Need help choosing z77 board (ordering tonight)

new boy · 10 May 2012 at 18:00

Hi

I was all set to order the remaining components needed to complete my build. I had my heart set on an asrock extreme 4, however they are OOS at every UK E-tailer

So now I need to choose another one, but have limited time for research (this bad bay needs to be ready to play D3 soon)

I want to spend around about £100. I can go a bit more if its worth it (absolute max ~£130ish)

I need it to:

OC my 3570k to 4.5GHz (maybe up to 4.7 if I get a golden chip)

OC my sammy green ram to a level that makes it worth me buying them in the first place (2000MHz+)

Must accept my Sapphire 7850, while also accepting my Xonor DX sound card in a pci-e 1x slot without effecting airflow to the GPU too much.

I would really like to be able to create custom fan curves for cpu cooler + case fans (not sure how realistic this demand is)

I would much prefer a full size ATX board (don't know why)

I don't care about:

Colour / Design

SLI / Xfire support

Any Ideas? I don't expect you to do all the research for me about all my demands lol, but if you think you might know the right board for me then I'll research it further.

Thanks
New Boy

stulid · 10 May 2012 at 18:08

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

new boy · 10 May 2012 at 18:45

hmmm. I think that could well be the one mate.

I loved my ga-ep45-ud3rl too

EDIT - anyone know anything about the ASRock Z77 Pro 4? I cant seam to get a review up for it... Or maybe someone could give me an idea of how the asrock's "pros" and "extremes" compare with assumptions based on previous generations?

the_director · 10 May 2012 at 19:31

Pros normally only have 1 high speed PCI-E slot (second is x4 and probably not gen 3) the Pro would probably be fine for 1 GPU setup. This info relates to z68 chipset, not looked at the z77 pro.

new boy · 10 May 2012 at 19:55

ok, thanks for the insight mate.

new boy · 11 May 2012 at 08:26

Good morning everyone and thanks for the advice.

I ending up ignoring it all though lol, because I got a good deal on a P8Z77-V LX. It by no means looks amazing... But hopefully it should do the job.

I do kinda wonder how important the mobo is for IB overclocking anyway tbh...

With a bit of luck all my stuff will be arriving Monday