Which Z77 motherboard did you go for?

mattuk · 8 Apr 2012 at 03:11

With Hardly any reviews on these motherboards, which brand did you go for and why?

hyperst · 8 Apr 2012 at 05:45

Asrock, mainly the looks tbh, it was a good price and blue heatsinks are so 2005, plus it has a pci slot for my sound card.

Dandle · 8 Apr 2012 at 08:02

Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H went for Gigabyte because of the better RMA process over Asus (had a mare with them when I tried to RMA a board a few years ago). Chose the UD5H over the 3H because it came with the free cooler I can sell and the front USB 3 panel would be something I would have to buy if it wasn't bundled with the board. Hopefully will get £30 or £40 for the cooler.

alex_123_fra · 8 Apr 2012 at 08:26

Maximus V Gene. Was going to go with a Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3 originally but almost £300 for a z77 board when I probably won't use tri or quad sli or xfire seemed excessive. The gene has had a good review already, overclocks well both CPU and memory, is compact and generally does all I want.

gazzaa · 8 Apr 2012 at 09:38

I just bought asrock z77 extreme 4 looks good plus the usb3 5x speed thing looks handy for me.

P3N9U1N · 8 Apr 2012 at 09:43

Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, bit more expensive than most of the others but considered a better board, plus a free antec 620

Doop! · 8 Apr 2012 at 09:50

I went for the ASRock Extreme 4. It's cheap and well specced, just like me.

the_director · 8 Apr 2012 at 10:14

The ASRock Extreme4 does seem a bargain, a lot cheaper than the Z68 version of the same board, which doesn't make much sense.

When you get the board can you confirm how well it fits into your case please. I read that it is not quite full ATX so it won't be fixed as well as full sized boards.

MORE SPEED · 8 Apr 2012 at 10:14

Maximus V Gene for me. mATX and has a decent review, plus I like the red and black look.

Doop! · 8 Apr 2012 at 10:44

the_director said:
The ASRock Extreme4 does seem a bargain, a lot cheaper than the Z68 version of the same board, which doesn't make much sense.

When you get the board can you confirm how well it fits into your case please. I read that it is not quite full ATX so it won't be fixed as well as full sized boards.

I actually got mine the other day and it fits fine(at least in my CM 690 II), just due to it's narrower width it doesn't reach the right hand side stand offs, but so far I've not had any issues because of it. In fact it's quite handy as you can shove all your fan cables behind the board easier

the_director · 8 Apr 2012 at 11:19

Cheers for the reply. It was my only quibble with the board. How are you finding it? I'm not sure whether I should wait until the reviews are posted before buying one.

Coolasmoo · 8 Apr 2012 at 11:46

Went for the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H.

Had no real problems with my MSI P67 but just fancied a change this time round.

Was tempted by Asrock but changed my mind with getting the free cooler with the Gigbyte.

Doop! · 8 Apr 2012 at 11:52

the_director said:
Cheers for the reply. It was my only quibble with the board. How are you finding it? I'm not sure whether I should wait until the reviews are posted before buying one.

I've only got a celeron to try in it at the moment so it's a bit hard to say how it copes once you get overclocking but so far I've not had any issues

King Damager · 8 Apr 2012 at 12:40

Tempted by a z77 but really there's nothing wrong with my p67...

If I want to switch to mATX at some point I'll probably switch to a gene z77 or a asus pro-m, but yeah for now there's not much point.

kd

setter · 8 Apr 2012 at 12:44

Very tempted by the Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE, love the colour scheme and ive enjoyed using asus boards on my last three builds.

the_director · 8 Apr 2012 at 13:00

It is annoying that the boards are out before the CPUs.

tayto_0 · 8 Apr 2012 at 13:15

I find it odd that people are going ASRock for the looks.. :confused:

Looks are the last thing i look for and the ASRocks don't even look that nice! It's a fairly dull looking black PCB tbh

If i was going for any of them it would be Gigabyte or MSI. Much nicer looking boards.

Vimes · 8 Apr 2012 at 13:16

It is annoying that the boards are out before the CPUs.

They will still be there you know when the IB CPU's are out

I understand what you mean but not long to wait now and the wait will allow the early adopters to find any major issues with the boards out now. That way you might be better informed when you come to buy.

the_director · 8 Apr 2012 at 14:05

That's a good point. I've just been waiting a long time to build a new system. At least when the NDA is lifted we'll get detailed range of reviews of Ivy CPUs and motherboards. I might buy the ram today and an SSD which is also on offer.

chilipeppersc · 8 Apr 2012 at 14:19

the_director said:
That's a good point. I've just been waiting a long time to build a new system. At least when the NDA is lifted we'll get detailed range of reviews of Ivy CPUs and motherboards. I might buy the ram today and an SSD which is also on offer.

I did the same. Got my Ram, SSD, Case sorted. I will wait on Ivy/Mobo/gfx/sound card for later.