Soldato
Just curious - Any chance can have a poll? 
ASRock
Asus
Biostar
EVGA
Gigabyte
Intel
MSI
ASRock
Asus
Biostar
EVGA
Gigabyte
Intel
MSI
Poll: POLL: Which Z77 Manufacturer - Motherboard will you be buying this time around?
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Soldato
My MSI GD80 has served me well so I'll look at MSI again but ultimately I'll go for the best combination of price and features that I want.
Soldato
If I were to change I'd go Giga as they are my faves. I went ASUS this time round as it was a bargain.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, most likely Gigabyte for me - I usually go for them but the Biostar is tempting me.
Gigabyte come with the new 3D UEFI Bios - this is appealing and something different, Gigabyte have the best warranty for people in the UK, also some Z77 boards come with the latest WIFI Technology, handy for Bluetooth and the latest IPhone/IPads, also the higher end boards use the Intel Lan instead of Realtek = less CPU % use - I think Asus use Intel Lan also.
The MSI Z68 was good but only one option of LLC and no offset option for DVID/Offset, the MSI boards look the best and have the best design layout imo, the GD 80 has Thunderbolt, no other board has this Technology yet and MSI are the first manufacturer to finally get rid of PCI on there boards - good or bad thing? I guess this depends if you use a lot of PCI cards inc soundcard and prepared to switch i.e. extra costs.
The Biostar boards are something different I would consider and will be cheaper than the other top of the range boards and probally overclock really well, warranty is handled via the distrubutor here in the UK - Target Computers.
Asus / ASRock boards have good overclocking options, can use LLC with Offset and same with ASRock this appeals to me, warranty a pain with Asus if anything goes wrong, ASRock warranty good but based in Holland - could be expensive if you handle the warranty.
I haven't seen the EVGA boards yet, they are slow at bringing their boards to the table, and I woudnt bother with an Intel motherboard anyway.
Obviously their is a lot of other factors for different people, cost for one.
Gigabyte come with the new 3D UEFI Bios - this is appealing and something different, Gigabyte have the best warranty for people in the UK, also some Z77 boards come with the latest WIFI Technology, handy for Bluetooth and the latest IPhone/IPads, also the higher end boards use the Intel Lan instead of Realtek = less CPU % use - I think Asus use Intel Lan also.
The MSI Z68 was good but only one option of LLC and no offset option for DVID/Offset, the MSI boards look the best and have the best design layout imo, the GD 80 has Thunderbolt, no other board has this Technology yet and MSI are the first manufacturer to finally get rid of PCI on there boards - good or bad thing? I guess this depends if you use a lot of PCI cards inc soundcard and prepared to switch i.e. extra costs.
The Biostar boards are something different I would consider and will be cheaper than the other top of the range boards and probally overclock really well, warranty is handled via the distrubutor here in the UK - Target Computers.
Asus / ASRock boards have good overclocking options, can use LLC with Offset and same with ASRock this appeals to me, warranty a pain with Asus if anything goes wrong, ASRock warranty good but based in Holland - could be expensive if you handle the warranty.
I haven't seen the EVGA boards yet, they are slow at bringing their boards to the table, and I woudnt bother with an Intel motherboard anyway.
Obviously their is a lot of other factors for different people, cost for one.
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Associate
asus / MSI for me as Im liking their boards based on the previews around the net
Well their is no one forcing you to vote straight away, vote whenever you have read the reviews, some people will buy just on brand loyalty or have made their choice on previous chipsets, right or wrong but thats the way it is.Surveyor said:
Associate
im tempted by the z77 sabretooth or the p8z77 v deluxe, both of which look the bees knees
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Well their is no one forcing you to vote straight away, vote whenever you have read the reviews, some people will buy just on brand loyalty or have made their choice on previous chipsets, right or wrong but thats the way it is.
If that's how it works can we have a poll on which manufacturer's motherboard people will be buying for Haswell?
I'm happy to wait 12-15 months before registering my vote.
Associate
Whats the diff between Z68 and Z77?
Caporegime
new lucid mvp i think its called where onboard gpu works alongside grphic card in games
sli pcie-3 dunno what else
gigabytes new z77 boards
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/22857..._intel_z77_ivy_bridge_motherboards/index.html
Associate
id stick with asus so far no mb issues in the years ive been using them and i normally quite like the look of them
Caporegime
Probably stick with asus if i decide to upgrade.
I think the ASrock's look extremely(see what I did there 
?) good and I'm probably going to opt for a high-end one in my next build. But it's all dependent on what prices everything comes out at. I'll be doing my research for the best 
?) good and I'm probably going to opt for a high-end one in my next build. But it's all dependent on what prices everything comes out at. I'll be doing my research for the best