Motherboard for i5 3570k under £100?

Gasmazk

Gasmazk

Gasmazk

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First of, Hey - I'm new here and not very experienced so sorry if I'm not very knowledgable.

I want to build a computer (it would be my first build) and am fairly sure on all parts except for the motherboard. I want to get an Intel i5 3570k for the CPU but can't figure out the best motherboard for my budget of around £100, but £80 - £90 would be better.

I'll be mainly gaming, and will hopefully get a mild but decent enough overclock.

My main problem has been the lack of OCing ability on low end boards and the lack of IO connections/ports such as enough USB 2 and 3 for my liking.

Any advice on whether im looking for too much for my budget, or suggestion boards would be great.

Cheers.
 
Thanks for the replys, Only thing that was putting me off that board was, as a reviewer writes, "Could do with more fan headers though and the baby blue looks awful in a windowed case" But thinking about it now I'll barely be seeing it under my desk and even on my desk it shouldn't bother me, plus 3 fans and a CPU cooler really should be enough for me. And i'm running a single GPU so no problem there.

Definitely considering the board though.
 
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Ok, Im looking to get a Zalman Z11 plus for the case, but that has 5 fans pre installed so I dont think the D3H can support that many, Is there any way to solve this to use all 5 pre installed fans on the D3H?
 
Gasmazk said:
Ok, Im looking to get a Zalman Z11 plus for the case, but that has 5 fans pre installed so I dont think the D3H can support that many, Is there any way to solve this to use all 5 pre installed fans on the D3H?
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Run a separate fan controller? You can get them to fit the 5.25" bay but if you dont like the look of them you can reverse mount them on the inside so you just set the speeds and forget about it.
 
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