What the difference between all the Z68 mobos, that the price ranges so much?

Woody_FX

Woody_FX

Woody_FX

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Hi guys,

There are quiet a few Z68 mobo, prices can vary quiet a bit. Whats the difference between them all?

Are some more stable than others? Is one z68 mobo that is noticeably worse than the others?

Or should I just pick the one that is the lowest price the day I order?
 
well the higher end motherboards have more features (like sli extra ports) and more usefull better overclocking

take my board for example its cheap but the overcloaking features are poor (i cant change the cpu voltage by myself) and the 2nd pcie slot is only x4 so crossfire is held back
 
This is something I am interested in. There are so many Z68 motherboards that I have no idea which one to choose. I'm interested in over clocking an i5 2500k.
 
It really is as simple as smithy says,

• Higher quality components (Capacitors etc) and a better quality PCB and more VRM's so its more stable at high overclocks.

• Better VRM heatsinks/cooling.

• More SATA ports, USB2.0/3.0 ports.

• SLI support, better Crossfire support (8X/8X vs 16X/4X) some boards (£200+) have a NF200 chip to add even more PCI-E lanes so they may do 16X/16X or support quad SLI/Crossfire for example.
 
Cromulent said:
This is something I am interested in. There are so many Z68 motherboards that I have no idea which one to choose. I'm interested in over clocking an i5 2500k.
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It depends really, budget can come into play, The Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 gets good reviews for overclocking for low price motherboard but only offers dual GPU support @ 8x & 4x.

The Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 does SLI & Crossfire at dual 8x.

Few good boards which are good linked below, I currently use the firs link :)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-361-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-054-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
 
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