What motherboard and memory?

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Caporegime
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With the 3570k on this week only I've decided to upgrade from my q6600. But I don't know what motherboard or memory would be best. I don't want to spend loads on an expensive feature-filled motherboard if the overclocking performance is no better. I've already got a cpu cooler for the moment. I will buy a better one if I need it later on.

I'd like at least 8GB of ram so I can have a decent size ramdisk for my applications. I am using a solid state drive, so a motherboard that can allow it to operate at it's full capacity is essential, unlike my current pos asus motherboard.

Any reccomendations?
 
Motherboard and memory combo below.

Motherboard offers dual Pci-e slots at 8x and can do either crossfire or SLI if needed in the future.


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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
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Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £40.79
(£33.99) £40.79
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* Total : £157.18
 
Thanks, but is there any difference between the x and non x versions of that motherboard, other than the number of connectors and sli support?
 
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