Which board

[dazza13]

I have 3 boards that will soon be coming in to my possession and will be choosing one for my next build they are

Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Gigabyte z77x-ud3h
Asus P8z77-v pro

Which one would you go for, it will most probably be partnered with a 3570k and a 7950.

I'm leaning towards the gigabyte purely as my last 3 have been gigabyte and I think they are excellent solid boards.

 

[dazza13]

Well I have received all three boards and after having a play with them all.

I'm liking both the Asrock and the gigabyte, both have buttons on the board for firing up with out a case, where as the Asus does not, its little things like that which set them apart for me. Quite liking the layout of the asrock and the colours. The only thing worrying me about the asrock is that the pcb seems to be very thin and flex's quite a bit compared to the gigabyte.

Any one have the Asrock extreme 4 with a big cooler on it can tell me how it copes as just picking it up it flex's alarmingly?

 

[dazza13]

Just an update in case any one was interested, i have decided to keep the Asrock board in the end after playing with it and the gigabyte for the last week. I really liked the Asrock features and although the PCB is thinner it is still a solid board and I liked the features and found my self really liking the look of it over the gigabyte.

As I am now using a H60 I don't have to worry about board flex with a massive cooler.