recommendation on mobo

peteski1979 · 17 Jun 2011 at 06:55

hi guy i have just bought the Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor. and i would appreciate your your advice on the mobo i have chosen to buy . the mobo is the GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3853#ov
my reason for this choice are im not having dedicated gpu straite away and my main drive will be a 64gb ssd and it looks good
so are this good reasons many thanks for any advice

olivier renault · 17 Jun 2011 at 07:25

It looks OK. Supports all the Z68 features, has good onboard graphics support, SLI-Xfire 8x, and I like gigabyte boards. But it only has 7 VRMs which is quite light tbh. Can't say how much impact it would have on overclocking and durability.

sageislam · 17 Jun 2011 at 07:25

Go for Asrock z68 Extreme 4

stulid · 17 Jun 2011 at 08:48

sageislam said:
Go for Asrock z68 Extreme 4

Do this.

Jasonst888 · 17 Jun 2011 at 10:35

The Asrock does seem to be the best choice based on reviews, but then again differences in mobo's aren't huge...so if it costs more than the one you were eyeing I say don't spend a lot more for only a little gain.

peteski1979 · 17 Jun 2011 at 20:28

sageislam said:
Go for Asrock z68 Extreme 4

stulid said:
Do this.

Jasonst888 said:
The Asrock does seem to be the best choice based on reviews, but then again differences in mobo's aren't huge...so if it costs more than the one you were eyeing I say don't spend a lot more for only a little gain.

thanks for your advice guys the asrock doses look nice and its only £139. £10 more than the gigabyte but im not sure if i like it that much. it aint easy chooising iv been at it for two weeks and i get the money next wensday to buy one

getcarter · 17 Jun 2011 at 20:45

Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 is what i would go for!

olivier renault · 17 Jun 2011 at 23:02

If you are not interested in SLI / Xfire, the Asrock Z68 Pro3 is a good 'budget' board. But I'd take the Extreme4. Not a big fan of gigabytes offering in P67 / Z68. They seem to be too many of them and all of them missing one thing or another.

Hatton · 17 Jun 2011 at 23:22

Definitely Asrock Z68 Extreme 4

peteski1979 · 18 Jun 2011 at 08:56

getcarter said:
Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 is what i would go for!

olivier renault said:
If you are not interested in SLI / Xfire, the Asrock Z68 Pro3 is a good 'budget' board. But I'd take the Extreme4. Not a big fan of gigabytes offering in P67 / Z68. They seem to be too many of them and all of them missing one thing or another.

Hatton said:
Definitely Asrock Z68 Extreme 4

my mind is made up but the question is do i get the mobo on pay day (5 days) or shall i wait till i have all the other components just in case the mobo is faulty

many thanks for your advice

olivier renault · 18 Jun 2011 at 10:41

I'd wait. Get everything together to save on shipping fees.