P67 Board Help

bongla316 · 13 Jun 2011 at 13:39

Hi guys, I'm nearly about to buy all the components for my build but I am really stumped with the motherboard. My build will have to support i5-2500k, ATI HD6950 CF, an SSD and the usual stuff.

I don't know which motherboard to choose. I've been put of by the ASUS P8P67-PRO because of numerous complaints/mixed reactions I've read. I was about to get the MSI P67A-GD65 but I'm not sure that the placement of some of the headers will allow me to have a nice and tidy build. So do you guys have any recommendations or opinions?

sk82jack · 13 Jun 2011 at 13:56

How much you looking to spend? Upto £160 judging by the fact you was looking at the P8P67-PRO

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98

Asrock P67 Extreme 6 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION ** £157.99

Asus P67 Sabertooth Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.98

Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £148.98

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98

Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99

El_Commi · 13 Jun 2011 at 14:14

I'm using the p8p67 Pro board atm. Haven't had problem with it (rev 3)

Bos · 13 Jun 2011 at 14:45

Also used a P8P67 Pro (B2) and it was flawless.
Went for an Asus board again when it went back for a refund & not regretted it once.

chippy08 · 13 Jun 2011 at 15:02

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

bongla316 · 13 Jun 2011 at 15:26

I'm swaying towards Asrock P67 Extreme 6. How's their customer/warranty service in the UK?

Sin_Chase · 13 Jun 2011 at 16:11

Do you NEED the Pro version of the P8P67?

It offers more DigiVRM phases (irrelevant tbh) and both CrossFire/SLI support.

If you do not need the latter save cash and get the base non-pro. I use it with a 4.5Ghz i7 clock and it's rock solid.