Cheap ish Intel 1155 motherboard

bigdan676 · 31 Jan 2013 at 10:56

Hi, I am in the market for a cheap ish socket 1155 motherboard to use with a i3 (or i5) CPU, I will be doing a bit of O/C but not too much, at the moment I am thinking of getting a i3 2130.

Can anyone recommend me a decent board for around £70.
(Was thing about this one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261)

I will also want, USB 3.0 and SATA III.

Cheers, Dan

nlel1975 · 31 Jan 2013 at 12:10

bigdan676 said:
Hi, I am in the market for a cheap ish socket 1155 motherboard to use with a i3 (or i5) CPU, I will be doing a bit of O/C but not too much, at the moment I am thinking of getting a i3 2130.

Can anyone recommend me a decent board for around £70.
(Was thing about this one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261)

I will also want, USB 3.0 and SATA III.

Cheers, Dan

Yeah that is a great choice, I have just ordered one myself. Its about the cheapest board you can get that will overclock a CPU decently.

There is a cheaper Z77-DS3H but that isn't great for overclocking.

bigdan676 · 2 Feb 2013 at 14:27

Hi, thanks for that I will be looking at purchasing it very soon then.

Regards, Dan

nlel1975 · 2 Feb 2013 at 17:04

bigdan676 said:
Hi, thanks for that I will be looking at purchasing it very soon then.

Regards, Dan

Yeah great choice, mine arrived on Friday afternoon but I haven't installed it yet as I am waiting for some thermal paste I bought from a competitor to arrive.

MeatLoaf · 3 Feb 2013 at 00:12

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-252-GI&groupid=595&catid=689&subcat=

eddyr · 3 Feb 2013 at 01:03

^

This guy has been having trouble overclocking with the z68ap-d3 due to the bios http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18484770
could be one to avoid

Orcvader · 3 Feb 2013 at 01:36

FYI just to let you know OP, only CPUs with a K at the end can be overclocked. None of the i3s are overclockable. However, you can raise the turbo speeds for a partial overclock.

SkyTerran · 3 Feb 2013 at 20:41

Orcvader said:
only CPUs with a K at the end can be overclocked

Not completely true, non-K i5 and i7 support 400MHz overclock.

Orcvader · 3 Feb 2013 at 22:38

SkyTerran said:
Not completely true, non-K i5 and i7 support 400MHz overclock.

Orcvader said:
However, you can raise the turbo speeds for a partial overclock.

Which is what I meant here?