Ordering soon help me decide mobo

Suarez7

Suarez7

Suarez7

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Ordering today for Saturday Delivery:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £188.99
1 x Seasonic 660w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3) (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £64.99
Total : £1,408.87 (includes shipping : FREE).



Should I stick with the Sabertooth or am I overpaying for plastic shielding? Any other recommendations welcome.
 
if you like it, buy it, it's a good board, if you like me think it's over priced them buy something else, either way you will still have a great system tbh
 
zakblood said:
if you like it, buy it, it's a good board, if you like me think it's over priced them buy something else, either way you will still have a great system tbh
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I regularly see people say Asus boards are really good for memory stability and overclocking that's all. Also when looking at the specs of the sabertooth it offers nothing special for its price, doesn't have a proper sound chip for example or even reset buttoms for the CMOS on the mobo (just has standard jumpers).
 
i love asus, great board and support, very stable drivers and good bios updates, but others maybe are better value, but it's a judgement call if there better of worse, many here like Gigabyte boards as they OC good, not saying asus ones don't either as i have one as it overclocks very well, but a lot less money as well (Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77)

so shake the dice, you will win with any board really with your spec
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
Total : £349.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Great boards for the price, 2 are on a weekly offer. The Z77-D3H is out of stock however is an amazing board.
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I see those D3H get recommended often on here, what's the difference between the Z77X and the normal Z77 one?
 
I'd definitely go with the Gigabyte for RMA's and great customer service. Asrock which I own, aren't the best, their boards are okay but others definitely outbeat them. I got my AMD asrock board as it was cheap and done everything I needed it too. But get the Gigabyte board by a longshot as it's on sale this week as well!
 
there was a few overheating issues at the start with the asrock boards, but all sorted now i hear, good for price, but first choice would be low spec asus first, then Gigabyte as everyone here seems to like them or use them in builds, not done many myself so can't really comment on them, all about the same for me nowdays tbh
 
Well I've made the order, £250 above original budget but I'm happy :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 LTD OC V4 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **ALL WHITE** with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.95
1 x Seasonic 660w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3) (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £64.99
Total : £1,449.79 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Phoned up and had to edit order as the 680 didn't have Dual Link DVI output for my 144hz monitor. Went for the Sapphire 7970 Vapor-X GHZ Edition instead.
 
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