a premium brand though.

Gigabyte>=Asus>MSI>AsRock.
 
will go for asus maximus V formula , have maximus 1 formula on 775 socket in second rig , and amd3 crosshair formula IV never let me down, also goes with my color scheme.
 
Hi All,
Finally de cloaked after much reading and searching I often find an interesting topic here :-)

So far I've only seen one which I think can handle at least two PCIe x16 3.0 slots at x16 speed. That would be the Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3, but I hate the look of it.

I was hoping for something better from Asrock, I like what they did with Z68, I thought that showed innovation with how they handled PCIe lanes with the PLX chip. Can't see anything outstanding from them this time round though and wish they hadn't littered all their boards with old PCI slots.

My decision for this major upgrade of mine is going to hinge on whether the motherboard can handle a second GFX card in PCIe 3.0 at x16 speed. That would give some potential for extra lifespan rather than ditching the mobo and cpu when Haswell arrives.

Failing that it will be the cheapest one that includes the new Virtu MVP, at least one PCIe 3.0 x16 and then I think I will choose the i5-3570K over the i7-3770K.

So far my front runner is looking like the MSI Z77A-GD55 which is their entry point to getting the new Virtu MVP. Unclear though what their PCIe 3.0 is capable of though, am currently waiting on confirmation from an email on this.

Great little demo of this new Virtu MVP on youtube...

I'm going to put up a separate thread for my pending new build shortly which I welcome anyone's input. What I'm typing on is around 12 years old now, yes 12 years, the old faithful Supermicro mobo has done me proud.
 
thenewoc said:
So far I've only seen one which I think can handle at least two PCIe x16 3.0 slots at x16 speed. That would be the Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3, but I hate the look of it.

I was hoping for something better from Asrock, I like what they did with Z68, I thought that showed innovation with how they handled PCIe lanes with the PLX chip. Can't see anything outstanding from them this time round though and wish they hadn't littered all their boards with old PCI slots.

My decision for this major upgrade of mine is going to hinge on whether the motherboard can handle a second GFX card in PCIe 3.0 at x16 speed. That would give some potential for extra lifespan rather than ditching the mobo and cpu when Haswell arrives.
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Asrock Z77 Extreme9

The most singing specification would be the onboard PLX PEX 8747 bridge. With this, ASRock Z77 Extreme9 is able to run dual VGA cards (2-Way SLI / CrossFireX) at PCIe Gen3 x16 / x16 mode or four VGA cards (4-Way SLI / CrossFireX) at PCIe Gen3 x8 / x8 / x8 / x8 mode.
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Thanks Surveyor I hadn't noticed the Extreme 9 yet as it's not yet listed on their site. One to watch but I wish they'd drop them old PCI slots in favour of PCIe.
 
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