Moving over to Intel

simbady

simbady

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After waiting for BD and being disappointed I am considering moving over to Intel, I would get a 2500k and a new motherboard. The rest of my pc is pretty high spec so that’s not a problem. I haven’t followed Intel too closely so I'm not sure which chipset/motherboard I am going to need. So could you guys point me in the right direction and give me some names of some good motherboards :).

Thanks in advanced.
 
So it looks like you just need a motherboard suggestion? as you know what CPU to get and you can keep everything else from your existing build.

Heres some,

Single card only board - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-364-gi&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/

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sli/crossfire at 8x/8x - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-368-gi&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/z68xp-ud3-dz68db,review-32228.html

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SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X gen3 compatible with a ivybridge CPU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
 
What you need is the Z68 chipset.

It combines the overclocking capabilities of the P67 and the onboard gpu of the H67 all in one.

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V or MSI Z68A-GD65

The Asus because many people have this board and are very happy with it and the MSI because of the military class components going into it.

Both will overclock the i5-2500K to around 4.5ghz on air cooling alone!
 
simbady said:
Really like the ivybridge support big selling point for me thanks very much :)
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Well theres a bit more to it, all the boards will take ivybridge with a BIOS update (Gigabyte and ASUS both have updates ready for download)


The motherboards that only do 16X/4X crossfire etc will have a full 16XPCI-E3.0 with a ivybridge CPU as all the lanes go from the cpu socket to the top slot with no "switches" involved, great if a single card setup is all that interest you.

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If its a 8X/8X with switches that are not Gen3, then only the top slot gets PCI-E3.0 at 8X as 8 lanes go from the socket to the top slot, the other 8 go through switches that either send them to the top slot to give 16X or diverts them to the second slot when a card is detected.

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If its a gen3 board then you get 8X/8X of PCI-E3.0 as the "switches" can handle the signal.

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simbady said:
Whats the difference between the 3 boards?
MSI Z68A-G45-G3
MSI Z68A-GD55-G3
MSI Z68A-GD65
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The GD45 has worse components and PCB quality.

The GD55/65 are part of the "militaryII" range, so the quality is much higher.

The GD65 has dual BIOS and two more SATAII ports over the GD55.
 
Thanks for the help :) I'm sure I will only stick with a single card setup so I will get either the GD55 or the GD65 depends if the GD65 is in stock at time of order :).
 
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