new mother board help

davew · 14 Nov 2012 at 08:29

my son is getting this cpu for xmas

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN

i will need to get him a new mother board to go with it, he will be using a ssd drive in there and would like to have usb 3.

i've got a £100 to play with to hopefully get a board and some ddr 3 to suit.

any recommendations please

passey89 · 14 Nov 2012 at 09:02

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
Total : £111.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

A little over budget but if you can stretch to that

davew · 14 Nov 2012 at 20:53

a little bit more than i wanted to spend but i guess i can stretch to that, thanks

RJC · 14 Nov 2012 at 20:58

Dont forget the Gigabyte offer has finished, the MSI below is on offer:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-202-MS

Review:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2012/06/11/msi-z77a-g43-review/7

But the Gigabyte is a better board.